Television series
La Reina del Sur
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Genre
| Telenovela
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Created by
| Roberto Stopello
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Based on
| La Reina del Sur
by
Arturo Perez-Reverte
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Written by
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- Juan Marcos Blanco
- Valentina Parraga
- Jose Miguel Nunez
- Miguel Ferrari
- Christian Jimenez
- Lina Uribe
- Dario Vanegas
- Tatiana Andrade
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Story by
| Arturo Perez-Reverte
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Directed by
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- Mauricio Cruz
- Walter Doehner
- Carlos Bolado
- Carlos Mario Urrea
- Claudia Pedraza
- Carlos Villegas
- Diego Rendon
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Creative director
| Gabriela Monroy
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Narrated by
| Kate del Castillo
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Theme music composer
| Bello Jaime Teodoro
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Opening theme
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| Spanish
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No.
of seasons
| 3
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No.
of episodes
| 183
(
list of episodes
)
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Executive producers
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- Patricio Wills
- Marcos Santana
- Rodrigo Guerrero
- Martha Godoy
- Kate del Castillo
- Rodrigo Guerrero
- Ximena Cantuarias
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Producer
| Angel Ossorio
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Cinematography
| Alejandro Garcia W.
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Editors
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- Perla Martinez
- Alba Merchan Hamann
- Hader Antivar Duque
- Sam Baixauli
- Gerson Aguilar
- Pablo Escalera
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Camera setup
| Multi-camera
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Running time
| 35 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| Telemundo
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Release
| 28 February 2011
(
2011-02-28
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present
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present
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Queen of the South
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La Reina del Sur
(
lit.
'
The Queen of the South
'
) is a Spanish-language
telenovela
based on
a novel of the same name
by Spanish author
Arturo Perez-Reverte
. It premiered on 28 February 2011. The first season is produced by the American television network
Telemundo
in conjunction with the
Antena 3
network and
RTI Producciones
, while the second and third seasons are co-produced by Telemundo Global Studios and Netflix. The series depicts the rise of Teresa Mendoza (
Kate del Castillo
), a young woman from
Mexico
who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern
Spain
.
With a $10 million budget it is the second most expensive telenovela ever produced by Telemundo, the first being
El Senor de los Cielos
.
[1]
An English language remake,
Queen of the South
, premiered in June 2016 on
USA Network
, starring
Alice Braga
.
[2]
[3]
The series has been renewed for a second season that premiered on 22 April 2019.
[4]
On 16 July 2020, Telemundo announced that the series was renewed for a third season.
[5]
[6]
The third season aired from 18 October 2022 to 16 January 2023.
[7]
Synopsis
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edit
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Season 1 (2011)
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The series is the television adaptation of the literary work of the same name of Spanish author
Arturo Perez-Reverte
. It is the chronicle of the rise to power of a Mexican woman within the world of international drug trafficking. Teresa Mendoza begins her adventure as a humble young woman in love with a pilot employed by the Mexican
cartels
. When they execute her boyfriend, Teresa flees, desperate to avoid the same fate. Her escape takes her to the south of Spain where she tries to start a new life. However, she is once again immersed in the world of narcotics trafficking, and for a second time, she suffers the death of a beloved man. After several blows, Teresa decides to take the reins of her destiny and becomes the head of her own organization. This is done with the help of a woman she meets in prison, who decides to share her fortune with Teresa. Through strategic alliances and a strong sense for business, Teresa "La Mexicana" begins to control an intercontinental drug distribution business. However, her great success is accompanied by a high personal price, and Teresa's happiness and heart are tested.
Season 2 (2019)
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The second season of La Reina del Sur follows the life of Teresa Mendoza eight years after the events of the first-season finale. Isolating herself from the rest of the world, Teresa now lives an idyllic life in
Italian Tuscany
, but the kidnapping of her daughter forces her to go back to the underworld and reintroduces herself into drug trafficking. To save her daughter, Teresa needs to confront her old enemies once more and face her past that she tried to leave behind.
[8]
[9]
Season 3 (2022?23)
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After four years in prison in the United States for the deaths of three DEA agents, Teresa Mendoza escapes but will have to face a world full of conspiracy, risking her life in order to clear her name and reunite with her daughter Sofia.
