Here’s the full ‘Ugly Betty’ cast: Find out why three ‘Cuartel de las feas’ cast members won’t be in the new Prime Video series, and who could replace one of them

Ever since the return of Ugly Betty was announced, followers of the successful soap opera from the late 90s have been waiting to learn more details. The wait is over and that’s why Prime Video has released a video confirming the cast of the new series coming its way streaming 20 years after the original version.

“It’s official! 20 years later, the legendary cast of #BettyLaFea is returning to our homes,” reads the platform’s post on its Instagram account. The September 28 post features the main actors of the plot, as well as other famous faces who will reprise their roles roles from two decades ago.

According to the website Spoiler, the series that revolves around the lives of Beatriz Pinzón and Don Armando will appear on the screen of Prime Video in 2024, although the platform has not confirmed the exact date of its premiere. For now, it is known that the cast has already started filming.

The cast of “Ugly Betty”

Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello are more than confirmed in their lead roles, while they are joined by actress Juanita Molina who will play the couple’s daughter.

Joining the cast are:

New talents:

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What will happen to the Ugly Barracks?

It is impossible not to remember the call “Ugly shack”the group of friends of Beatriz Pinzón Solano in the shop and which consisted of the characters of Aura Maria, Sofia, Inesita, Bertha, Mariana and Sandra.

However, the sextet will not appear as in the first part, because some of these actresses are on another path, were not taken into account or simply left the earthly world.

Friends of “Betty” from “Cuartel de las feas” who confirm their participation in the series are:

While the three members who will not appear are:

1. María Eugenia Arboleda: She gave her life to Mariana, the secretary of Marcelo Valencia, reminds La FM on its website.

The media reports that she decided to leave acting on television to devote herself to family life and currently lives in the United States with her husband Bob King and son Santiago. She also works as a theater professor at Atlanta University.

One of the actresses that can be seen in the promotional video of Prime Video is Val Lagarejo, who walks with the members of “Cuartel”, and it is not known if she will be one of them or if she will be “Mariana” in the production. On her Instagram profile, the model and social communicator also confirms that, “after six months,” she can tell her followers that she is “part of the cast of Ugly Betty.”

2. Dora Cadavid: The remembered Inesita could not be part of the new project “Betty, la fea”. The actress died on January 31, 2022 at the age of 84.

3. Paul Peña: remembered for the role of Sofía de Rodríguez in “Betty, la fea”, apparently she was not even invited to the new production.

According to the Tropicana publication, she currently lives in Brazil and although she has been away from acting for a while, she has returned to the role of Sofia, but for the theater version.

On the other hand, he won’t be in the new series either. Martha Isabel Bolaños. She played “la Pupuchurra” in the RCN soap opera. Although she did not belong to the clan of Betty’s friends, her role will not appear in the new version because she was not invited, as she herself stated in an interview that Infobae had access to.

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“A year ago, when the project started, my manager told me: Martha, they’re going to do Ugly Betty, and you’re not going to do it. I said ‘ok’ and the truth is that it didn’t affect me at all,” said the actress who was also part of the reality show MasterChef Celebrity.

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