Emperatriz

Emperatriz
Gabriela Spanic and Bernie Paz in Emperatriz
Created by	Jose Ignacio Cabrujas Hector Forero Mauricio Somuano
Developed by	Azteca Azteca Novelas: Alberto Santini Lara Elisa Salinas
Directed by	Javier Patron Fox Carlos Angel Guerra Martin Barraza Luis Sernado Reyes
Starring	Gabriela Spanic Bernie Paz Adriana Louvier Sergio de Bustamante Rafael Sanchez Navarro Marimar Vega Miriam Higareda Julieta Egurrola
Theme music composer	Jorge Avendaño Lührs
Opening theme	"Emperatriz de mis sueños" by Mónica Naranjo
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	155
Production
Executive producer(s)	Fides Velasco
Producer(s)	Jacky Castro
Location(s)	Mexico City, Mexico Los Angeles
Editor(s)	Rigel Sosa Andrade Reyna Estudillo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	40-45 minutes
Production company(s)	TV Azteca
Distributor	Azteca Novelas
Release
Original network	Azteca 13/Azteca America
Picture format	HDTV, 1080i on Azteca 13 HD SDTV, 480i on Azteca 13
Original release	5 April – 8 November 2011
Chronology
Preceded by	Prófugas del Destino
Followed by	A Corazón Abierto
Related shows	Emperatriz (Venezuela, 1990)
External links
Emperatriz official website

Emperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez Navarro and Carmen Delgado. Omar Fierro made special appearance in the first five episodes, and later returns in the final part of the series. The filming process took place between 17 March 2011 - 30 September 2011. The series premiered on 5 April 2011, 19 days after filming the first scene, at 8:30pm, occupying Prófugas del Destino's slot, and ended on 8 November 2011. Emperatriz is also known as most selling telenovela of 2011.

Emperatriz (Gabriela Spanic) is an ex-con that has a relationship with Armando (Omar Fierro) who's a married man. Under false pretenses Emperatriz believed he truly love her but later discovered he was married. They had a daughter together but her mother persuaded to leave it with Armando and his wife while she is still in prison. Years later, after Armando's latest visit Emperatriz got pregnant, but have an abortion provoked by a discussion over the phone with Armando. While in the hospital she discovers that Armando betrayed her, he only manipulated her and he developed an scheme where Emperatriz will go to jail for the bank fraud he committed. Manuel (Rafael Sanchez Navarro) tells her to marry him in exchange of evidence he has against Armando.

At her mother's advice, Emperatriz gave her daughter away to Armando and his wife Alma Rosa, the daughter of Justo del Real (Sergio de Bustamante), the owner of the company del Real. Armando has 2 more daughters with Alma Rosa: Elisa and Elena. Emperatriz confronts Alma Rosa to find out who of the 3 girls is her daughter but during the confrontation Alma Rosa dies. Justo wants to take revenge on Emperatriz because of this.