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Rubí
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Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Ximena Suárez Virginia Quintana
Based on	Rubí by Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Written by	Araceli Guajardo
Story by	Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Directed by	Benjamín Cann Eric Morales
Creative director	Sandra Cortéz
Starring	Bárbara Mori Eduardo Santamarina Jacqueline Bracamontes Sebastián Rulli Ana Martín
Theme music composer	Reyli
Opening theme	"La descarada" performed by Reyli
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	115
Production
Executive producer	José Alberto Castro
Producers	Ernesto Hernández Fausto Sáinz
Production locations	Mexico City, Mexico Valle de Bravo, Mexico Cancún, Mexico New York City, United States Mérida, Mexico Montreal, Canada Madrid, Spain Vienna, Austria Ixtapa, Mexico
Cinematography	Alejandro Frutos Bernardo Nájera
Editors	Héctor Flores Omar Blanco Alejandro Iglesias
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	May 17 (2004-05-17) – October 22, 2004 (2004-10-22)
Related
Rubí (1968 TV series) Rubi (2010 TV series) Ruby (2012 TV series) Rubí (2020 TV series)

Rubí is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is based on a comic strip by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, published in installments on the 1960s Mexican romance comics magazine Lágrimas, risas y amor.

Starring Bárbara Mori, Eduardo Santamarina, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Sebastián Rulli and Ana Martín.

Canal de las Estrellas aired Rubí from May 17 to October 22, 2004, with Apuesta por un amor replacing it. Univision broadcast Rubí from September 20, 2004 to March 7, 2005 and has named it as the top telenovela of all time.

Plot

In the heart of Rubí (Bárbara Mori) reigns a constant struggle between every woman's desire to find true love and a desperate obsession with money. Although fate has denied her a good economic situation, it has instead favored her with extraordinary physical beauty and Rubí is determined to use it to marry a rich man who will give her the life of luxury she aspires to.

Rubí studies at a private university thanks to a half scholarship and the support of her sister, Cristina (Paty Díaz), who works hard to help their mother, Refugio (Ana Martín), support the household.

At the university, Rubí befriends Maribel (Jacqueline Bracamontes), a millionaire yet sweet and simple girl, who was left disabled in one leg by an accident. Maribel thinks that, more than a friend, she has found a sister in Rubí and she cares for her sincerely, without knowing that Rubí's affection is poisoned by envy.

When the beautiful young woman visits her friend's mansion, she becomes convinced that this is the kind of life she deserves and she will do whatever it takes to get it.

Maribel, a shy young woman because of her physical defect, spends hours on her computer chatting on the Internet with a young man named Héctor (Sebastián Rulli) and soon after they become a couple without ever having met. When they finally meet in person, Héctor overcomes Maribel's disability and asks her to marry him. Maribel accepts, happy and in love.

Héctor introduces Rubí to his best friend, a young orthopedic doctor named Alejandro (Eduardo Santamarina), and a deep love is born between them as well. When Maribel finds out, she feels that her happiness is complete. Rubí is also happy, because in addition to being in love with Alejandro, she thinks that life will finally do her justice when she marries a handsome and rich doctor who furthermore adores her. That is why she is so disappointed when she finds out that Alejandro's family is not wealthy.

Rubí has to choose between marrying the man she loves and her desperate desire to be rich and, even though she knows that another love like this may never come into her life, she breaks off her engagement.

Heartbroken, Alejandro walks away from her forever and devotes himself body and soul to his profession. Now, Rubí is more determined than ever to marry a millionaire and, to achieve this, she is willing to commit the vilest of betrayals by stealing Héctor's love from Maribel.

However, even though her dream of luxury and wealth comes true when she marries Héctor, Rubí will finally have to learn a painful lesson: that vanity, pride and greed are terrible sins and divine justice is implacable.

Cast

Main

• Bárbara Mori as Rubí Pérez
• Eduardo Santamarina as Alejandro Cárdenas
• Jacqueline Bracamontes as Maribel de la Fuente
• Sebastián Rulli as Héctor Ferrer
• Ana Martín as Refugio Viuda de Pérez

Also main

• Josefina Echánove as Francisca “Pancha” Muñoz
• Antonio Medellín as Ignacio Cárdenas
• Ana Bertha Espín as Elisa de Duarte
• José Elías Moreno as Genaro Duarte
• Olivia Bucio as Carla de Cárdenas
• Luis Gatica as Cayetano Martínez
• Leonorilda Ochoa as Dolores Herrera "Doña Lola"
• Roberto Vander as Arturo de la Fuente
• Ofelia Cano as Victoria Gallegos
• Miguel Pizarro as Loreto Echagüe
• Paty Díaz as Cristina Pérez
• Arlette Pacheco as Lilia de Duarte
• Jan as Marco Rivera
• Íngrid Martz as Lorena Treviño

