Yo soy Betty, la fea, often referred to simply as Betty, la fea, is a Colombian telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán. It aired from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 on RCN. Ana María Orozco stars as the titular character, alongside Jorge Enrique Abello, Natalia Ramírez, Lorna Cepeda, Luis Mesa and Julián Arango.
Edith González Fuentes was a Mexican actress, regarded as a blonde bombshell and one of the most beautiful actresses in Mexican cinema. She is best remembered for working on multiple telenovelas produced by three different multimedia companies, which included Televisa, TV Azteca and Telemundo.
Fernando Luján was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN is a Colombian free-to-air television network owned by Organización Ardila Lülle. It was founded as a television content production company on March 23, 1967, and officially launched as an independent channel on July 10, 1998. Its main shareholder is Carlos Ardila Lülle. It produced Yo soy Betty, la fea, one of the most successful Colombian telenovelas.
Jorge Salinas is a Mexican television and film actor, best known for his leading roles in telenovelas.
María Elena Enríquez Ruiz, known as Helena Rojo, was a Mexican actress and model.
Fernando Gaitán Salom was a Colombian TV series and telenovela screenwriter as well as a producer.
María Fernanda Castillo García, known as Fernanda Castillo, is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her work in several telenovelas, including her role as Mónica Robles in El Señor de los Cielos.
Aitor Antonio Iturrioz Ortiz is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his roles in telenovelas Clase 406 as Max Brouer, Rebelde as Esteban Nolasco, and Al diablo con los guapos as the antagonist Mateo.
Julián Arango Robledo is a Colombian television actor.
El amor no es como lo pintan is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan David Burns and Elisa Salinas for TV Azteca. It was broadcast on Azteca Trece from September 4, 2000 to May 4, 2001 for 175 episodes and the first Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, la fea.
Graduados is a 2013 Colombian telenovela, a remake of the Argentine telenovela Graduados. It starred Luis Fernando Hoyos, Kathy Sáenz, Jorge Enrique Abello, Santiago Moure, Zharick León and Diana Ángel.
The 19th TVyNovelas Awards were an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place on May 8, 2001, in Mexico D.F. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal de las Estrellas.
Celmira Luzardo Montenegro was a Colombian actress. She was noted for her performance in the soap operas La tregua (1980), La potra zaina (1994), Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999).
La Nocturna, is a Colombian telenovela created by Diego Ezequiel Vivanco and Ana María Parra, from a screenplay by Ana María Parra. The series revolves around the student life of several characters who, due to circumstances of life, could never finish their dreams of having graduated from university, so everyone ends up attending Graham University, a night university where each of the characters will fulfill their dreams with the help of Esther and Mario.
En los tacones de Eva is a Colombian telenovela created by Elkin Opina, Fernán Rivera and Juan Carlos Troncoso and, that premiered on RCN Televisión on November 14, 2006, and concluded on May 22, 2008.
Dora Cadavid was a Colombian actress, singer and announcer. Cadavid participated in over 45 television and theatre productions, making her debut at the age of ten in the play Doña Inés vuelve al convento. With 60 years of career, her most famous performance was probably in Fernando Gaitán's successful soap opera, Yo soy Betty, la fea.
Betty, la fea: la historia continúa is an upcoming Colombian television series produced by RCN Televisión for Amazon Prime Video. The series is a sequel of Yo soy Betty, la fea, the second sequel from that series after Ecomoda. It stars Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello. It is set to premiere on 19 July 2024.
