{{short description|Mexican telenovela}} {{Infobox television | native_name = La Gata | image = La-Gata-Póster.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = 250 | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Telenovela | creator = | based_on = <!-- {{based on|work|author}} --> | developer = | writer = {{Plainlist| * María Antonieta Calú Gutiérrez * Tere Medina * Dolores Ortega }} | screenplay = | story = {{Plainlist| * Inés Rodena * Carlos Romero }} | director = {{Plainlist| * Víctor Fouilloux * Victor Rodriguez }} | creative_director = | starring = {{Plainlist|<!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> * Maite Perroni * Daniel Arenas * Laura Zapata }} | narrator = | theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist| * Jorge Eduardo Murguía * Mauricio Arriaga }} | open_theme = "Vas a querer volver" performed by Maite Perroni<ref>{{cite web|last1=Woodside|first1=Maxine|title="Vas a querer volver" tema musical de "La Ggata".|url=http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=406022|website=.radioformula.com.mx|publisher=Grupo Fórmula|accessdate=19 April 2017|language=Spanish}}</ref> | composer = | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | num_seasons = <!-- Or num_series. Increment when new seasons/series begin. See template documentation for more info.--> | num_episodes = 121 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Nathalie Lartilleux | producer = Leticia Díaz | editor = {{Plainlist| * Alfredo Frutos Maza * Marco Antonio Rocha }} | location = {{Plainlist| * Mexico City, Mexico * New York City, New York, U.S. }} | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = <!-- Reliable source required --> | company = | budget = | network = Canal de las Estrellas | first_aired = {{Start date|2014|5|5}} | last_aired = {{End date|2014|10|19}} | related = {{Plainlist| * ''Por siempre mi amor'' * ''Muchacha italiana viene a casarse'' * ''La gata'' (1968) }} }} '''''The Stray Cat''''' (Original title: '''''La Gata'''''; {{lit|The Cat}}) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela ''La Gata'', produced in 1968.<ref>[http://novelalounge.com/nn/2013/10/21/maite-perroni-podria-ser-la-gata-junto-a-daniel-arenas-en-telenovela-de-nathalie-lartilleux/ Maite Perroni podría ser "La Gata" junto a Daniel Arenas en telenovela de Nathalie Lartilleux] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314002403/http://novelalounge.com/nn/2013/10/21/maite-perroni-podria-ser-la-gata-junto-a-daniel-arenas-en-telenovela-de-nathalie-lartilleux|date=2014-03-14}}</ref>
Maite Perroni, Daniel Arenas<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-14 |title=Inician grabaciones de "La Gata"; Maite Perroni y Daniel Arenas dan claquetazo! (VIDEO) |url=https://www.novelalounge.com/2014/02/inician-grabaciones-de-la-gata-maite-perroni-y-daniel-arenas-dan-claquetazo-video/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=NovelaLounge |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=375642 Confirmada Maite Perroni para estelarizar "La Gata". Con Maxine Woodside] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212141646/http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=375642 |date=2013-12-12 }}</ref> and Laura Zapata<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laura Zapata será la villana en la nueva versión de "La Gata" - TVNotas ¡Irresistible! |url=http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2013/12/03/C-56778-laura-zapata-sera-la-villana-en-la-nueva-version-de-la-gata.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011945/http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2013/12/03/C-56778-laura-zapata-sera-la-villana-en-la-nueva-version-de-la-gata.php |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.tvnotas.com.mx}}</ref> star in the lead roles.
== Plot == The story takes place in the outskirts of Mexico City, where a 12-year-old girl named Esmeralda lives; she is always "disheveled and dirty" like a "Stray Cat" (una "gata"). Esmeralda is a young girl from a poor neighbourhood who grew up without her parents and learned to be happy with what little she had. She was raised from childhood by an elderly woman named Mrs. Rita who exploited her by making her go ask alms, sell candy and newspapers. Esmeralda could neither read nor write. She meets Pablo Martínez-Negrete, a high society rich boy who teaches her to read and write and with whom she becomes friends. Since then, Esmeralda notices that he is the first person to call her by her name and the first one who really truly cares for her. But Pablo's mother, Lorenza, opposes his friendship with "The Stray Cat".
Several years later, Esmeralda grows up and becomes a beautiful young woman who has not changed since childhood. Pablo realizes that he sees "The Stray Cat" as more than a friend and feels confused as to what he truly feels for her. Esmeralda starts looking for job thanks to Pablo, since she does not want to keep asking for alms and she does not want Pablo to keep giving her money. Lorenza strongly opposes the friendship between her son and Esmeralda and alienates her from him. Pablo is pushed to fall in love with Mónica, a girl who comes from "a good social position" and is also his "cousin".
