Yo soy Bea
| Yo soy Bea | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-Drama |
| Directed by | Rafael de la Cueva |
| Starring |
Miguel Hermoso Arnao Patricia Montero David Arnáiz Emmanuel Esparza Rocío Peláez Aure Sánchez Rebeca Badía María José Goyanes Raquel Meroño Fedra Lorente Miguel de Miguel Marc Parejo Alejandra Lorente Julio Vélez Adrián Lamana José María Sacristán Lilian Caro Noelia Rosa Ángeles Martín |
| Theme music composer | 5notas |
| Opening theme | Te falta veneno |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 773 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Madrid |
| Running time | approx. 50 min without commercials |
| Release | |
| Original network | Telecinco |
| Original release | July 10, 2006 – August 16, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | U.S. adaptation of Betty la Fea |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Yo soy Bea is a Spanish television comedy-drama series which aired on Telecinco from 10 July 2006 to 16 August 2009.
The series is an adaptation of the popular Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly"). It stars Ruth Núñez in the title role of Beatriz "Bea" Pérez Pinzón and Alejandro Tous as Álvaro Aguilar, Bea's love interest. Yo soy Bea translates to "I am Bea"; it is a pun, with "Bea" sounding like bella, meaning pretty, and like fea, meaning ugly.
The Spanish adaptation screened weekdays during the daytime and pulled in, on average, over four million viewers (over +35% share of the audience). The series' record is a 42,1% share. It was Spain's top rated daytime program.
Set in Madrid, the series tells the story of Beatriz "Bea" Pérez Pinzón (Ruth Núñez). She is a highly intelligent and well-educated young woman, but has trouble finding a job because of her unattractive appearance, which consists of oversized glasses, braces, big eyebrows, and a lack of fashion sense. She manages to get a job as a secretary at the coveted fashion magazine, Bulevar 21. She falls madly in love with her boss, Álvaro Aguilar (Alejandro Tous), the young, handsome newly appointed director of the magazine. Despite her mousy looks and social awkwardness, Bea earns the respect and friendship of many of her co-workers, including Álvaro, because of her hard work, dedication, and kindness. However, she still has to endure insulting comments from "the posh trio," made up of Cayetana de la Vega (Mónica Estarreado), Álvaro's longtime girlfriend, Richard de Castro (David Arnaiz), a photographer, and Barbara Ortiz (Norma Ruiz), Álvaro's other secretary. Bea documents her journey through love and work in an online blog entitled "Blog de una fea" ("Blog of an ugly girl").
Besides Bea's love for Álvaro, the main plot of the series is the power struggle between Álvaro and Diego de la Vega (Miguel Hermoso Arnao), Cayetana's evil brother. In order to keep Diego from taking the magazine's capital, Álvaro and his best friend and colleague, Gonzalo de Soto (José Manuel Seda), decide to set up a fake firm and move all of the capital into it. Álvaro convinces a reluctant Bea to head the firm by making her believe he is romantically interested in her. Bea believes she finally has the man of her dreams. During the course of their "relationship," Álvaro constantly mistreats Bea, cheats on her with Cayetana, and makes fun of her with Gonzalo.
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