''Acorralada'' (''Trapped'') is an American

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produced by

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aired ''Acorralada'' from January 15, 2007 to October 5, 2007 on weekday afternoons at 2pm/1c. It was rebroadcast in late 2011 through April 2012 on Univision's sister network, Telefutura (now

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). It was filmed in

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(USA), and lasted about 187 episodes. It is the second long-running telenovela that Venevisión Productions has produced without its former co-producer Fonovideo. Acorralada is the theme and another notable song "Eres Tu" written by Angel Arce and Jossel Calveiro. It stars as

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, Mariana Torres,

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, William Levy, and

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as the main protagonists, while

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, Orlando Fundichely, Alicia Plaza, Virna Flores, Grettel Trujillo, Diana Osorio, Valentina Bove,

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and

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are the main villains/ antagonists of the story. It began airing in Venezuela on December 10, 2008 in the 11 pm time slot on Venevisión and finished on July 25, 2009 with seven months of airing and being the most successful telenovela for its time slot since ''

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released ''Acorralada'' on DVD in the United States on December 2, 2008, a week before its debut on Venezuelan television. The DVD set consists of three discs, and has a running time of 596 minutes. The show is heavily edited in order to fit into three discs. Neither Venevision nor Univision have plans to offer a more complete version. The show has been broadcast in more than 50 countries.

Plot summary

Fedora Garcés Ledezma (

) is a woman who had everything, a husband she loved, two small daughters and a perfume factory with which she and her family had a comfortable life. An ambitious and ruthless woman named Octavia Alarcón de Irazábal (

), out of sheer envy, snatched away everything she had. Octavia's husband Horacio murdered Fedora's husband and got Fedora to appear as the culprit of that murder. Octavia snatched her perfume factory, her fortune and her daughters leaving Fedora locked in prison for that murder she did not commit. The daughters of Fedora were given to Miguelina Soriano ( Nelida Ponce), an older woman who raised them by making them believe that they were her granddaughters by naming them Diana and Gabriela, she is the old woman who was Fedora's maid whom she grew up with. Octavia and her family, the Irazábal, became a rich and powerful family, thanks to what Octavia stole from Fedora. Years later, Fedora is released by a pardon and begins to work like singer under the nickname of "La Gaviota", but with the idea to recover what they snatched away from her and get revenge on the Irazábal family. Meanwhile, Fedora's daughters, Diana (

) and Gaby ( Mariana Torres), who have grown up humbly with their adoptive grandmother, come to work at Octavia's house. Gaby as a servant and Diana as Octavia's mother-in-law's nurse. Their paths cross with the two sons of Octavia, Maximiliano (

) and Larry Irazabal Alarcón ( William Levy). Gaby falls in love with Larry and Diana of Maximiliano, two loves that, although they are reciprocated, are impossible by the obstacles that begun by Octavia and are owed to Gaviota.

Cast

Starring

as Diana Soriano *

as Maximiliano "Max" Irazábal Alarcón / Alejandro Salvatierra *

as Deborah Mondragón de Dávila / Marfil Mondragón de Irazábal *

as Diego Suárez * Mariana Torres as Gabriela "Gaby" Soriano *

Roberto Mateos Roberto Mateos (born April 28, 1963, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor of telenovelas. He is best known for his performance in most successful telenovelas productions such as Televisa, Venevision and Telemundo. He liv ...

as Francisco "Paco" Vázquez *

as Fedora Garcés Ledezma "La Gaviota" *

as Rodrigo Santana

Also starring

as Octavia Alarcón viuda de Irazábal * Ofelia Cano as Yolanda Alarcón * Alicia Plaza as Bruna Pérez * Griselda Noguera as Lala Suárez * Virna Flores as Camila Linares * Maritza Bustamante as Caramelo Vázquez * Raúl Olivo as Emilio Linares *

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as Paola Irazábal Alarcón * Grettel Trujillo as Isabel Dávila * William Levy as Larry Irazábal Alarcón * Mariana Huerdo as Silvita Delgado * Andrés Mistage as Jorge * as Pilar Álamo * Valentina Bove as Sharon Santana * as Dr. Ignacio Montiel * Paulo Quevedo as René Romero *

as Andrés Dávila *

as Francisco "Pancholón" Suárez *

as Enrique "Kike" Díaz *Rosina Grosso as Sandy

Recurring

* Liannet Borrego as Nancy * Nélida Ponce as Miguelina Soriano * Sandra García as Samantha * Miguel Gutiérrez as Licenciado Reynoso * Lucero Lazo as Doña Santa viuda de Irazábal * Julio Capote as Lorenzo Ferrer * Ángel Nodal as Pedro Salvatierra

Special guest stars

Héctor Soberón Héctor Soberón Lorenzo (born August 11, 1964), better known as Héctor Soberón, is a Mexican actor. Acting career Hector Soberon is a well known theater, film and television actor. He was born in Mexico City. He obtained a bachelor's degree ...

as Horacio Irazábal * Thauro as Pablo *

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as Fiona Valente * Nury Flores as Mercedes * Mirta Renee as Marcela * Corina Azopardo as Judge Villagrande *

Sebastián Ligarde Sebastián Ligarde (; born January 26, 1954) is a Mexican-American actor and acting coach best known for his work in telenovelas and the big screen. In his four decade career he has appeared in more than 25 TV shows and over 90 films - most of th ...

as Licenciado Borges *

Khotan Fernández Khotan Fernández, born Khotan Fernández Tapajós, is a Mexican actor. Early life Khotan Fernandez was born in Mexico city, the son of Brazilian actress/singer Rosana Tapajós. While traveling on vacation to Careyes, Mexico, Khotan was called ...

as Gerardo * Andrés García Jr. as Álvaro Ferrer * Gonzalo Vivanco as Eduardo * Víctor Rodríguez as "El Alacrán" * Salim Rubiales as Ismael *Laura Ferretti as Virginia *Rocío Bastidas as nun

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