Laura, una vida extraordinaria explained

Genre:	Telenovela
Director:	María Isabel Paramo
Country:	Colombia
Language:	Spanish
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	23
Executive Producer:	Ángela Pulido Serrano
Location:	Medellín, Bogotá, Santafé de Antioquia, La Ceja and El Retiro^[1] ^[2]
Camera:	Multi-camera
Channel:	Caracol Televisión

Laura, una vida extraordinaria (English: Laura, an Extraordinary Life,^[3] is a Colombian telenovela produced by Ángela Pulido Serrano for Caracol Televisión and distributed by Caracol Televisión Internacional. It is based on some moments of the life of the educator, catholic missionary, Laura Montoya.^{[4] [5]} It stars Julieth Restrepo and Linda Lucía Callejas.^[6]

Plot

It is the story late nineteenth century of Laura Montoya, about her beginning in the city of Jericó on her childhood and youth; It was held in a downtown nuns not being accepted by their families; she learned to read and write and received religious instruction to be educator. A few years later she was also accepted at the university, but was despised by discrimination and disreputable about her life as a child. In the end, after many ups and downs, she was recognized as the best exponent catholic missionary founder of the Congregation of the "Misioneras de María Inmaculada y de Santa Catalina de Siena".

Cast

• Julieth Restrepo as Young Laura Montoya^[7]
• Linda Lucía Callejas as Laura Montoya
• as Young Clarissa Montoya
• Marcela Carvajal as Clarissa Montoya
• Pilar Álvarez as Dolores Upegui
• as Juan Antonio Montoya
• as Young Ana Lucía
• Sandra Reyes as Ana Lucía
• as Padre Ignacio
• as Young Adolfo Peña
• as Adolfo Peña
• as Young Padre Perdomo
• as Padre Perdomo
• Jhon Alomia as Jeremias
• Lorena García Escobar as Victoria Peña
• as Marianita
• Nelson Camayo as Carlitos Yaguaré
• Diego Guarnizo as Tomás Carrasquilla / Saturnino

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura, La Santa Colombiana, la nueva novela de Caracol TV. September 1, 2015. July 27, 2015. laplena.co. Spanish.
2. Web site: Llega a la televisión la historia de la Madre Laura, la primera santa colombiana. September 1, 2015. July 22, 2015. eluniversal.com.co. Spanish.
3. Web site: Laura, an Extraordinary Life. June 26, 2015. Caracol Televisión Internacional. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20150629081757/http://www.caracolinternacional.com/en-us/p/40164/laura. June 29, 2015. dead.
4. Web site: Primeras imágenes de 'Laura, una vida extraordinaria' del Canal Caracol. June 26, 2015. Spanish. entretengo.com.
5. Web site: Muy Pronto: la historia de Laura, la santa colombiana, llega a Caracol TV. June 26, 2015. Caracol Televisión. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20150627045819/http://www.caracoltv.com/programas/video-322790-muy-pronto-la-historia-de-laura-la-santa-llega-a-noches-de-caracol-tv. June 27, 2015. dead.
6. Web site: Julieth Restrepo protagonizará serie basada en la Madre Laura. June 26, 2015. Spanish. entretengo.com.
7. Web site: Laura - Personajes. August 14, 2015. Caracol Televisión. Spanish.