Corazón valiente

Corazón Valiente (Fearless Heart), originally known as Caídas del Cielo (Falls of Heaven), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by U.S.-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami, featuring an ensemble cast.^[1][2] Adriana Fonseca, Ximena Duque, José Luis Reséndez and Fabián Ríos starred as the main protagonists, with Aylin Mujica and Manuel Landeta starred as the main antagonists.

Corazón valiente
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Marcela Citterio
Written by	Juan Marcos Blanco Marcela Citterio Marisa Milanesio Claudia Morales
Directed by	Ricardo Schwarz Claudio Callao Arturo Manuitt Danny Gavidia Luis Manzo
Starring	Adriana Fonseca José Luis Reséndez Aylín Mújica Ximena Duque Fabián Ríos Vanessa Pose Jon-Michael Ecker Sonya Smith Jorge Luis Pila Manuel Landeta Katie Barberi Leonardo Daniel Gilda Haddock Gabriel Valenzuela José Guillermo Cortines Tatiana Capote Alejandro López Lino Martone Roberto Plantier Priscila Perales Ahrid Hannaley Briggitte Bozzo Nicole Arci Carolina Tejera Gabriel Porras Brenda Asnicar Angeline Moncayo Alba Roversi Daniela Navarro Pablo Azar Gregorio Pernía Miguel Varoni
Theme music composer	Alberto Slezynger Vinicio Ludovic
Opening theme	"Corazón valiente" by Flora Ciarlo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	206
Production
Executive producer	Carlos Lamus
Producers	Mariana Iskandariani Diana Ariza
Cinematography	Reinaldo Figueira Miguel Font
Editor	Ramiro Pardo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Telemundo Studios
Original release
Network	Telemundo
Release	March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) – January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)

Telemundo aired Corazón Valiente weeknights at 9 pm/8c from March 6, 2012 to January 7, 2013, replacing Flor Salvaje.^[3][4] On January 8, 2013, La Patrona replaced Corazón Valiente.^[5][6] As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.

Plot

Corazón valiente is the story of the friendship between two girls in a remote Mexican city called Valle de Bravo. Ángela Valdez (Sofía Sanabria), humble and sweet, was the daughter of Miguel Valdéz (Jorge Luis Pila), the bodyguard of the powerful and wealthy family Sandoval Navarro. Samantha Sandoval Navarro was the rich girl guarded by Miguel Valdéz. The two girls' lives are forever changed when Samantha is kidnapped, resulting in Miguel Valdéz sacrificing his life to save her. After what happened, the girls were separated.

Ángela and Samantha meet again after eighteen years. Ángela (Adriana Fonseca) is married to Luis Martínez (Gabriel Valenzuela); Has a daughter, Violeta (Nicole Arci), and works as a baker. For her part, Samantha (Ximena Duque) works as a bodyguard. Samantha comes up with the idea of inviting Ángela to work with her; Ángela accepts and assigns her the mission to protect Génesis Arroyo, the daughter of a multimillionaire lawyer named Juan Marcos Arroyo (Jose Luis Reséndez) who is unfortunately married to Isabel Uriarte (Sonya Smith), a proud and evil woman who is unfaithful, even with his own bodyguard. Meanwhile, Samantha is ordered to protect Willy del Castillo (Fabián Ríos), her first love, who has become a whimsical playboy and womanizer. Samantha decides not to reveal anything of her past, but he ends up discovering who she is and love arises between them.

Thus, Ángela and Samantha will have to fight with all the obstacles that their enemies will put them through in order to be happy with the people they love, while always having a brave heart.

Cast

Main

• Adriana Fonseca as Ángela Valdez (Female Protagonist)
• José Luis Reséndez as Juan Marcos Arroyo (Male Protagonist)
• Aylín Mújica as Fernanda del Castillo / Victoria Villafañe (Female antagonist)
• Ximena Duque as Samantha Sandoval Navarro / Samantha Valdéz Navarro (Co-Female Protagonist)
• Fabián Ríos as Guillermo "Willy" del Castillo (Co-Male Protagonist)
• Vanessa Pose as Emma Arroyo
• Jon-Michael Ecker as Pablo Peralta
• Jorge Luis Pila as Miguel Valdéz
• Manuel Landeta as Bernardo del Castillo (Antagonist)
• Katie Barberi as Perla Navarro
• Leonardo Daniel as Darío Sandoval
• Gilda Haddock as Estela de Valdéz (Antagonist)
• Gabriel Valenzuela as Luis Martínez (Antagonist)/ Camilo Martínez (Protagonist)
• José Guillermo Cortines as Renzo Mancilla
• Tatiana Capote as Ofelia Ramírez
• Alejandro López as Vicente La Madrid (Antagonist)
• Lino Martone as Diego Villareal
• Roberto Plantier as Gabriel La Madrid
• Priscila Perales as Nelly Balbuena
• Ahrid Hannaley as Cecilia
• Briggitte Bozzo as Génesis Arroyo
• Nicole Arci as Violeta Martínez
• Carolina Tejera as Lorena Barrios
• Gabriel Porras as Miguel Valdez Gutiérrez
• Brenda Asnicar as Fabiola Arroyo / Fabiola Ferrara
• Angeline Moncayo as Laura Aguilar
• Alba Roversi as Nora / La Madrina
• Daniela Navarro as Clara Salvatierra
• Pablo Azar as Gustavo Ponte
• Gregorio Pernia as Javier del Toro / El Verdugo / Javier Falcón
• Miguel Varoni as Jesús Matamoros / El Mesiás

