Griselda

Griselda TV Series Details:

Griselda TV Series Cast & Character:

• Sofía Vergara as Griselda Blanco, a prominent Colombian drug lord in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, Florida, in the 1980s, also known as the “Godmother of Cocaine”.
• Alberto Guerra as Darío Sepúlveda, Griselda’s third husband.
• Martin Rodriguez as Jorge “Rivi” Ayala-Rivera, Griselda’s top hitman.
• Juliana Aidén Martinez as June Hawkins, a Spanish-speaking intelligence agent
• Vanessa Ferlito as Carmen Gutiérrez, Griselda’s friend who provides her a place to stay in Miami.
• Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa, Griselda’s friend.
• José Zúñiga as Amilcar, a prominent drug lord in Miami.
• José Velázquez as Uber, Griselda’s second son.
• Orlando Pineda as Dixon, Griselda’s oldest son.
• Martín Fajardo as Ozzy, Griselda’s third son.
• Fredy Yate as Chucho Castro, a worker at a diner in Miami, was hired by Griselda as her bodyguard.
• Camilo Jiménez Varón as Rafa Salazar
• Diego Trujillo as German Panesso
• Maximiliano Hernández as Papo Mejía, Griselda’s rival Colombian trafficker.
• Michael Reilly Burke as Captain Sweetwater
• Carolina Giraldo as Carla, a Medellín sex worker, and Griselda’s friend and confidante who helps her smuggle product into the U.S.
• Paulina Dávila as Isabel, Griselda’s close friend from Medellín.
• Alejandro Barrios as Horatio, Papo’s bodyguard.
• Gabriel Sloyer as Raúl Díaz, Hawkins’ partner.
• Julieth Restrepo as Marta Ochoa, cousin of the Ochoa brothers (who are both high-ranking members of the Medellín cartel).

Storyline:

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization shows Griselda Blanco’s journey from Medellín to becoming “the Godmother” of Miami’s drug empire.

About Griselda TV Series:

Griselda is an American biographical crime drama television series starring Sofía Vergara as Griselda Blanco, a notorious Colombian drug lord. Alberto Guerra, Martin Rodriguez, Juliana Aidén Martinez, Vanessa Ferlito, and Christian Tappan also portray important roles.

I was directed by Andrés Baiz, written by Doug Miro and Ingrid Escajeda, and produced by Eric Newman and Sofía Vergara.

On November 3, 2021, it was reported that Netflix was in the process of developing a new crime drama miniseries based on the real life of Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco. On January 19, 2022, Netflix released a first-look photo of Sofía Vergara. Filming for the miniseries began on January 17, 2022, in Los Angeles.

Griselda premiered on Netflix on January 25, 2024, and consists of six hour-long episodes.

The miniseries received generally positive reviews from critics, praising Vergara’s performance. In the first week after its release, it debuted at number one in 90 countries and topped Netflix’s Global Weekly Top 10 TV (English).

It was announced on January 17, 2024, that Sofia Vergara was being sued by the real-life Griselda Blanco’s family for allegedly using their family’s image and likenesses without authorization, according to court documents obtained by TMZ

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