March 10 (2009-03-10) – October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16)[2]
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.[3]
Characters of Leopoldo and Manon are played by the two siblings – Jorge Reyes and his sister Claudia.[4]
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.[5]
Cast
Alejandra Lazcano[6] 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
