telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
produced and broadcast by
TV Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto M ...
. It premiered on 27 August 2001, replacing ''
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu
''Um Anjo Caiu do Céu'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 22 January 2001, replacing '' Uga-Uga'', and ended on 25 August 2001, replaced by '' As Filhas da Mãe''. The telenovela is written by Antôni ...
'', and ended on 19 January 2002, replaced by ''
Desejos de Mulher
''Desejos de Mulher'' is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from January 21, 2002, to August 24, 2002, totaling 185 chapters, replacing '' As Filhas da Mãe'' and replaced by '' O Beijo do Vampiro''.
It stars Regina D ...
''. The telenovela is written by
Silvio de Abreu
Silvio Eduardo de Abreu (born 20 December 1942) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is currently the director of the dramaturgy department of Rede Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Te ...
, with the collaboration of Alcides Nogueira, Bosco Brasil, and Sandra Louzada.
It stars
Fernanda Montenegro
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( eɦˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu, is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, ...
Andréa Beltrão
Andréa Vianna Beltrão (born 16 September 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She is most known for acting in comic roles. Especially Zelda Scott, the female protagonist of ''Armação Ilimitada'' (1985–1988), Úrsula in '' Pedra sobre Pedra'' (19 ...
Fernanda Montenegro
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( eɦˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu, is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, ...
as Lucinda Maria Barbosa Cavalcante "Lulu de Luxemburgo"
* Cláudia Raia as Ramona Barbosa Cavalcante / Ramón Barbosa Cavalcante
*
Andréa Beltrão
Andréa Vianna Beltrão (born 16 September 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She is most known for acting in comic roles. Especially Zelda Scott, the female protagonist of ''Armação Ilimitada'' (1985–1988), Úrsula in '' Pedra sobre Pedra'' (19 ...
as Tatiana Barbosa Cavalcante
* Bete Coelho as Alessandra Barbosa Cavalcante
* Patrícya Travassos as Milagros Quintana
* Thiago Lacerda as Adriano Araújo
* Raul Cortez as Arthur Brandão
*
Alexandre Borges
Alexandre Borges Corrêa (born 23 February 1966) is a Brazilian actor.Regina Casé
Regina Maria Barreto Casé OMC (born 25 February 1954) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, director, producer, and television presenter.
Career
In 1974, Casé, together with Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Jorge Alberto Soares, Luiz Arthur Peixoto e ...
as Rosalva Rocha dos Anjos Cavalcante
*
Tony Ramos
Antônio de Carvalho Barbosa (born 25 August 1948), known professionally as Tony Ramos, is a Brazilian actor.
Ramos has played leading roles in major telenovela productions for more than four decades. Many of his most famous roles share the ch ...
as Manolo Gutierrez
*
Cláudia Ohana
Maria Cláudia Silva Carneiro (born February 6, 1963), known professionally as Cláudia Ohana (after the maternal surname of her mother, Nazareth Ohana Silva), is a Brazilian actress and singer of Portuguese and Jewish origin. In Brazil, she is ...
as Aurora Áurea "Orora"
*
Reynaldo Gianecchini
Reynaldo Fernandes Cisotto Gianecchini Júnior (; born 12 November 1972) is a Brazilian actor and model.
Career
Gianecchini started acting at the age of 6, on the stage of his school in Birigüi, São Paulo. He graduated with a degree in law ...
Mário Frias
Mário Luís Frias (born 9 October 1971) is a Brazilian actor, and was a Special Secretary of Culture, a cabinet position in president Jair Bolsonaro's federal administration from 2020 to 2022.
Career
Special Secretary of Culture
Frias took of ...
as Diego Gutierrez
* Lavínia Vlasak as Valentine Ventura
* Tuca Andrada as Nicolau "Nico" Rocha
* Diogo Vilela as Webster Pereira
* Virgínia Cavendish as Maria Leopoldina Pereira
*
Yoná Magalhães
Yoná Magalhães Gonçalves Mendes da Costa (; 7 August 1935 – 20 October 2015) was a Brazilian actress.Cleyde Yáconis as Georgina "Gorgo" Gutierrez
*
Flávio Migliaccio
Flávio Migliaccio (26 August 1934 – 4 May 2020) was a Brazilian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1958 and 2019. His 1962 film '' The Beggars'' was entered into the 3rd Mos ...
as Barnabé
* Elias Gleizer as Deodoro Rocha "Seu Dedé"
*
Bruno Gagliasso
Bruno Gagliasso Marques (born 13 April 1982) is a Brazilian actor.
Career
He began his career as a child, appearing in Rede Globo soap operas. In 1999, he participated in the episode "Papai é Gay!" on the program ''Você Decide''. The follo ...
as José Carlos "Zeca" Rocha dos Anjos
* Pedro Garcia Netto as Pedro Rocha dos Anjos
* Viviane Novaes as Érika
* Lulo Scroback as Waldeck Ventura
* Nelson Xavier as Mauro das Flores
* Emiliano Queiroz as João Alberto
* Jacqueline Laurence as Margot de Montparnasse
* Cristina Pereira as Divina
*
Nelson Freitas
Nelson Freitas (born April 4, 1975) is a Cape Verdean-Dutch Ghetto-Zouk singer, producer and recorder. He records with GhettoZouk Music, which also signed artists Chelsy Shantel and William Araujo.
Biography
Freitas was born in the Netherland ...
as Clóvis
* Gustavo Falcão as Faísca
* Marcelo Barros as Polenta
* Hilda Rebello as Dona Geralda
* Ana Beatriz Cisneiros as Amanda Rocha dos Anjos
* Felipe Latgé as Felipe "Felipinho" Augusto Pereira
* Isabella Cunha as Maria Elizabeth Pereira