Niños Ricos, Pobres Padres
Niños Ricos, Pobres Padres is a Colombian telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. It debuted on July 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, taking over the second half of El Rostro de Analía until Friday, July 17, when it completely replaced it in the 9–10 pm slot.
The story revolves around Alejandra Paz, a beautiful 17-year-old girl and her mother, Lucía, an undocumented US immigrant who is deported from Miami back to Bogotá, Colombia; desperate and broke, they are forced to move in with Lucía's hostile sister, Verónica. On the first day, Alejandra is invited to Isabela's party, Esteban's girlfriend. After putting a drug in Alejandra's drink, Alejandra is suddenly raped by Matías, Esteban's friend. Suddenly Alejandra and her mother are submerged into a world of intrigue and betrayal where money is no object and people are not who they seem to be. High school drama soon ensues as Esteban and David fight to win Alejandra's heart. While Esteban and Alejandra date, they are then separated by lies and betrayal made by Mónica and Isabela. Soon Isabela gets pregnant by Gabriel, Rocio and Martha's brother. Later, Isabela lies to Esteban that she is pregnant by him in order to separate him from Alejandra. Suddenly, David learns that he has the opportunity to be with Alejandra, while Alejandra can't forget Esteban and still loves him.
As with most of its other soap operas, the network broadcasts English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.
The number of episodes aired on Telemundo was 131 due to first 2 weeks 20 minutes episodes, 1 hour timeslot was shared with El Rostro de Analía, the international version has 125 episodes.
Cast
Main Cast in Order of Appearance| Actor | Character | Known as |
| Carmen Villalobos | Alejandra Paz | Protagonist. Lucía's daughter, in love with Esteban and David, stays with David at the end. |
| Aldemar Correa | David Robledo | Berta and Rafael's son, Lola's brother, in love with Alejandra. |
| Margarita Muñoz | Isabella Domínguez | Principal Villain, later good. Eduardo's daughter, pregnant by Gabriel, in love with him. |
| Sebastián Caicedo | Esteban San Miguel | Guillermo and Mónica's son, in love with Alejandra, commits suicide. |
| Fabiola Campomanes | Lucía Rios | Alejandra's mother, Veronica's sister, in love with Guillermo, killed by Mónica. |
| Javier Delguidice | Guillermo San Miguel | Mónica's ex-husband, Esteban's father, in love with Lucía. |
| Geraldine Zivic | Mónica San Miguel | Main Villain. Guillermo's ex-wife, Esteban's mother, Verónica's friend, killed Lucía, ends up in prison. |
| Juan Pablo Shuk | Roberto de la Torre | Verónica's ex-husband, Santiago's father, in love with Martha. |
| Aylín Mújica | Veronica Rios | Villain. Lucía's sister, obsessed with Gabriel, Mónica's friend, Santiago's mother, ends up in insane asylum. |
| Gabriel Valenzuela | Gabriel Granados | Gardener of the school, Martha and Rocio's brother, in love with Isabela, Verónica's lover, father of Isabela's baby. |
| Didier van der Hove | Cesar Alarcón | Juan's father, Amelia's lover, politic. |
| Millie Ruperto | Berta Robledo | Rafael's wife, mother of David and Lola, cook of the school, in love with Mr. Donelly. |
| Paula Barreto | Dorotea Cortés | School counselor, in love with Mauricio. |
| Conrado Osorio | Eduardo Dominguez | Isabela's father, Karina's husband, Mónica's lover, in love with Aura. |
| Andrés Fierro | Diego Aguirre | Aura's son, Santiago's boyfriend. |
| Carlos Arturo Buelvas | Santiago de la Torre | Veronica and Roberto's son, Alejandra's cousin, Diego's boyfriend. |
| Tatiana Renteria | Aura Aguirre | Diego's mother. |
| Johanna Bahamón | Karina Suarez | Eduardo's future wife and Isabela's future step mom, hates Isabella at first. |
| Javier Jattin | Matías Quintana | Villain. Juan and Miguel's friend, raped Alejandra, ends up in prison. |
| Margarita Vega | Juliana Pardo | Isabella and Laura's friend, obsessed with older men especially Mauricio, David's ex-girlfriend, has cancer. |
| Alexander Rodriguez | Mauricio Huertas | School professor, in love with Dorotea. |
| Juan David Agudelo | Juan Alarcón | Cesar's son, Amelia's ex-boyfriend. |
| Mónica Pardo | Anaís Obregón | Alejandra's friend, in love with Santiago. |
| Alexander Gil | Arturo Duarte | Drug dealer, in love with Lola. |
| Alejandra Guzmán | Rocío Granados | In love with Manuel, Martha and Gabriel's sister. |
| Sebastian Eslava | Miguel Zabala | Schoolboy, likes Dorotea and Mónica, likes older women. |
| Juliana Gómez | María Dolores "Lola" Robledo | Rocio's friend, David's sister. |
| Majida Issa | Martha Granados | Used to be the maid of the De La Torres family, in love with Roberto, Gabriel and Rocio's sister. |
| Carlos Hurtado | Rafael Robledo | Berta's ex-husband, David and Lola's father, alcoholic, ends up in prison. |
| Alvaro Garcia | Thomas Donelly | School principal, in love with Berta. |
| Camilo Perdomo | Manuel de la Rosa Cervantes | Jorge's son, in love with Rocio. |
| Maleja Restrepo | Amelia Richards | Lover of Esteban, Juan, Arturo, and Cesar. |
| Marcelo Cezan | Jorge Cervantes | Manuel's father, drug traficant, died. |
| Angela Vergara | Vanessa Vergara | Jorge's lawyer, Manuel's tutor and guardian, in love with Jorge. |