Overview
Amigas & Rivais is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT in association with Televisa and originally broadcast from August 6, 2007, to January 18, 2008. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela Amigas y rivales (2001), created by Emilio Larrosa. Adapted by Letícia Dornelles, with text supervision by Thereza di Giácomo, the telenovela stars Cacau Melo, Lisandra Cortez, Karla Tenório, Thaís Pacholek, and Talita Castro. The story follows four young women from different social backgrounds: Nicole, Laura, Olívia, and Helena. Although they have different personalities and life experiences, they form a strong friendship while facing the challenges of youth, love, family conflicts, and personal struggles. Their lives become complicated by secrets, betrayals, jealousy, and the schemes of Rosana, Helena's manipulative stepmother, who is willing to do anything to achieve her goals.
Cast
- Lisandra Parede as Laura Gonçalves
- Thaís Pacholeck as Helena Delaor
- Karla Tenório as Olívia Villar Ramos
- Cacau Melo as Nicole Pereira
- Talita Castro as Rosana Brito Delaor
- Daniel Ávila as Roberto Delaor Junior
- Olivetti Herrera as Carlos Martins
- Joaquim Lopes as Ulisses Barreto
- Thierry Figueira as Raí Delano
- Raoni Carneiro as Armando do Vale