Una Maid en Manhattan is a Spanish-language American telenovela produced by Telemundo Studios. It is based on the 2002 film Maid in Manhattan, starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes.
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Plot
Una Maid en Manhattan tells the story of Marisa Luján (Litzy), who runs a small hotel in a village in Michoacan. Before the events shown in the show, she falls in love with Victor, an American man who visits Michoacán every year for the Christmas holidays. She becomes pregnant with Victor's child. She leaves Victor, after finding out he cheated, and moves with her son Lalo to New York City, where she works as a maid in Manhattan hotel. She meet her Prince Charming Christobal Parker, with who she falls in love with. Even if their love was unconditional, they face obstacles which they will have to conquer together.
Cast and characters
Main
Litzy as Merissa Luján
Eugenio Siller as Cristóbal Parker Salas
Vanessa Villela as Sara Montero
Jorge Eduardo García as Eduardo "Lalo" Mendoza Luján
Recurring
Shalim Ortiz as Frank Varela
Maricela González as Calixta Meléndez
Paulo Quevedo as Víctor Mendoza
Tina Romero as Carmen Moreno "La Nana"
Liz Gallardo as Leticia Robles "Leti"
Ismael La Rosa as Tadeo Falcón "Tito"
Jorge Baldini as Franco Rios
Juan Pablo Llano as Bruno Rivera
Karen Sentíes as Amelia Salas de Parker
Fred Valle as Tyron Parker "Ty"
Jorge Hernández as Estanislao "Polaco"
Wanda D'Isidoro as Catalina Lucero
Ana Sobero as Marcela Villa
Sandra Eichler as Alicia
Salim Rubiales as Tarek
Maite Embil as Belinda Delgado
Karina Mora as Yazmín "Yaya" Mendoza
Xavier Coronel as Javier Serran
Jeimy Osorio as Tania Taylor
Rodrigo Mejía as Gregorio "Goyo"
Aneudy Lara as Jerome Taylor
Carlos Athié as Lucas Gonzalez
Episodes
Release dates, episode name & length, and U.S. viewers based on Telemundo's broadcast.
Production
Production and filming of Una Maid en Manhattan officially started in late 2011. From November 29, 2011 to July 9, 2012, Telemundo aired the serial weeknights at 8pm/7c, replacing Mi Corazón Insiste. From July 10 to 23, 2012, Telemundo aired half-hour episodes of Una Maid en Manhattan and Rosa Diamante, both sharing the 8pm/7c time slot. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles with closed captions on CC3.
Reception
Telemundo's November 29 broadcast of Una Maid en Manhattan averaged nearly 1.6 million viewers. The series finale broadcast on July 23 averaged 2.1 million viewers, and became one of Telemundo’s strongest novelas ever during its run.