Season 1 • Episode 115
LatestRubí Pérez is a very beautiful but poor woman who studies at an exclusive university thanks to the financial support from Cristina , her hard-working older sister. She is best friends with Maribel de la Fuente , a kind and wealthy young woman. Rubí is actually jealous of Maribel's social status while pitying her disability and dreams of marrying a rich man to leave poverty behind.
Acting
Bárbara Mori's iconic villain performance launched her stardom.
Costume
Red dresses so fierce they became the character's trademark.
Writing
Telenovela plotting at peak shamelessness — every episode ends wild.
Creator
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Bárbara Mori
Rubí Pérez Ochoa / Fernanda Martínez
Eduardo Santamarina
Alejandro Cárdenas Ruiz
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Maribel de la Fuente
Sebastián Rulli
Héctor Ferrer Garza
Ana Martín
Refugio Ochoa Vda. de Pérez
Yadhira Carrillo
Elena Navarro
Josefina Echánove
Francisca “Pancha” Muñoz
Antonio Medellín
Ignacio Cárdenas
Ana Bertha Espín
Elisa de Duarte
José Elías Moreno
Genaro Duarte
Sergio Goyri
Yago Pietrasanta
Marlene Favela
Sonia Chavarria
Manuel Landeta
Lucio Montemayor
Jan
Marco Rivera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This telenovela dominated Latin American TV in 2004 and spawned remakes in Philippines, India, and beyond. Rubí became shorthand for 'gold-digger' in Mexican pop culture.
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