Mara Clara (2010 TV series)

Overview

Adaptation

Cast

Main cast

• Kathryn Bernardo as Mara David / Mara Del Valle – Mara is the main protagonist. She is the loving and hardworking daughter of Gary and Susan David who will do anything to support her family's needs. Her true parents are Amanthe and Alvira Del Valle. Mara is kind, good, and intelligent. Her life became miserable when Clara enters the picture to oppose. Despite, all of these misfortunes, she still holds on her faith in God and believes that the sun will shine again for her. She was kidnapped, but survived from being killed by Gary.
• Julia Montes as Clara Del Valle / Clara David – Amanthe and Alvira's daughter. Her true parents are Gary and Susan David. Clara is the main villain of the story: Mara's sophisticated and bitter enemy. She is a student who comes from a well-off family. Clara resents the physical appearance of Mara and hates her for being productive and happy. Like Mara, she is intelligent and competitive. She is head-over-heels in love with her childhood best friend Christian. Beautiful, socialite and free-spirited. However, deep down, Clara is scheming, ambitious, cunning, psychopathic, greedy, arrogant, ruthless, vindictive and tries in many ways to hurt Mara, and vows to do everything just to win the latter in her life. She will make the life of the protagonist miserable as hell.

  Supporting cast

• Mylene Dizon as Susan David – Mara's kind foster mother. Later it is revealed that she is not the latter's mother, and is Clara's biological mother. She experiences resentment from Gary and his mother Lupe for not being well-off like Alvira.
• Jhong Hilario as Gary David – Mara's cruel and sadistic foster father. Later it is revealed that he is not the latter's father, and is the biological father of Clara. This is because of his own plans where his brother Karlo had switched the girls at birth. He kidnapped Mara and tried to kill the latter. In the end, he died after Susan impaled him.
• Dimples Romana as Alvira del Valle – Clara's mother foster, and Mara's biological mother. She has always felt the need to spoil Clara throughout her life despite her husband's objections. This went as far as hurting Mara in Clara's defense, before and even after knowing the identities of the girls.
• Bobby Andrews as Amanthe del Valle – Clara's foster father, and Mara's biological father. He does not approve of Clara's mean-spirited personality caused by her spoiled attitude from childhood; thus, he feels distant to her as a foster father. Later revealed to have a mistress in his own company.
• Albie Casiño as Christian "Otoy" Torralba – Clara's childhood friend, and eventually Mara's boyfriend. Despite their rough first meeting and impressions, he becomes determined to earn Mara's friendship and trust.
• John Manalo as Erris Reyes – Christian's best friend. At first he prioritizes working over his studies, but eventually enrolls in the same private school as Christian, Clara, and Mara.
• Gina Pareño as Lupe David – Gary and Karlo's mother, Susan's mother-in-law, and Mara's grandmother who knows nothing but money. Mistreats Susan, and subsequently Mara, for her lower class background, and favors Alvira. She becomes nicer and changes her ways after realizing Mara's kind nature, and learning of her older son's toxic actions and behavior.
• Ping Medina as Karlo David – Gary's younger brother, Lupe's youngest son, Susan's brother-in-law, and Clara's biological uncle. He’s responsible for switching Mara and Clara at birth. He remains caring to Mara despite his crime to both her and Clara. Dies before the truth is revealed to everyone aside from his brother and Clara, but his diary documenting the incident is recovered by Susan.
• Desiree del Valle as Christina Borres – Employee in Amanthe's company. She is revealed to be his mistress.
• Diego Loyzaga as Derrick Gonzales
• Chokoleit† as CG – Susan's friend and Mara 's godparent.
• Tiya Pusit† as Yaya Bonnel – Clara 's nanny. She has taken care of Clara throughout the latter's childhood while the parents have been busy with their businesses.
• Jamilla Obispo as Lenita Santos – Gary's evil mistress who supports his crimes. She died after saving Mara from a bomb explosion.
• Cherry Lou as Vanessa Torralba – Christian's mother who does not like Mara and favors Clara.
• Jan Marini Alano as Virginia/Barang
• Kiray Celis as Desiree Francisco – She is Clara's evil partner in crime, who also hates Mara and her friends due to Mara being raised poor. Together with Clara they make Mara's life miserable as hell.
• EJ Jallorina as Butch Mauricio – Mara's friend.
• Aria Clemente as Christina "Jin Jin" Angeles – Mara's friend.
• Vangie Martelle as Abby – Clara's friend.
• Arie Reyes as Kaye – Clara's friend.
• Phytos Ramirez as Miguel Soriano
• Solo Kiggins as Anthony Mercado
• Marion Gopez as Mickey Torres
• Renzo Cruz as Nathaniel Gonzales
• Helga Krapf as Carlotta Gonzales
• Francis Magundayao as young Gary
• Izzy Canillo as young Karlo
• Andre Tiangco as Atty. Barrameda

  Special appearances

• Kimberly Fulgar as young Mara Del Valle
• Christine Joy de Guzman as young Clara David

  Cameo

• Zanjoe Marudo
• Jake Cuenca
• Ejay Falcon
• Joseph Marco
• Joem Bascon

  Reception