Recurring

• Dolores Salomón "Bodokito" as Mariquita
• Roberto Sen as David Treviño
• Sergio Jurado as Lawyer Millán
• José Antonio Ferral as Dr. Garduño
• María Fernanda García as Valeria
• Eduardo Rodríguez as Saúl
• Sergio Argueta as Francisco "Paco" Gómez
• Jorge Flores as himself
• Marco Méndez as Luis Duarte
• Tania Vázquez as Sofía Cárdenas
• Ramón Menéndez as Pichardo
• Hugo Macías as Isidro Roldán
• Sergio Zaldívar as Gazcón
• Mariana Rountree as Íngrid Mendoza
• Manuel Foyo as Ernesto Bermúdez
• Karen Sandoval as Natalia "Naty" Duarte
• Nicole Vale as Child Naty
• Kristel Casteele as Fernanda "Fernandita"

Guest stars

• Yadhira Carrillo as Elena Navarro
• Manuel Landeta as Lucio Montemayor, Count of Aragon
• Sergio Goyri as Yago Pietrasanta
• Carlos Cámara as Dr. José Luis Bermúdez
• Adriana Roel as Hilda Méndez
• Lorena Velázquez as Mary Chavarría
• Lilia Aragón as Nora Viuda de Navarro
• Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez as Onésimo Segundo
• Gerardo Albarrán as Gabriel Almanza
• Alicia Farh as Romina
• Marlene Favela as Sonia Chavarría

Awards and nominations

Reception

Canal de las Estrellas' October 22 finale broadcast of Rubí earned a rating of 28 points. Univision's March 7 finale broadcast of Rubí was watched by 8 million viewers.

Remakes

In 1968, the original version for television, titled Rubí, was directed by Fernando Wagner and produced by Valentín Pimstein, starring Fanny Cano, Antonio Medellín and Carlos Fernández.

In 1970, a film version with the same name as the telenovela was produced, directed and adapted by Carlos Enrique Taboada, starring Irán Eory, Aldo Monti and Carlos Bracho.

In February 2010, ABS-CBN announced Televisa had given them permission to make a Philippine version of the series. The Philippine adaptation stars Angelica Panganiban and Shaina Magdayao as the female leads, with Jake Cuenca and Diether Ocampo as the male leads. It was launched as one of the network's offerings for the 60th year celebration of Philippine television dramas ("ika-60 taon ng Pinoy Soap Opera") during the Trade Launch for the 1st quarter that same year, entitled "Bagong Simula" (New Beginning).

In January 2012, O3, with permission from Televisa, produced an Arabic version of the series titled Ruby. The Arabic adaptation stars Cyrine Abdelnour and Diamant Abou Abboud as the female leads, alongside Maxim Khalil and Amir Karara as the male leads. It was aired on MBC1 in the Arab world and LBCI in Lebanon.

In January 2020, Univision made a remake starring Camila Sodi. The 2020 version serves at the same time as a sequel to the 2004 telenovela as it follows events 20 years after the story's ending.

References

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2. Belleza y ambición, ingredientes de 'Rubí'
3. ‘Rubí’ se despide
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6. "Rubí-Televisa (2004)". todotnv.com.
7. "Rubí arrasa en los Premios TV y Novelas". elsiglodetorreon.com. 25 April 2005. Retrieved April 25, 2005.
8. univision.com (November 30, 2021). "Así fue la vida de Bárbara Mori que pocos conocen" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 1, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
9. latinaceawards.org (April 30, 2005). "37a ENTREGA ANUAL DE PREMIOS ACE / 2005" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
10. univision.com (October 28, 2021). "Actrices que iban a ser Rubí en la telenovela de 2004" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 1, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
11. https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos/tus-estrellas/premios-tln-no-te-pierdas-este-tributo-a-la-nostalgia-por-canal-tlnovelas Las Estrellas.TV (Premios TLN No Te Pierdas este Tributo a la Nostalgia por Canal Tlnovelas)}
12. Rubí tiene final con rating
13. "Business: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox... Univision?". www.sptimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links

• Rubí at IMDb

• 2004 telenovelas
• Female characters in comics
• Mexican comics titles
• Mexican comics adapted into films
• Television shows based on Philippine comics
• Spanish-language telenovelas
• Televisa telenovelas
• Television shows set in Mexico City
• Television shows set in New York City
• Television shows set in Cancún
• Television shows set in Montreal
• Television shows set in Madrid
• Television shows set in Vienna
• Television series set in the 2000s
• 2004 Mexican television series debuts
• 2004 Mexican television series endings