Manuela Imaz during the presentation of the film The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007 (Photo: Víctor Chávez/WireImage).
Rosy Ocampo has achieved with that franchise Hit a phenomenon on Mexican television: With its first four episodes in Las Estrellas at prime time, the focus is once again on social issues. Gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy, cyberbullying, gender inequality, bereavement for example, issues that four women have to face together by supporting and caring for one another, have captivated and created a loyal audience.
Not only the themes, but also the cast. Paulina Goto, Arcelia Ramírez, Danilo Carrera, Beatriz Moreno and Angelique Boyer are some of the most common faces in one or more of the four seasons. A few days ago Ocampo announced his new franchise project, Slap the guiltin which he stands out Manuela Imaza face we haven’t seen in more than a decade.
“Do you want to know more about the character ‘Lorena’ played by Manuela Ímaz in Vencer la culpa?” asks the producer on her Instagram account, where she has started to publish the names of the actors who are involved . And from there, reactions to that post have shown that Ocampo made no mistake in his choice.
“Wow, you’re coming back!”, “Nice to see you in soap operas again!”, “It will be a pleasure to see you again,” some say. The actress appreciates the opportunity: “Thank you boss, it will be my honor to return from your hand!”.
Ímaz, from his personal account, also gives a foretaste of what he is preparing for his return: “Image design, who can guess what they will do with me?” Karyme Lozano, who has also resumed her career, is one of those who celebrate.
a desired return
Since 2020, Manuela Ímaz expressed her desire to return to the forums. “I start with the casting. Having dedicated myself to raising these dwarves, I can now start shooting and let my mother or my husband help me. They’re too old to understand, and they’re on their own who says, ‘Mom, when are you coming back on TV?’, ‘Mom, why aren’t you going on TV anymore?'” he said in an interview with People in Spanish.
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She made her debut in melodramas at the age of 15 in La sombra del otro, playing the young version of “Lorna”, the role Edith González played in her adulthood. “They took me to record at Azteca Stadium and it turned out to be an explosion. I had to cry a lot because my father killed himself, full of sticks and Benjamin Cann said to me, ‘You have to cry’ and Benjamin it’s a delicious director who knows how to move and touch the delicious buttons and there” , he told the Territorio M podcast, hosted by Margarita Magaña and Montserrat Pastrana.
“I distinctly remember finishing the scene and saying, ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.’ I no longer cared whether I wanted to look for university or not, I wanted to be an actress,” she added in the magazine.
After this first major performance, the youth melodrama Amigas y rivales followed in 2001, in which she breathed life into “Tamara” and unleashed a decade of uninterrupted work: Las vías del amor, Corazones al límite, Muchachitas como tú, Sortilegio, Rafaela. In addition to some contributions to Mujer, casos de la vida real and La rosa de Guadalupe, trips to Telehit and some appearances in beauty catalogues.
Until she reached Porella Soja Eva in which she brought ‘Patricia Lorca’ to life. As an in-demand actress, she didn’t hold back on her first child, but after getting married and pregnant again, she had to make a very different decision.
“I have an older daughter who is turning 20 this year, and with her I had to write novel after novel after novel; My mother helped me raise her because I was a single motherand it was very difficult not to see her, not to be with her, the calls are work for many hours, I didn’t want the same thing to happen to me with the new babies, I decided to quit work‘ he told the podcast.
This time away from acting has made it easier for her to raise her three children, Alaia, Manuela, and Eugenio, move between Houston and Mérida (where she has lived for the past six years), pursue a master’s degree in literature, and write a book yet in appearance.
In search of a new job opportunity, she also joined the production company BTF as a development manager. “I learned a lot, from sending a company email using fancy words to reading and reading and reading scripts, which is rewarding as my only contact is with the authors.”
Until now when he returns to Televisa and with another great project like Vencer la culpa alongside Ingrid Martz, Pablo Perroni, Helena Rojo, Roberto Ballesteros, Gabriel Soto, Romina Poza, Gabriela de la Garza and others.
While there are no further details on his new character ‘Lorena’, he has certainly fulfilled the wish he expressed two years ago when he said that the project he wants to return with is “a different challenge, a well thought out one our project, make it believable. That’s what I want, I want something more real.”