Marinella is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng, Khryss Adalia, F.M. Reyes, Cathy Garcia-Sampana and Ben Panaligan, it stars Camille Prats, Shaina Magdayao and Serena Dalrymple. It aired on the network's afternoon line up and worldwide on TFC from February 8, 1999, to May 11, 2001, replacing Alondra in Cristy Per Minute's timeslot and was replaced by Recuerdo de Amor.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Contents
Premise
The lives of three friends, Marie de Guzmán, Rina Fuentes, and Ella Domingo are intertwined. After a huge fire separated the girls from their respective families, they decided to band together as a unit they can call family.
They have overlooked one big obstacle: Katrina Rodríguez will never allow the three to live in peace: she is out to destroy each of them: Marie is the daughter of Katrina's former lover; Rina knows too much of Rodríguez family's secrets and an heiress of Rodriguez and Villareal; Ella is the sole heiress of the ₱800-million wealth of the Rodríguez family. Katrina's nemesis is the Rodriguez matriarch Doña Corazón, who is ready to stop her; as her long-lost aunt, she knows Katrina's darkest secrets.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Camille Prats as Marie de Guzmán / Marie Reynoso
Shaina Magdayao as Rina Fuentes / Angélica Villareal
Serena Dalrymple as Ella Domingo / Ella Rodríguez / Niña
Supporting cast
Río Locsín as Katrina Rodríguez-Villareal (main antagonist)
Rita Ávila as Marisa Rodríguez / Michelle de la Cruz
Eula Valdez as Lilybeth "Bebeng" Marasigan
Lito Pimentel as Federico Villareal
Raymond Bagatsing as Leo Rodríguez and Jake Arcellana-Rodríguez
Carmen Enríquez as Doña Corazón Rodríguez
Bella Flores as Doña Guada Villareal
Hilda Koronel as Adela Rodríguez (first main antagonist)
Allan Paule as Abel de Guzmán
Alicia Alonzo as Minda
Emilio García as Julio Reynoso
Bojo Molina as Ron Martínez
Agatha Tapan as Vanessa Rodríguez
Perla Bautista as Mameng Marasigan
Richard Bonin as Rolly
Recurring cast
Sharmaine Suárez as Sheila Fuentes
William Lorenzo as Rodolfo "Dolfo" de León
Rica Peralejo as Jenny
Andrea Del Rosario as Bianca Asunción
Joy Viado as Doray
Connie Chua as Loida
Anita Linda as Doña Beatriz
Peewee O'Hara as Atty. Galang
Dexter Doria as Belinda
Princess Schuck as Cristina
Piolo Pascual as Paolo
Gerard Pizzaras as Emil
Gigi Locsín as Cora
Stefano Mori as Jun
Tess Dumpit as Lucy
John Lapus as Uncle Joselito
Star Villareal as Joey
Maricel Laxa as Jessica
Melissa de León as Raquel
Andrei Félix as R.J.
Timmy Cruz as Doctor Anna Rivera / Susana Villareal
Esther Chávez as Doña Salve Arcellana
Mel Martínez as Artemio "Tembong" Panganiban
Mel Kimura as Shirley
Impact
Marinella created a phenomenon in the afternoon slot when it posted high ratings on its timeslot. It served as a lead-out program to the already-popular noontime variety program Magandang Tanghali Bayan. Their one-two punch combination at the noontime slot effectively ended the long-time domination of TAPE Inc. (then-producer of Eat Bulaga!) in the same time slot.
Most of the cast members became household names due to the popularity of the series. One of the supporting cast members of the show, Eula Valdez, was pulled out of the series in mid-2000 after ABS-CBN decided to cast her in the lead role of Amor Powers in the primetime series Pangako sa 'Yo.
Reruns
Marinella was previously aired internationally via Cinema One Global from 2013 to 2014. In 2022, reruns of the series began to air on Kapamilya Online Live Global every 12:00 am to 2:00 am from February 17 to August 3, 2022; it was succeeded by Nang Ngumiti ang Langit the following day (August 4).