''Preciosa'' (English: ''Precious'') is a Mexican

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produced by

Pedro Damián Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican television producer, actor, director and executive producer of popular teen telenovelas. His works include '' Clase 406, Lola, Érase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebe ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

in 1998. On Monday, April 27, 1998, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Preciosa'' weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing ''Mi pequeña traviesa''. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, August 28, 1998, with ''Soñadoras'' replacing it the following Monday.

Irán Castillo Irán Castillo Pinzón (Veracruz, January 4, 1977) is a Mexican singer and actress. She is known on television for her work in Televisa telenovelas during the 1990s and early 2000s, such as '' Agujetas de color de rosa'', ''Soñadoras'', '' ...

and

Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas (born Juan Mauricio Islas Ilescas, August 16, 1973) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas produced by Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, and Venevision. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Islas i ...

starred as protagonists, while

Nailea Norvind Nailea Norvind (born 16 February 1970) is a Mexican theater, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Leonor in the telenovela ''Quinceañera'', as well as appeared in the critically acclaimed 1987 film '' Gaby: A True Sto ...

Felicia Mercado Felicia Mercado (born Felicia Mercado Agud on December 17, 1959) is a Mexican actress, singer, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder, best known for her appearances in telenovelas . She appeared in '' Between Love and Hatred'' and ''Teresa''. H ...

Roberto Ballesteros Roberto Ballesteros (born March 22, 1952) is a Mexican actor. In some media it has been erroneously published that the actor is originally from Peru. However, the actor himself has denied this information and exhibited his birth certificate to con ...

and

Bertha Moss Bertha Moss (August 7, 1919 – February 4, 2008), born Juana Bertha Moscovish Holm, was an Argentine actress of stage, television and film, famous for appearing in many Mexican telenovelas. Life She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She die ...

starred as antagonists.

Cast

as Preciosa Ruiz/Estrella Ruiz *

as Luis Fernando Santander *

as Valeria San Román Valdivia de Santander *

Francisco Gattorno Francisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez (; born October 12, 1964), better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a Cuban actor. Biography Francisco grew up in Santa Clara. He is a son of a Canarian father, and mother ...

as Álvaro San Román *

as Sandor *

Susana González Susana González (; born Susana Alejandra González del Río on October 2, 1973, in Calera de Víctor Rosales, Zacatecas, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. Biography She is the daughter of Refugio González and Elvira del Río, and ha ...

as Felina *Alfonso Iturralde as Roberto San Román *

as Enriqueta Valdivia de San Román * Ingrid Martz as Alma San Román *

as Eduarda Santander *Yula Pozo as Fermina *Marcela Pezet as Lorena *Luis Bayardo as Tito Ruiz *Rodrigo Vidal as Leonel de la Riva *

Luis Gatica Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961) is a Mexican actor, son of the Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and the Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés. He is the uncle of fellow actor Alfredo Gatica. Biography Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He ...

as Patricio *

Adriana Fonseca Adriana Fonseca (; born Adriana Fonseca Castellanos March 16, 1979) is a Mexican actress and dancer. She is best known for her roles in Televisa's telenovelas like '' La usurpadora'' as Veronica Soriano (1998), '' Rosalinda'' as Lucy Pérez Rome ...

as Vanessa *

Carmen Salinas Carmen Salinas Lozano (5 October 1939 – 9 December 2021) was a Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur. She was associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during her later career as a po ...

as Mamá Pachis *Norma Lazareno as Regina de la Riva * Luz Elena González as Milagros Ortiz *

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as Ransel * Sharis Cid as Zamira * Mayrin Villanueva as Claudia Ortiz *

Héctor Suárez Gomís Héctor Suárez Gomís (born December 6, 1968) is a Mexican actor and former singer. Formerly known as Héctor Suárez Jr. and Héctor Suárez hijo, he is the son of Héctor Suárez, who was also an actor and of Pepita Gomís a television host. C ...

as Lorenzo "El Pantera" Ortiz *Raúl Padilla "Chóforo" as Libardo *Martha Ofelia Galindo as Chata * Eduardo Antonio as Father Juan Martín * René Casados as El Gran Sabu *

Mauricio Aspe Mauricio Aspe (born Edgar Mauricio Aspe López on July 25, 1973, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. Biography Career He began as a child model before emerging as an actor at age 17, when he joined the school of acting of Televisa ...

as El Gasolina *

Osvaldo Benavides Osvaldo Benavides (born June 14, 1979, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, writer, producer and cinematographer. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, currently resides in Tepoztlán, Morelos. Osvaldo began acting at age 9 years. He ...

as Simón Ortiz *David Larible as Payaso Ángel *Uri Chartarifsky as Oscarito *Manola Diez as Inés *Alec Von Bargen as Orlando de la Riva *Alizair Gómez as "El Pirulo" *Dolores Salomón "Bodokito" as Finita *Eduardo Iduñate as Andrés *Francisco Rossell as Arturo *Ligia Robles as Luz Elena *Lisa Carbajal as Bianca *

Jorge Poza Jorge Alberto Poza Pérez ( born 3 January 1978) is a Mexican film and television actor. Biography Poza was born in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. He started his acting career in the movie ''Bandidos'' in 1990, but his career as a TV actor star ...

as Robin *

Ana Layevska Anna Serhiivna Layevska (; born January 10, 1984), known as Ana Layevska, is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian-Mexicans, Mexican actress and singer. Early life Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ana is the only child of violinist Serhii Laievskyi and actress Inna Ra ...

as Princess *Eduardo Rodríguez as Leopoldino *Marieth Rodríguez as Rosalba Morantes/Miranda Barrios *Miguel Ángel Cardiel as Ariel Robles *

Odiseo Bichir Odiseo Bichir Nájera (born May 3, 1960) is a Mexican actor. Filmography Film Television External links * 1960 births Living people Male actors from Mexico City Mexican male film actors Mexican male television actors ...

as Heriberto Robles *

María Antonieta de las Nieves María Antonieta Gómez Rodríguez (born 4 December 1949), more commonly known by her stage name María Antonieta de las Nieves, is a Mexican actress, comedian, singer, and author. Her best remembered role is that of La Chilindrina, one of th ...

as La Chilindrina

Awards

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* 1998 telenovelas 1998 Mexican television series debuts 1998 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub