# La Doña (2016)

> A wronged woman remakes herself as the ruthless La Doña and hunts down the men who abused her and protected one another.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/60406

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 200
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, crime
- Created by: Carlos Villegas Rosales
- Network: Telemundo
- Cast: Aracely Arámbula, David Chocarro, Andrea Martí, Carlos Ponce, David Zepeda, Danna Paola, Marisela González, Rebecca Jones
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5663590/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: melodramatic, intense, seductive, soapy, dark

## What critics say

Audiences broadly regard La Doña as a mixed, melodramatic telenovela whose revenge story and lead performance carry it despite uneven plotting.

## Synopsis

La Doña (2016-2020) is a Telemundo telenovela-style crime drama produced across the United States and Mexico, created by Carlos Villegas Rosales. Aracely Arámbula plays Altagracia Sandoval Ramos, who transforms into the ruthless, strong-willed La Doña after suffering violence and abuse, and whose ambition drives her to seek out each man who wronged her. Her journey is threaded with seduction, betrayal and calculated business moves, as she moves through the corridors of corrupt power alongside family members and rivals. David Chocarro, Andrea Martí and Carlos Ponce appear among the principal cast, and David Zepeda and Marisela González add further pressure from the opposite side of the game. The series runs across two seasons and 200 episodes, with each story beat advancing a sprawling, continuing revenge plot rather than standing alone. Set in contemporary Mexico, it is a melodramatic, heated, emotionally charged portrait of a woman turning victimhood into power. Its tone mixes soapy romance with hard-edged violence and themes of impunity and class division. Fans of Queen of the South and Narcos will find resonance in its crime-tinged female-led ambition, while telenovela devotees will recognize its operatic emotional intensity.

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