# Griselda (2024)

> A fictionalized dramatization of Griselda Blanco's rise from Medellín to becoming the feared Godmother of Miami's cocaine empire.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/113917

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 57 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Ingrid Escajeda, Carlo Bernard, Eric Newman, Doug Miro
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Martín Rodríguez, Juliana Aidén Martinez, Vanessa Ferlito, Alberto Ammann, José Velázquez
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15837600/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Tone: gritty, tense, brutal, atmospheric, slow burn

## What critics say

Audiences rate the miniseries positively, praising its lead performance and its gritty depiction of the Miami cocaine trade.

## Synopsis

Griselda (2024) is a US limited series created by Ingrid Escajeda, Carlo Bernard, Eric Newman and Doug Miro for Netflix. Sofía Vergara plays Griselda Blanco, a ruthless matriarch whose climb from Medellín to the top of Miami's cocaine trade drives the six-episode story. Alongside her, Alberto Ammann plays Alberto Bravo, Alberto Guerra plays Dario, and Vanessa Ferlito plays Carmen, each caught in the orbit of her expanding empire. The engine of the series is ambition colliding with loyalty: Griselda must outmaneuver rival traffickers, police pressure and the fragile trust of her own circle, and every episode turns on a negotiation, betrayal or act of brutality that keeps her business standing. Set in the 1980s across Colombia and Miami, the drama moves through humid streets, luxury homes and back rooms thick with cash and menace. Inspired by real events, it is a fictionalized true crime portrait with a slow burn pace and gritty, atmospheric tone. Its shape is a single self-contained season of six hour-long episodes. Fans of Narcos, Ozark and Scarface will find resonance in its drug empire power, morally compromised family ties and grounded criminal violence.

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