| Genre: | Romance, Melodrama |
| Creator: | António Barreira |
| Developer: | Plural Entertainment |
| Director: | Jorge Queiroga |
| Starring: | Dalila Carmo Diogo Infante Fernanda Serrano (see more) |
| Opentheme: | Impostora by Áurea |
| Endtheme: | Impostora by Áurea |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 341 |
| Runtime: | 55min |
| Network: | TVI |
| Related: | La Impostora |
A Impostora (English: The Pretender) is a Portuguese telenovela that was broadcast and produced by TVI. It is directed by Jorge Queiroga and written by António Barreira. The telenovela premiered on September 4, 2016[1] and ended on November 30, 2017. It was filmed in Portugal and Africa.
An airplane disappears mysteriously; on board was Verónica, the twin sister of Vitória, the victim of a fraud by a millionaire. Presumed dead, Verónica assumes the identity of her sister and plans to avenge herself on the entrepreneur's family, finding a strong opponent in his wife Diana.
| Actor | Character | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||
| Vitória Mendes | Guest | |||
| Verónica Mendes | colspan="2" | |||
| Rodrigo Varela | colspan="2" | |||
| Fernanda Serrano | Diana Martins Varela | colspan="2" | ||
| Rita Cruz | Yara Manhiça | colspan="2" | ||
| Ery Costa | Samuel Matshine | |||
| Alba Baptista | Beatriz Martins Varela | colspan="2" | ||
| Ana Catarina Afonso | Vanessa Soares | colspan="2" | ||
| Ana Cristina de Oliveira | Rita Nogueira | Recurring | ||
| António Pedro Cerdeira | Paulo de Jesus Pires (Paulinho) | colspan="2" | ||
| Bárbara Branco | Maria Augusta Lancastre Varela (Guta) | colspan="2" | ||
| Carlos Vieira | Rafael Vale | Recurring | ||
| Matias Novaes | ||||
| Celso Roberto | Raúl Bandiza | |||
| Gustavo Martins | colspan="2" | |||
| Diogo Costa Reis | Gabriel Lopes | |||
| Elisa Lisboa | Maria Amélia Martins | Recurring | ||
| Celso Chaves | ||||
| Evandro Gomes | Lázaro Alves (La Zer) | colspan="2" | ||
| Pureza Ferreira da Costa | colspan="2" | |||
| Ricardo Varela | colspan="2" | |||
| Valentim Costa | colspan="2" | |||
| Graciano Dias | Daniel Figueiredo | colspan="2" | ||
| Gonçalo Cabral | Carlos Matshine | colspan="2" | ||
| Assunção Ferreira da Costa Lancastre | colspan="2" | |||
| Miguel Fonseca | ||||
| João Pedro Dantas | Martim Pinto Guedes | |||
| Íris Machado | colspan="2" | |||
| Luís Lucas | Renato Bettencourt Rodrigues | |||
| Marta Manhiça Varela | colspan="2" | |||
| Inspetor Alberto Camacho | Guest | |||
| Marcantónio Del Carlo | Bernardo Vieira | |||
| Maria José Paschoal | Juliana Morgado | |||
| Patrícia Carolino | colspan="2" | |||
| Vânia Tavares | colspan="2" | |||
| Mikaela Lupu | Sofia Fontes | colspan="2" | ||
| Nuno Nunes | Inspetor Mota | Recurring | ||
| Felipa Ferreira da Costa Lancastre | colspan="2" | |||
| Patrícia Tavares | Lígia Neto | colspan="2" | ||
| Afonso Varela | colspan="2" | |||
| Frederico Varela | Guest | |||
| Gonçalo Pereira | colspan="2" | |||
| Guilhermina Fontes «Guigui» | colspan="2" | |||
| Rodrigo Paganelli | Dinis Martins Varela | |||
| Sabri Lucas | Padre Francisco | colspan="2" | ||
| Carolina Ferreira da Costa Lancastre | colspan="2" | |||
| Simone Santos | Nicole | colspan="2" | ||
| Adelaide Carla Pires | colspan="2" | |||
| Joaquim António Pires «Quitó» | ||||
| João Perry | Jacinto Mendes | colspan="2" | ||
| Ann Blumm | colspan="2" | |||
| Fernanda Lapa | Amália | Recurring | ||
| Maria do Céu Guerra | Lucrécia Alves | |||
| Nicolau Breyner (†) | Edmundo Gaspar | Guest | ||
(†) Deceased actor
| Actor | Character | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||
| André Carvalho | Jaime Mendes (Jaiminho) | colspan="2" | ||
| Isabel Sousa | Muzima Xavier | colspan="2" | ||
| ? | Clara Mendes Varela (Clarinha) | |||