¿Es Fernando Colunga one of the most successful and popular actors on Mexican television? Yes, we can say so, and not in vain: it’s been more than of the decades Since landing her first leading role in Maria from the neighborhood And from that moment on, his talent, charisma and versatility won him not only the affection of the public but also of producers. How do we know? Simple: he made his way into the entertainment industry in Latin America participating in key soap operas. Which ones? I will tell you about them below.
1 Maria Mercedes (1992-1993)
Maria Mercedes It was the first soap opera of the trilogy The Mariasstarring ThaliaThe format is that of a classic fairy tale: the young woman sold lottery tickets on the streets and did any kind of work to support her family and then she marries a millionaire. The development is chapter by chapter and there is no lack of intensity and drama.
In this soap opera, Fernando Colunga had a very small role as Chicho.
2 Marimar (1994)
Marimar (Thalia) is a naive young girl who lives a happy life on an island. Raised on the island by an elderly couple who found her adrift by the sea, she knows nothing of her tragic past. She lives a carefree life until she meets Sergio Santibanez (Eduardo Capetillo) and falls deeply in love with him.
In this soap opera again Fernando Colunga He had a minor role as Adrian Rosalesbut it served him well.
3 Maria from the neighborhood (1995-1996)
The first leading role of Fernando Colunga as Luis Fernando de la Vega Montenegro. The plot is about María (Thalia), a young woman who lives on the outskirts of the city who loses her godmother who before dying tells the town priest not to abandon her. The father tells one of his beneficiaries to take her as a servant to his house. There she falls in love with Luis Fernandoson of his benefactor, and has to fight with Soraya (Itati Cantoral) in order to win the love of her fiancé.
4 Esmeralda (1997)
Fernando Colunga y Leticia Calderon starred in this soap opera under the production of Salvador Mejia.
During a stormy night, two babies are born. The first is a boy born into a poor family; his father had recently died and his mother died after giving birth to him. In another house, a very weak baby was born, so weak that they think she is dead. For the convenience of the rich family, the nanny switches the babies, so that the boy would have a family and his employers would not be overwhelmed by the loss of a baby at birth.
Dominga (Rachel Olmedo), the healer who assisted in the birth of the child, keeps the girl, in exchange for some emerald earrings that the nothingness of the family gave her Peñarreal. To his surprise, the girl begins to show signs of life and he realizes that she is blind. Despite everything, he decides to take care of her. Meanwhile the boy is raised by his new family, the only one who realizes that he is not their son is Blanca (Raquel Morell), who decides to raise him as his own and maintain the lie.
Jose Armando (Fernando Colunga) grew up to be a handsome man, now he is back at the family farm, having graduated as a doctor. One day out hunting he comes across Esmeralda (Leticia Calderon), being surprised by her beauty and personality. They both begin a romance, but José He is already engaged to his cousin, which would bring a lot of problems to both of them.
5 The Usurper (1998)
Story adapted from a Venezuelan melodrama The intruder. Carlos Daniel Bracho (Fernando Colunga), a family man who was greatly exploited by his ambitious and perverse wife, Paola (Gabriela Spanic), whom she had married. Paola, accustomed to the good life, decides to take a well-deserved vacation with her lover and forces her innocent sister, Paulina (also Gabriela Spanic), to impersonate you. Carlos Daniel He therefore had to live unknowingly with his wife Paola’s twin sister, with whom he ended up madly in love.
6 Real Love (2003)
Adela Noriega y Fernando Colunga were the protagonists of this love-hate relationship that began with a marriage of convenience and ended with the happiness of Matilda (Adela Noriega) y Manuel (Fernando Colunga) after years of suffering from a series of encounters and disagreements.
7 I am your owner (2010)
In this soap opera Televisa, Fernando Colunga played Jose Miguel Montesinosa good and sensitive man who falls in love at first sight with Valentina (Lucero), a cold and authoritarian woman who, after being left at the altar, decides not to fall in love again. However, Jose Miguel He ends up winning her back, teaching her that it is possible to love passionately again.
