
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points. Starring Victoria Ruffo and César Évora, who last appeared together in 2000's Abrázame muy fuerte, La madrastra tells the story of María, a woman who lost twenty years of her life after being falsely accused of murder and who returns to Mexico to exact revenge on her husband and friends who abandoned her and to see her beloved children once more. La Madrastra is fourth in a series of remakes of the 1981 Chilean production of the same name. The program aired five nights a week, Monday through Friday, at 9 pm for 25 weeks. A follow-up special, La madrastra: años después, aired shortly after the finale on 30 July 2005.
Maria Fernandez Acuña de San Román

Esteban San Román
Leonel Ibáñez

Alba San Román

Carmela San Román
Fabiola Morán de Mendizabal

Bruno Mendizábal

Daniela Márquez de Rivero
Demetrio Rivero
Socorro de Montes

Venturina García "La Muda"

Servando Maldonado
Carlos Sánchez

Padre Belisario

Vivian Sousa
Estrella San Román

Héctor San Román
Guadalupe "Lupita" Montes
Ángel San Román / Ángel Rivero San Román
Alma Martínez
Greco Montes
Rufino "El Pulpo" Sánchez

Leonardo "Da Vinci" Montes
Rebeca Robles
Mañas
Detective Figueroa
La Duquesa

Ana Rosa Márquez / Sofía Márquez

Gerardo Salgado