Recurring

• Sandra Beltrán as Ivonne Matamoros / La Niña Bonita (Antagonist)
• Andrés Cotrino as Nicolás del Castillo
• Gabriela Borges as Jessica Águilar del Toro
• Jonathan Freudman as Rodrigo Sandoval
• Eduardo Rodríguez as Esteban de la Vega
• Sonya Smith as Isabel Uriarte De Arroyo
• Emily Alvarado as Young Samantha Sandoval
• Ileana Jacket as Josefina Uriarte
• Michelle Jones as Pamela Vallester
• Paloma Márquez as Sol Díaz de León
• Mauro Menendez as Young Jesús Matamoros
• Ezequiel Montalt as Teniente Manuel Flores
• Dayami Padrón as Paloma Nieves
• Juan Jiménez as Cayetano Rodríguez / Ringo (Antagonist)
• Francisco Porras as Dante
• María del Pilar Pérez as María Fernanda del Castillo
• Yami Quintero as Fiscal Eugenia de la Salle
• Fernando Cermeño as Gael
• Anthony Sandobal as Juan Cruz Arroyo
• Jamie Sasson as Paula Uriarte
• Eduardo Wasveiler as Juan Ignacio Arroyo
• Zainab Alzaba

Guest

Sonya Smith as Isabel Uriarte De Arroyo

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result
2012	Premios People en Español[7][8]
		Best Telenovela	Marcela Citterio	Nominated[7][8]
		Best Actress	Adriana Fonseca	Nominated[7][8]
		Best Actor	José Luis Reséndez	Nominated[7][8]
		Best Supporting Actress	Ximena Duque	Nominated[7][8]
		Best Supporting Actor	Fabián Ríos	Nominated[7][8]
		Best Villain	Manuel Landeta	Nominated[7][8]
		Best Villain	Aylín Mujica	Nominated[7][8]
		Newcomer of the Year	Briggitte Bozzo	Nominated[7][8]
		Sweethearts	Ximena Duque and Fabián Ríos	Nominated[7][8]
	Premios Tu Mundo[9][10]
		Novela of the Year	Marcela Citterio	Nominated [9][10]
		Favorite Lead Actor	José Luis Reséndez	Nominated[9][10]
		Favorite Lead Actress	Adriana Fonseca	Nominated[9][10]
		The Best Bad Boy	Manuel Landeta	Nominated[9][10]
		The Best Bad Girl	Aylin Mujica	Won[9][10]
		The Perfect Couple	Ximena Duque and Fabián Ríos	Won[9][10]
		The Best Kiss	Ximena Duque and Fabián Ríos	Won[9][10]
		Great Young Actor	Briggitte Bozzo	Nominated[9][10]
			Emily Alvarado	Nominated[9][10]
			Nicole Arci	Nominated[9][10]
		Best Bad Luck Video	"El plan de seducción de Vicente sale mal"	Nominated[9][10]
			"Ángela confunde al dueño de la casa con el empleado"	Nominated[9][10]
		Best Novela Soundtrack	"Mi primer amor"	Nominated[9][10]
2013	Miami Life Awards[11][12]
		Best Telenovela	Marcela Citterio	Nominated [11]
		Best female lead of telenovela	Adriana Fonseca	Won[11]
			Ximena Duque	Nominated[11]
		Best male lead of telenovela	José Luis Reséndez	Nominated[11]
			Fabián Ríos	Nominated[11]
		Best Supporting Actress telenovela	Brenda Asnicar	Nominated[11]
		Best actress telenovela villain	Aylín Mujica	Won[11]
		Best actor telenovela villain	Manuel Landeta	Nominated[11]
			Gabriel Valenzuela	Won[11]
		Best leading actress	Alba Roversi	Nominated[11]
		Best Actress disclosure	Briggitte Bozzo	Nominated[11]
			Emily Alvarado	Nominated[11]
			Nicole Arci	Nominated[11]
			Sofía Sanabria	Nominated[11]
		Best telenovela	Marcela Citterio	Won[11]
2014
		Best young actress telenovela	Sofía Sanabria	Nominated [12]