Episodes
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Cast
[
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]
Main
[
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]
- Kate del Castillo
as Teresa Mendoza
- Humberto Zurita
as Epifanio Vargas
- Rafael Amaya
as Raimundo Davila Parra "El Guero" (season 1)
- Ivan Sanchez
as Santiago Lopez Fisterra "El Gallego" (season 1)
- Cristina Urgel
as Patricia O'Farrell (season 1)
- Alberto Jimenez as Oleg Yasikov (season 1)
- Miguel de Miguel
as Teo Aljarafe (season 1; guest season 2)
- Gabriel Porras
as Roberto Marquez "El Gato Fierros" (season 1)
- Salvador Zerboni
as Ramiro Vargas "El Ratas" (season 1)
- Nacho Fresneda
as Dris Larbi (season 1)
- Monica Estarreado
as Fatima Mansur (season 1)
- Alejandro Calva
as Cesar Guemes "Batman"
- Cuca Escribano as Sheila
- Dagoberto Gama
as Potequim Galvez "El Pote" (season 1)
- Christian Tappan
as Willy Rangel (seasons 1?2)
- Eduardo Velasco as Coronel Abdelkader Chaib (seasons 1?2)
- Alfonso Vallejo as Manolo Cespedes (season 1)
- Pablo Castanon as Lalo Veiga (season 1)
- Miguel Angel Blanco as Siso Pernas (seasons 1?2)
- Lorena Santos as Soraya (season 1)
- Sara Maldonado
as Veronica Cortes / Guadalupe Romero (season 1)
- Carmen Navarro as Marcela "La Conejo" (seasons 1?2)
- Santiago Melendez as Saturnino "Nino" Juarez (season 1)
- Juan Jose Arjona as Pablo Flores (seasons 1?2)
- Raoul Bova
as Francesco Belmondo "Lupo" (season 2)
- Paola Nunez
as Manuela Cortes (season 2)
- Mark Tacher
as Alejandro Alcala (season 2)
- Flavio Medina
as Zurdo Villa (season 2)
- Luisa Gavasa as Cayetana Segovia de Aljarafe (season 2)
[13]
- Antonio Gil as Oleg Yasikov (seasons 2?3)
- Kika Edgar
as Genoveva Alcala (seasons 2?3)
- Lincoln Palomeque
as Faustino Sanchez Godoy (seasons 2?3; guest season 1)
- Patricia Reyes Spindola
as Carmen Martinez (season 2)
- Carmen Flores as Charo (season 2)
- Emmanuel Orenday
as Danilo Marquez (seasons 2?3)
- Alejandro Speitzer
as Ray Davila (season 2)
- Tiago Correa
as Jonathan Peres (season 2; recurring season 3)
- Sara Vidorreta as Rocio Aljarafe (season 2; recurring season 3)
[14]
- Agata Clares as Paloma Aljarafe (seasons 2?3)
- Abdelali El Aziz as Ahmed (season 2; guest season 1)
- Isabella Sierra as Sofia Mendoza (seasons 2?3)
- Pepe Rapazote as Pablo Landero (seasons 3)
- Ed Trucco
as Ernie Palmero (seasons 3)
- Horacio Garcia Rojas as Charlie Velazquez (seasons 3)
- Beth Chamberlin
as Jane Kozar (seasons 3)
- Sofia Lama
as Susana Guzman (seasons 3)
Recurring and guest stars
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- Karim El-Kerem
as Mohamed Mansur (season 1)
- Klaus as Eddie Alvarez (season 1)
- Nerea Garmendia
as Eugenia Montijo (season 1)
- Juan Pablo Raba
as Jaime Gutierrez Solana (season 1)
- Ezequiel Montalt
as Jaime "Jimmy" Arenas (season 1)
- Rodolfo Valdes as El Chino Parra (season 1)
- Jesus Castro
as Jesus (season 2)
- Pol Monen as Juan (season 2)
[15]
- Eduardo Yanez
as Antonio Alcala (seasons 2?3)
- Aitor Luna as Pedro (season 2)
- Eduardo Santamarina
as Mariano Bravo (season 2)
- Eric Roberts
as Erick Sheldon (season 2)
- Maria Camila Giraldo as Jimena Montes (season 2)
- Vera Mercado as Virginia Vargas (season 2)
- Norma Angelica as Morgana (season 2)
- Eduardo Perez as Sergio (season 2)
- Dimitry Anisimov as Anton (season 2)
- Aroha Hafez as Triana (season 2)
- Anna Ciocchetti
as Marietta Lancaster (season 2)
- Roberto Abraham Wohlmuth as Lencho (season 2)
- Daniel Martinez as Senator (season 3)
- Carlos Valencia as Montano (season 3)
- Arturo Rios
as Delio Jurado (season 3)
- Dmitry Anisimov as Anton Potapushin (season 3)
- Denia Agalianou as Vanessa (season 3)
- Anderley Palomino as Mateo Mena (season 3)
- Noe Hernandez
as General Carlos Garrido (season 3)
Remake
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edit
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An English language remake, titled
Queen of the South
, premiered in June 2016 on
USA Network
, starring
Alice Braga
.
[2]
[3]
Ratings
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Awards and nominations
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Source material
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Perez-Reverte, author of the novel
The Queen of the South
, has said that a great source of inspiration were Mexican
drug ballads
,
[27]
country-polka songs that tell the stories about real life Mexican drug lords.
One of the real life characters that inspired the novel is
Sandra Avila Beltran
,
[28]
[29]
[30]
[31]
known as the
Queen of the Pacific
, famous for being one of the first female drug traffickers to reach the level of "Boss" in the Mexican cartels, a place usually reserved for men.
[32]
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.
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. Retrieved
12 May
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a
b
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"
Queen Of The South
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La Reina Del Sur
Adaptation Picked Up By USA Network As Drama Pilot"
.
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
19 April
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.
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
31 August
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. Retrieved
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'La Reina del Sur': Luisa Gavasa se une a la serie de Netflix en su segunda temporada"
.
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'La Reina del Sur': Sara Vidorreta ficha por la nueva temporada de la serie en Netflix"
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.
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"
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.
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(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
24 April
2019
.
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.
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.
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'La Reina del Sur' Finale Does Muy, Muy Bien for Telemundo"
.
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.
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.
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.
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