''Hasta que te conocí'' is a Mexican

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television series premiered on TNT Latin America on April 18, 2016, and concluded on June 27, 2016. Based on exclusive interviews of Mary Black-Suárez, the series follows the life of

Juan Gabriel Alberto Aguilera Valadez (; January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel (), was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. Colloquially nicknamed as Juanga () and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his f ...

from his childhood to his last adulthood. Produced by Somos Productions and BTF Media and distributed by Disney Media Distribution Latin America and Somos Distribution. It stars

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as the titular character.

Plot

"Hasta que te conocí", is a drama series that follows the steps of Alberto Aguilera Valadez, towards his dream to fame. A tour of 13 episodes based on unpublished evidence that reveals, as never before, the life of the Divo of Juarez: Juan Gabriel. A story that tells how his talent led him to defy his fate and overcome poverty, betrayals and prejudices, to become Juan Gabriel, the most beloved musical icon in Latin America.

Cast

* Carlos Elías Yorvick as Teen Alberto Aguilera Valadez / Adán Luna "Juan Gabriel" #2 (17 to 20 years old) * Alejandro Flores as Teen Alberto #1 (13 years old) * Matías del Castillo as Child Alberto #3 (8 years old) * Ricardo Zertuche as Child Alberto #2 (5 years old) * Nohek Yoali as Child Alberto #1 (3 years old) *

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as Victoria Valadez * Marco Treviño as Eduardo Magallanes * Damayanti Quintanar as Virginia Aguilera Valadez *

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as María Romero *

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as Esperanza Mcculley * Luz Treviño as Meche *

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as Young Virginia Aguilera Valadez * Verónica Langer as Micaela Alvarado *

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as Enrique Okamura * Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Juan "Juanito" Contreras *

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as Nereo *

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as Daniel Mijares * Sofía Espinosa as Lola Beltrán * Ricardo Korkowski as Federico Juarez * Juan Ríos as David Bencomo * Andrea Santibañez as

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* Julio Bracho as General Andrés Puentes * Michel Chauvet as Manuel Alvarado * Giovanna Zacarías as Lucha Villa *

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as Doña Brígida *

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as Young Gabriel Aguilera * Cassandra Aguilar as

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* Paloma Ruiz de Alda as

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Broadcast

The series premiered on April 18, 2016, throughout

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...

on TNT. It was confirmed by

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

on May 2, 2016, that the series would be airing on the network. The series premiered on

on September 11, 2016

Episodes

Awards and nominations

References

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