Sin Vergüenza (TV series)
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Sin Vergüenza is a Spanish-language telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 produced by Telemundo
Telemundo
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 and RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana , is a Colombian television production company. It aired 14.5 per week of programming each week in 1993....

. This limited-run series about four beautiful, yet very different women, resembles Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...

 and Sex & The City. Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n actress Gaby Espino
Gaby Espino
María Gabriela "Gaby" Espino Rugero is a Venezuelan actress and model. She best known for her roles in telenovelas.-Biography:...

 stars.
This telenovela was sold to 9 countries around the world.

Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 debuted Sin Vergüenza on weeknights at 10 p.m. ET/PT. After the early weeks received disappointing ratings, it moved to daytime, airing weekdays at 1 p.m. ET/PT from May 7 until August 21, 2007.

Characters

Filmed in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

, this steamy serial features four vivacious, sensual and self-willed heroines, who share an intense friendship and co-own a lingerie store called Sin Vergüenza.
  • Renata Sepúlveda (Gaby Espino
    Gaby Espino
    María Gabriela "Gaby" Espino Rugero is a Venezuelan actress and model. She best known for her roles in telenovelas.-Biography:...

    ), an unmarried, childless, upwardly-mobile executive who takes advantage of her affair with her married boss, Raimundo Montes (Javier Gómez). His wife Meme (Diana Quijano) controls half of their company.
  • Paloma San Miguel (Paola Toyos), a bohemian mother who wants to become an art dealer. Her two children are named Roque and Candelaria. Paloma must now choose between her new live-in beau Rafael Velez (Alejandro de la Madrid) and her separated husband, Julián (Salvador del Solar).
  • Maite Contreras (Ivonne Montero
    Ivonne Montero
    Ivonne Montero is a Mexican actress and model best known for her leading role in ¡Anita, no te rajes! in 2004. She has portrayed various other roles in telenovelas, and has appeared in several serials, including Rosalinda, Las vías del amor, Decisiones, and El Juego de la Vida...

    ) manages the lingerie shop. This fun-loving free spirit who still lives like a teenager—and dates Kike (Luis Ernesto Franco), a much younger man. She also has a mother (Natalia Giraldo) who won't leave her alone. Her whole life shakes when she discovers her son Vincente (José Julián Gaviria) faces an unexpected illness. Maite must now deal with Max (Alfredo Annert), his father, whom she hasn't seen in eleven years.
  • Fernanda Montes (Margarita Ortega), a teacher is Raimundo's sister. She is a devoted mother to two little girls named Isabel and Ana. Fernanda runs into Cristóbal (Cristóbal Lander), an old flame who reminds her that the passion has left her marriage. Her husband, Esteban del Río (Jorge Aravena), also works for Raimundo and Meme.


Inseparable since childhood, these passionate women share the most intimate secrets with one another, including romances, adventures and heartaches. Each of them has her own unique personality and seeks love, companionship and fulfillment in a different way. This charming quartet realizes the modern world is not the fairy tale that they dreamed about long ago.

Main Cast

Actor Character Known as
Gaby Espino
Gaby Espino
María Gabriela "Gaby" Espino Rugero is a Venezuelan actress and model. She best known for her roles in telenovelas.-Biography:...

 
Renata Sepulveda Main heroine. Friend of Maite, Fernanda and Paloma, in love with Raimundo; later adoptive mother of Gabriel
Ivonne Montero
Ivonne Montero
Ivonne Montero is a Mexican actress and model best known for her leading role in ¡Anita, no te rajes! in 2004. She has portrayed various other roles in telenovelas, and has appeared in several serials, including Rosalinda, Las vías del amor, Decisiones, and El Juego de la Vida...

Maite Contreras Main heroine. Mother of Vicente
Margarita Ortega
Margarita Ortega
Margarita Ortega is a Colombian television host and actress. She is a native of Cali, Colombia.-Career:Ortega studied Social Communications and Journalism at the Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores in Bogotá. Between 1995 and 1997, she was a news anchor in the informational 7:30 Caracol...

