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Teresa (2010 TV series)

Teresa is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela of the same name produced in 1959.

Angelique Boyer, Sebastian Rulli and Aarón Díaz starred as the main protagonists, while Cynthia Klitbo and Ana Brenda Contreras starred as the co-protagonists. Manuel Landeta, Margarita Magaña and Felicia Mercado played the main antagonists.

Plot

Teresa, a beautiful but impoverished woman, blames a lack of money for her sister's death. She aims to escape poverty using her looks while expecting her lover Mariano, a striving doctor, to fulfill her dreams.

While studying on a scholarship, Teresa meets Paulo, a wealthy student. She leaves Mariano for Paulo, aiming to escape poverty. She dates him throughout high school, and then she urges marriage, but he leaves upon learning about her lack of funds. He offers a kept relationship, which she declines. Paulo's mother, Genoveva, strongly objects.

Aida, jealous and enamored with Paulo, publicly shames Teresa. Vowing strength, Teresa befriends teacher Arturo, who supports her law education. "Entre ser y no ser, yo soy" ("Between being or not being, I am") becomes her motto. She plans revenge on Aida and Paulo. Teresa befriends Arturo, aiming to make him love her. Jealous of her friend Aurora's love for Mariano, she reconciles with him. Arturo's sister, Luisa warms up to Teresa's kindness.

Arturo unintentionally falls for Teresa. Luisa urges his confession. Teresa dates Mariano, then gets engaged, but leaves him for Arturo due to impatience. Mariano, devastated, finds comfort in Aida after Paulo's death due to drug overdose. Mariano's pleas fail. Arturo and Teresa's trip to Cancun reveals her true self. They marry despite Arturo's jealousy of Mariano. Arturo's affair with ex-fiancée Paloma, Teresa's past infidelity, and Paloma's death strains their marriage. Teresa contemplates divorce until Arturo surprises her with a belated European honeymoon. Over time, despite thoughts of Mariano, Teresa falls in love with Arturo.

Time passes, and Arturo learns of Teresa's prior intimacy with Mariano before their wedding and her motive for marrying for money. Arturo faces a financial crisis, testing their marriage by moving to Teresa's old neighborhood. She pursues Fernando for status, discovered by Mariano who tells Luisa. Luisa breaks off with Mariano, learns she is pregnant by Fernando, and Armando dies in disappointment. Teresa loves Arturo, wanting his recovery. Arturo is loved by Lucia, evoking Teresa's jealousy.

As the plot unfolds, Teresa successfully lures Fernando, persuading him to leave Luisa and share his fortune. During a wedding interview, she disowns her family, revealing her background. Juana and Refugio, heartbroken, see her true nature. Teresa justifies her actions as an interview strategy. Friends and family criticize her for choosing money over love. She abandons Fernando, pursues Arturo's forgiveness, and cares for him after a car accident. Arturo heals, but rejects her. Teresa donates Fernando's money to Paloma's child foundation after his refusal. Refugio and Juana deny forgiveness. Alone, Teresa reflects, hugging a teddy bear from Arturo. Afterwords, Arturo arrives to embrace and kiss her.

First Alternative Ending: ↵There is an alternative ending that was broadcast during the popular Mexican show Hoy. This ending featured a heartbroken Teresa, finally realizing and accepting that she is now alone and none of her loved ones want anything to do with her, leaving Arturo's house to begin a new life. Six months later, she is working at a company as an assistant, where she is approached by her new boss, asking her to meet him at his office. As she makes her way, Teresa unbuttons her blouse before breaking the fourth wall by smiling seductively to the camera and saying her famous phrase, implying that she is back to her old manipulative ways.

Second Alternative Ending: ↵In this ending, Teresa goes back to her house realizing that no one loves her, goes to her room, and hugs the bear that Arturo gave her as a gift. Fernando suddenly appears and sees Teresa crying. Angry because Teresa ruined his life, he draws a gun and shoots her. She lies on the ground holding her bear and dies.

Cast

Main

Angelique Boyer as Teresa Chávez Aguirre
Cynthia Klitbo as Juana Godoy
Aarón Díaz as Mariano Sánchez Suárez
Sebastián Rulli as Arturo de la Barrera

Also main

Silvia Mariscal as Refugio Aguirre de Chávez
Manuel Landeta as Rubén Cáceres Muro
Ana Brenda Contreras as Aurora Alcázar
Margarita Magaña as Aída Cáceres Azuela
Fernanda Castillo as Luisa de la Barrera Azuela
Felicia Mercado as Genoveva De Alba Vda. de Castellanos
Juan Carlos Colombo as Armando Chávez
Alejandro Ávila as Cutberto González
Óscar Bonfiglio as Héctor Alcázar
Fabiola Campomanes as Esperanza Medina
Dobrina Cristeva as Mayra Azuela de Cáceres
Toño Mauri as Hernán Ledezma
Luis Fernando Peña as Juan Antonio "Johnny" Gómez Domínguez
Juan Sahagún as Ramón Sánchez
Gloria Aura as Patricia "Paty" Nájera Valverde
Daniel Arenas as Fernando Moreno Guijarro
Guillermo Zarur as Don Porfirio Valverde
Patricio Borghetti as Martín Robles Ayala
Issabella Camil as Paloma Dueñas.
Alejandro Nones as Paulo Castellanos De Alba
Joana Brito as Ignacia "Nachita" de Medina
Willebaldo López as Pedro Medina
Raquel Olmedo as Oriana Guijarro Vda. de Moreno
Eugenia Cauduro as Vanessa Coronel
Mar Contreras as Lucía Álvarez Granados

Recurring

Hugo Aceves as Rodolfo Méndez "Fito"
Jessica Segura as Rosa "Rosita" Chávez Aguirre
Rodrigo René as Pablo "Pablito" Medina
Monserrat de León as Griselda
Saúl Flores as Saúl
Felipe Nájera as Hugo
Elena Torres as Magda
Eduardo Carvajal as Darío
María Dolores Oliva as Gema
Juan Diego Covarrubias as Julio
Alejandra Adame as Florencia Dueñas y Vélez
María Pía as Ivonne
Roberto Romano as Raúl
Heidi Balvanera as Sasha
Hortensia Gramajo as Reina
Sofía Castro as Sofía
Iván Lomelí as Campesino
Elsa Cárdenas as Director of the Paloma foundation

Guest stars

Toño Infante as Fausto

Notes

Awards and nominations

Broadcast

The series originally aired from August 2, 2010 to February 27, 2011 in Mexico on Canal de las Estrellas. The series aired in United States on Univision from March 30, 2011 until October 3, 2011.