Preciosa (TV series)

Preciosa (English: Precious) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa in 1998.^[1]

Preciosa
Genre	Telenovela Romance Comedy Drama
Created by	Olga Ruilópez
Written by	Alberto Gómez
Directed by	Pedro Damián
Starring	Irán Castillo Mauricio Islas Nailea Norvind Francisco Gattorno Roberto Ballesteros
Opening theme	Girando en el tiempo by Irán Castillo
Ending theme	Preciosa by Eduardo Antonio
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producer	Pedro Damián
Producers	Nicandro Díaz González Georgina Castro
Production locations	Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	April 27 (1998-04-27) – August 28, 1998 (1998-08-28)

On Monday, April 27, 1998, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Preciosa weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing Mi pequeña traviesa. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, August 28, 1998, with Soñadoras replacing it the following Monday.

Irán Castillo and Mauricio Islas starred as protagonists, while Nailea Norvind, Felicia Mercado, Roberto Ballesteros and Bertha Moss starred as antagonists.

Cast

• Irán Castillo as Preciosa Ruiz/Estrella Ruiz
• Mauricio Islas as Luis Fernando Santander
• Nailea Norvind as Valeria San Román Valdivia de Santander
• Francisco Gattorno as Álvaro San Román
• Roberto Ballesteros as Sandor
• Susana González as Felina
• Alfonso Iturralde as Roberto San Román
• Felicia Mercado as Enriqueta Valdivia de San Román
• Ingrid Martz as Alma San Román
• Bertha Moss as Eduarda Santander
• Yula Pozo as Fermina
• Marcela Pezet as Lorena
• Luis Bayardo as Tito Ruiz
• Rodrigo Vidal as Leonel de la Riva
• Luis Gatica as Patricio
• Adriana Fonseca as Vanessa
• Carmen Salinas as Mamá Pachis
• Norma Lazareno as Regina de la Riva
• Luz Elena González as Milagros Ortiz
• Khotan as Ransel
• Sharis Cid as Zamira
• Mayrin Villanueva as Claudia Ortiz
• Héctor Suárez Gomís as Lorenzo "El Pantera" Ortiz
• Raúl Padilla "Chóforo" as Libardo
• Martha Ofelia Galindo as Chata
• Eduardo Antonio as Father Juan Martín
• René Casados as El Gran Sabu
• Mauricio Aspe as El Gasolina
• Osvaldo Benavides as Simón Ortiz
• David Larible as Payaso Ángel
• Uri Chartarifsky as Oscarito
• Manola Diez as Inés
• Alec Von Bargen as Orlando de la Riva
• Alizair Gómez as "El Pirulo"
• Dolores Salomón "Bodokito" as Finita
• Eduardo Iduñate as Andrés
• Francisco Rossell as Arturo
• Ligia Robles as Luz Elena
• Lisa Carbajal as Bianca
• Jorge Poza as Robin
• Ana Layevska as Princess
• Eduardo Rodríguez as Leopoldino
• Marieth Rodríguez as Rosalba Morantes/Miranda Barrios
• Miguel Ángel Cardiel as Ariel Robles
• Odiseo Bichir as Heriberto Robles
• María Antonieta de las Nieves as La Chilindrina

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1999	17th TVyNovelas Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Carmen Salinas	Won
		Best Young Lead Actress	Irán Castillo	Nominated
		Best Young Lead Actor	Mauricio Islas	Nominated