Fernanda Montes Main heroine. Wife of Esteban, sister of Raimundo, mother of Ana and Isabel
Paola Toyos  Paloma San Miguel Main heroine. Ex-wife of Julian, mother of Roque, Candelaria and Abril
Javier Gómez  Raimundo Montes Husband of Meme, father of Paola and Claudio, in love with Renata
Luis Ernesto Franco  Kike Boyfriend of Maite
Jorge Aravena
Jorge Aravena
Jorge Aravena is Peruvian-Venezuelan telenovela actor. He has starred in Girasoles Para Lucia, La Revancha, Secreto de Amor, Mi Vida Eres Tu and Querida Enemiga.-Telenovelas:*2011: La que no podia amar .....

 
Esteban del Rio Husband of Fernanda, father of Ana and Isabel, colleague of Raimundo and Meme
Salvador del Solar  Julian Gutierrez Actor, ex-husband of Paloma, father of Roque and Candelaria
Alejandro de la Madrid  Rafael Valdez Boyfriend of Paloma
Diana Quijano  Mercedes 'Meme' del Solar Villain. Wife of Raimundo, mother of Paola and Claudio
Estefania Godoy  Paola Montes Daughter of Meme and Raimundo, in love with Kike
Andres Fierro  Claudio Montes Son of Meme and Raimundo
Jose Julian Gaviria  Vicente Contreras Son of Maite and Max
Cristobal Lander
Cristobal Lander
-Biography:Lander became famous as the 2000 Mr. Venezuela first finalist.Lander's first acting role came in 2006, when he starred in the TV series "Por Todo lo Altoo" playing the character of Rodolfo. A year later, he got another break when he landed the role in the Venezuelan TV series, Sin...

 
Cristobal Gonzalez Villain. Father of Manuela
Alfredo Ahnert  Max Aldana Husband of Grace, father of Vicente and Sara
Laila Vieira  Grace de Aldana Villain. Wife of Max, mother of Sara
Lady Noriega  Silvia Mother of Renata
Natalia Giraldo  Teresa Contreras Mother of Maite
Danilo Santos  Mariano Garcia Villain. Colleague of Meme, father of Matilde
Ines Prieto  Ruth Housekeeper in Paloma's house
Ivett Zamora  Nelly Maid in Fernanda's house
Luz Marina Martelo  Clara Meme's secretary
Martha Liliana Calderon  Beatriz Montoya Doctor, friend of Grace, mother of Matilde
Juliana Riano 
Martin Galindo 
Valeria Celis 
Valeria Galindo 

Production notes

This show is also known as Cuatro Rosas ("Four Roses") and 4 Lives... For Love. It is based on the 2006 TVN comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 Entre Medias ("In Between"). The four heroines parallel the four temperaments.

On-air promotions for this serial began on Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 on March 2, 2007. The network originally announced back in 2006 that the show would join its daytime lineup, airing at 1 p.m. ET/PT, which is where it ultimately wound up. Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 originally planned to run 120 original hours from Monday to Friday over about 26 weeks, but the order was apparently cut to 80 hours. Only 14 episodes aired in prime time, three of which were cut to a half hour. Recaps of those shows aired during the first week in daytime. During the initial run,
Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC1, but abruptly dropped them during the afternoon time slot.

Hugo León Ferrer
Hugo León Ferrer
Hugo León Ferrer is a Colombian television producer best known for his association with Telemundo and RTI Colombia. He is a former vice-president of production at RTI...

 was executive producer. Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n screenwriter Valentina Párraga originally developed the teleplay but dropped out and was replaced by another Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n screenwriter, Isamar Hernández, who made it resemble a story she wrote on early 1990s. The show was directed by Rodolfo Hoyos and Andres Biermann.

External links

  • Telemundo International Sin Vergüenza page (English, requires Flash
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    )
  • Telenovela World (bilingual)
  • Telemundo official Sin Vergüenza site (Spanish)
  • official site for Entre Medias (Spanish)
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