Arámbula to Star in Telemundo’s Telenovela “La Patrona”

Aracely Arámbula is will soon be wearing the pantalones on primetime television…

The37-year-old Mexican telenovela star and singer will be starring in the new Telemundo telenovela La Patrona, which is set to premiere on January 8, according to the network.

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Arámbula will share the screen with Jorge Luis Pila and popular Argentine actress Christian Bach in the highly anticipated Mexican soap opera.

It’s Arámbula’s first production with the network after signing an exclusive contract last May to join Telemundo’s talent pool.

La Patrona tells the story of Gabriela Suarez, portrayed by Arámbula, the only woman working in a mine in San Pedro del Oro, a Mexican village where the miners don’t allow a woman in a world dominated by men.

Arámbula’s character falls in love with Alejandro Beltran (Pila), with whom she has a complicated romance that’s opposed by the mother, Antonia Guerra (Bach), known as “the boss.”

Arámbula began her acting career in 1995 with a part in the telenovela Acapulco, Cuerpo y Alma; and she went on to star in Cañaveral de Pasiones, El Alma No Tiene Color, Soñadoras, Rencor Apasionado and Corazon Salvaje, among others.

Becker Joins the Cast of TNT’s “Dallas” Reboot

Kuno Becker’s career is going south… To Southfork, that is.

The 34-year-old Mexican actor and former telenovela star has joined the cast of TNT’s Dallas reboot, which was picked up for a 15-episode second season following a successful summer run.

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Becker will portray Andres, the troubled brother of Elena (Jordana Brewster). As a boy, Andres (“Drew” to friends and family) witnessed his father’s death, which turned him into an angry juvenile delinquent. He ended up enlisting in the military, and after a tour in Iraq straightened him up, found work on oil rigs all over the globe. Andres will undoubtedly provoke the wrath of Bobby, J.R. and the rest of the Ewings when he returns to Southfork to continue drilling where his father left off.

Becker, who rose to fame in Latin America in telenovelas like Pueblo chico, infierno grande and Soñadoras, had a recurring role on CBS‘ short-lived legal drama The Defenders. He also appeared on three episodes of CSI: Miami‘s final season last year, where he shared screen time with Hollywood legend Raquel Welch. And he gained international notoriety as the star of the Goal! film trilogy.