Valeria is a Venezuelan-American telenovela produced by Venevisión Productions. The telenovela premiered on Univision on March 10, 2009, at the 2pm/1c timeslot.
Filming of the telenovela ended in September 2008, and it was first released in June 2008 in Ecuador. It aired in Venezuela on July 14, 2009, on Venevisión Plus at the 10pm timeslot with re-airings at 1pm timeslot. It also aired in Spain, Peru, El Salvador, Romania, Croatia, and other countries.
Characters of Leopoldo and Manon are played by the two siblings – Jorge Reyes and his sister Claudia.
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Plot
Leopoldo, member of the Riquelme family, and Valeria, daughter of a poor worker, will have to fight temptations and other situations that force them apart in order to find true love in Miami, because she was raped by Leopoldo's brother Juan Ignacio, who is in protection by his father Samuel, very rich advocate.
Cast
Alejandra Lazcano as Valeria Hidalgo, daughter of Hilda and Julio, mother of Laurita, in love with Leopoldo
Jorge Reyes as Leopoldo Riquelme, son of Piedad and Alfredo, in love with Valeria, father of Laurita
Carolina Tejera as Miroslava Montemar de Riquelme, in love with Lepoldo, hates Valeria, ends up in an asylum and dies of heart attack
Bobby Larios as David Barrios, in love with Valeria but then with Manon, best friend of Leopoldo
Fernando Carrera as Samuel Riquelme, killed by Estrella in defense
Leonardo Daniel as Renato Rivera, a doctor, in love with Estrella, killed on order of Samuel
Mara Croatto as Estrella Granados, Samuel's lover and real mother of Tatiana
Flavio Caballero as Alfredo Galan, ex-boyfriend of Piedad and priest, real father of Leopoldo
Jorge Luis Pila as Salvador Rivera, in love with Tatiana, married Raquel, then Tatiana
Rosalinda Rodríguez as Hilda de Hidalgo
Flor Elena González as Piedad de Riquelme
Claudia Reyes as Manon Álvarez
Grettel Trujillo as Mariela, ends up in jail
Griselda Noguera as Teresa
Shirley Budge as Scarlet, in love with Leopoldo
Carla Rodríguez as Lolita, ends up in jail
Mariana Huerdo as Angelita
Ivelín Giro as Jessica, in love with Leopoldo, dies frozen
Eduardo Ibarrola as Julio Hidalgo
José Antonio Coro as Felipe
William Colmenares as Hugo, associated with Miroslava and Samuel
Carlos Miguel Caballero as Juan Ignacio Riquelme, Samuel's son, wants to kill him, killed by Julio to save Valeria
Julián Gil as Daniel Ferrari, villain, but then good, dies of cancer
Liana Iniesta as Tatiana Riquelme, daughter of Samuel and Estrella
Ximena Duque as Ana Lucía Hidalgo, Valeria's sister, in love with Isidro, has a baby with Isidro
Christian Carabias as Tony Carvajal, dies frozen with Jessica
Robert Avellanet as Guillermo "Iguana" Tovar
Alberto Quintero as Isidro Morales
Eric Sant as Alex Hidalgo, brother of Valeria Killed by Juan Ignacio
Dayana Garroz as Raquel
Alba Galindo as Nancy Mistral
Ivonne Montero as María Inmaculada/Coral, Valeria's cousin, in love with Leopoldo, hates Julio, Valeria and Hilda, killed by rapist, strangled
Nury Flores as Hipólita