''Camaleones'' (''Chameleons'') is a 2009 Mexican

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produced by

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for

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. The telenovela aired on

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from July 27, 2009 to January 29, 2010. It stars

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and

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. Filming took place in

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and

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in June 2009, and lasted approximately 7 months.

Plot

''Camaleones'' is the story of Valentina and Sebastián, who are both skilled thieves. They are united when a man they call "El Amo" forces them to commit crimes in order to protect their loved ones, who are in jail. El Amo wants to outwit Augusto Ponce de León, a corrupt police chief who is in charge of the "Chameleon" case, which he has to solve if he wants to reach a position in politics and gain more and more power. Valentina and Sebastián pose as prefect and art history teacher, respectively, at San Bartolomé School, where Augusto and Francisca, his wife, are the directors and owners; it is there where their daughter Solange studies. The school's gardener, Leónidas, is an undercover policeman who plans to put Augusto in jail for his crimes and the death of his son, since Augusto threw him off a building and made everyone believe that he had committed suicide. Leónidas develops friendships with Valentina, Sebastian, Solange and Ulises, and from the basement of the school he is planning revenge against Augusto for pretending to be something he is not. Ironically, all the main characters pretend to be someone else, hence the name Chameleons.

Cast

Main

as Francisca Campos *

as Valentina Izaguirre *

as Augusto Ponce *

as Sebastián Jaramillo *

Manuel 'Flaco' Ibáñez Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I ...

as Leónidas *

Ana Bertha Espín Ana Bertha Espín Ocampo (born 13 October 1958) is a Mexican actress. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * 1956 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican fi ...

as Lupita Morán * Sherlyn as Solange Ponce de León * Pee Wee as Ulises Morán *

José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His José Elías Moreno Jr., son of the same name, born in 1956 ...

as Armando Jaramillo *

Luis Manuel Ávila Luis Manuel Ávila (born January 30, 1971«Luis Manuel Avila. Entertai ...

as Eusebio Portillo *

José Luis Reséndez José Luis Reséndez Santos (born October 14, 1978 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo México and represented his country in Mister World 2003, held in London, England, where ...

as Pedro Recalde *

Mariana Ávila Mariana Ávila (born Mariana Ávila de la Torre on April 15, 1979) is a Mexican actress and singer. Early life Ávila was born in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. She started her acting career when she was six years old in a stage play called ''El p ...

as Carmen Castillo * Marisol Santacruz as Magdalena Orozco *

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as Patricio Calderón * Flor Rubio as Irene * Alberich Bormann as Féderico Díaz Ballesteros * Carla Cardona as Mercedes Márquez * Erik Díaz as Lucio Barragán * Juan Carlos Flores as Bruno Pintos Castro * Lucía Zerecero as Rocío Santoscoy *

Mariluz Bermúdez Mariluz Bermúdez Garnier is a Costa Rican television actress and model (person), model, known for her roles in the telenovelas ''Camaleones'', ''Mentir para vivir'', ''Corona de lágrimas (2012 telenovela), Corona de lágrimas'' and ''The Stray ...

as Lorena González *

Michelle Renaud Michelle Renaud (born Michelle Renaud Ruesga; September 9, 1988) is a Mexican actress. Early life Renaud debut was as a child in 1992 telenovela ''Ángeles sin paraíso''. In 2004 returned to the telenovela ''Rebelde'', she played "Michelle P ...

as Betina Montenegro * Paul Stanley as Rolando Rincón * Taide as Cristina Hernández * Ricardo de Pascual as Conrado Tapia * Erik Guecha as Gerardo Zúñiga * Lilibeth as Sabrina * Eduardo Liñán as Víttorio Barragán * Esteban Franco as Señor Pintos * Ginny Hoffman as Gabriela * Jessica Salazar as Catalina de Saavedra * Jorge Alberto Bolaños as Vincente Villoro *

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as Señora de Díaz *

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as Graciela * Rafael del Villar as Efraín Castillo / Señor Montenegro * Ricardo Vera as Efraín Castillo * Renée Varsi as Norma de Pintos

Guest starts

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as Javier Saavedra *

Karla Álvarez Karla Álvarez (; 15 October 1972 – 15 November 2013) was a Mexican actress best known for her roles including '' Maria Mercedes'' and '' Alma Rebelde'' and as a contestant for Big Brother VIP in 2003. Her last TV appearance was ''Qué Bonit ...

as Ágata Menéndez *

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as Ricardo Calderón *

Amairani Amairani Romero Gutiérrez (born 6 April 1970), known by the mononym Amairani, is a Mexican actress. Early life and career Amairani was born in Mexico City, Mexico on 6 April 1970. She is the daughter of actress Anabel Gutiérrez. Amaira ...

as Señora de Rincón *

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as Evangelina de Márquez *

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as José Ignacio Márquez *

Grettell Valdez Grettell Valdez (; born July 7, 1976) is a Mexican actress and former model. Biography Born in Querétaro, Mexico, Valdéz's first acting role was in a telenovela called Sin ti between 1997 and 1998. In 1998 she made a special appearance in the ...

as Silvana

Music

''Camaleones: Música de la Telenovela'' is the

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album for the Mexican telenovela ''Camaleones'' and the debut studio album by Camaleones. It was released in Mexico on November 24, 2009.

Track listing

Released on DVD

As they released a CD with the songs of the telenovela, the May 14, 2010 was released a

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.Camaleones en DVD

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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