''Amas de Casa Desesperadas'' (

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ian version) is one of the Latin-tailored versions of ''

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'', the

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and Golden Globe award-winning American television comedy-drama series created by

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. It debuted on 21 May 2007 on

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and on 1 October 2007 on

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Basic settings

The show takes place on the fictional street of Manzanares. It follows the lives of four women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor - as they work through domestic struggles while several mysteries unfold in the background.

Cast

Ana Maria Orozco Ana or ANA may refer to: People * Ana (given name), a list of people with the name * Ana people or Atakpame people, an ethnic group of West Africa * ana (gamer), Anathan Pham, an Australian professional ''Dota 2'' player known as ana Places * An ...

as Susana Martinez *

Ruddy Rodríguez Ruddy Rosario Rodríguez de Lucía (; born March 20, 1967) is a Venezuelan actress, businesswoman, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela World 1985. She represented Venezuela in the 1985 Miss World pageant in England where ...

as Eugenia de Koppel (Season 1) *

Geraldine Zivic Géraldine Zivic (born December 7, 1975, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Colombian award-winning actress, model and television host of Serbian descent best known for her roles in telenovelas. Biography At 15 years old, she mo ...

as Lina Yepes (Season 1) *

Sofía Vergara Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (; born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the highest-paid a ...

as Alicia Oviedo *

Lorena Meritano Lorena may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lorena (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Liza Lorena (born 1949), Filipino actress * Lorena (footballer), Brazilian footballer * Lorena Gómez ...

as Veronica Villa * Marisol Romero as Gabriela Solis *

Carolina Gómez Carolina Gómez Correa (born 26 February 1975) is a Colombian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Colombia 1993 and placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1994. Pageantry Señorita Colombia She won the Mi ...

as Eugenia de Koppel (Season 2) *

Flora Martínez Flora Martinez (born 1 November 1977) is a Colombian actress and singer, known for her title role in the 2005 film ''Rosario Tijeras (film), Rosario Tijeras''. Biography Martinez was born in Montreal to a Canadian mother and a Colombian fath ...

as Lina Yepes (Season 2) *

Diego Trujillo Diego Ignacio Trujillo Dangond (born June 30, 1960) is a Colombian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Walter Blanco in '' Metástasis'', a Colombian remake of ''Breaking Bad''. Life and career Trujillo studied at the Gimn ...

as Armando Koppel (who dies in Season 1) *

Diego Ramos Diego César Ramos (Palermo, Buenos Aires 29 November 1972) is an Argentine actor. He is best known for his performance as Germán Castillo (Violetta), Germán Castillo in the TV series ''Violetta (TV series), Violetta''. Biography Ramos wa ...

as Miguel Delfino * Víctor Mallarino as PabloOviedo * Valeria Santa as Daniela Koppel * Cristian Quezab as Andrés Koppel *

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as Lucía Quiñónez *

Juan Manuel Gallego ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

as Julián Oviedo *

Helena Mallarino Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer *Saint Helena (disambiguation), this includes places Places Greece * Helena ( ...

as Felicidad Ruíz *

María Angélica Mallarino Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name) Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity. It was used as the feminine form of the unrelated Roman name ''Marius (name), M ...

as Marta Ruíz *

Diana Guerrero Vélez Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...

as Domenica Koppet *

Julián Arango Julián Arango Robledo (born October 6, 1969) is a Colombian television actor. He is best known to fans around the world for his role as the temperamental fashion designer Hugo Lombardi in the Colombian mega-hit telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fe ...

as Tomás Aguilar *

Rodrigo Guirao Díaz Antonio Rodrigo Guirao Díaz (; born 18 January 1980), known professionally as Rodrigo Guirao, is an Argentine actor. Early life Guirao was born in Vicente López, Buenos Aires. At age 11, he lost his father and from that moment his mother wa ...

as Juan el Jardinero * Juan Carlos Salazar as Carlos Solís * Estefany Escobar as Alejandra Perreta *

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as Leonardo Herrera *

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as Irene Peláez * Tatiana Rentería as Luisa Quiñónez *

Jairo Camargo Jairo is a common Spanish name. Notable people with this name include: People Association football *Francisco Jairo Silva Santos (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Jairo Aguirre (born 1956), Colombian footballer * Jairo Álvarez Gutiérrez (bor ...

as Cristóbal Quiñónez

Writers and directors

* Production: Buena Vista International Television Latin America * Production Companies: Pol-ka Productions (Argentina) and Vista Productions (Colombia) * Countries: Colombia, Ecuador * Colombian Executive Producers:

Jaime Sánchez Cristo Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

and Sofía Vergara * Ecuadorean Executive Producers: Sebastián Corral and Claudia Cárdenas * Direction: Sebastian Pivotto, Martin Desalvo * General Direction: Víctor Mallarino * Executive Production: Diego Andrasnik * Executive Production Buena Vista International Television: Leonardo Aranguibel and Fernando Barbosa

External links

References

{{RCN Televisión telenovelas and series Comedy-drama television series Desperate Housewives 2007 Colombian television series debuts Non-American television series based on American television series RCN Televisión original programming Spanish-language television shows Television shows set in Colombia Television shows set in Ecuador