Agustín, Pablo's father, convinces Pablo that he should study for his master's degree abroad and marry Mónica once he returns, a trick to separate him from Esmeralda. Pablo and Esmeralda decide to marry secretly before he goes abroad. From New York City, Pablo emails his father asking him to help him fix travel papers for Esmeralda so she can reunite with him there. Pablo's father pretends to want to help him but has no interest in doing so.
After several months, Esmeralda gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Doña Rita, who has always sought to benefit from "The Stray Cat", forces her to marry Doménico "El Italiano" Almonte. Esmeralda, having no other solution, agrees to marry him only to purchase medicine for her daughter, Leticia, who is sick.
"El Silencioso", Esmeralda's biological father, gets out of jail and vows to take revenge on those who locked him up unjustly for using self-defense. Esmeralda later meets him, but ignores her true origin. The man takes her into his house and promises her that he wants to be a father to her and a grandfather to her children. Pablo returns from abroad to marry Mónica, believing Esmeralda had betrayed him. He thinks that the twins are not his and that she has a relationship with "El Silencioso". "The Stray Cat" will have to use her strong character to get Pablo's love back.
== Cast == === Main === * Maite Perroni as Esmeralda "The Stray Cat" / Renata de la Santa Cruz * Daniel Arenas as Pablo Martínez-Negrete * Laura Zapata as Lorenza de Martínez-Negrete
==== Secondary ==== {{div col}} * Erika Buenfil as Rafaela "Fela" / Blanca Rafaela de la Santa Cruz * Manuel Ojeda as "El Silencioso" / Don Fernando de la Santa Cruz * Pilar Pellicer as Doña Rita Olea Pérez * Jorge Poza as Mariano Martínez-Negrete * Leticia Perdigón as Leticia "La Jarocha" * Juan Verduzco as Agustín Martínez-Negrete * Lupita Lara as Eugenia Castañeda * Socorro Bonilla as Mercedes "Doña Meche" Reyes * Carlos Bonavides as Doménico "El Italiano" Almonte * Ianis Guerrero as Damián Reyes * Mariluz Bermúdez as Virginia Martínez-Negrete * Pierre Louis as Carlos "El Centavito" * Óscar Ferreti as Don Lupe * Teo Tapia as Roberto Elizalde * Alejandra Robles Gil as Inés Olea Pérez * Jorge Alberto Bolaños as Omar * Benjamín Rivero as Jesús Olea Pérez "Tílico" / Juan Garza * Ruth Rosas as Dorita * Ricardo Baranda as Garabato / Víctor de la Fuente * Jorge Ortín as Osorio * Laurinne Kuaka as Verónica * Claudio Báez as Ernesto Cantú * Elizabeth Dupeyrón as Carolina de Cantú * Antonio Medellín as Director of jail * Anic Moss as Alicia * Patricia Maqueo as Child Esmeralda * José Eduardo Álvarez as Child Pablo * Ana Sofía Durand as Child Virginia * Christian Vega as Child Mariano * Mauro Navarro as Child Garabato * Karim Cadet as Child Centavito * Rogelio Hernández as Child Damián {{div col end}}
=== Guest star=== * Mónika Sánchez as Gisela Sinfuegos<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.televisa.com/telenovelas/la-gata/noticias/727752/llega-nueva-villana-gata/ |title=Gisella y Esmeralda se pelearán por Pablo| Móvil |access-date=2014-07-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164700/http://m.televisa.com/telenovelas/la-gata/noticias/727752/llega-nueva-villana-gata/ |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref>
== Mexico broadcast == <!--Edits with unreliable sources will be removed --> ''La gata'' premiered on May 5, 2014, and earned 17.7 points of rating in its 4 p.m. time slot. It was the third highest rated telenovela of the evening on Canal de las Estrellas.<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news|last1=Reyes|first1=Lupita|title=La Gata no convenció en su primer capítulo|url=https://es-us.celebridades.yahoo.com/blogs/artista-momento/la-gata-no-convenci%C3%B3-en-su-primer-cap%C3%ADtulo-171241936.html|website=Yahoo|access-date=October 19, 2014|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812171536/https://es-us.celebridades.yahoo.com/blogs/artista-momento/la-gata-no-convenci%C3%B3-en-su-primer-cap%C3%ADtulo-171241936.html|archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> Univision started broadcasting ''La Gata'' in the United States on September 1, 2014, weeknights at 7pm/6c replacing ''De que te quiero, te quiero''. The last episode was broadcast on February 13, 2015, with ''La sombra del pasado'' replacing it on February 16, 2015.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:10%;" rowspan="2"| Season ! scope="col" style="width:28%;" rowspan="2"| Timeslot (ET/PT) ! scope="col" style="width:7%;" rowspan="2"| No. of<br />episodes ! scope="col" colspan=2| Premiered ! scope="col" colspan=2| Ended |- ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; line-height:100%;"|Premiere<br/>Ratings ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" span style="width:10%; font-size:smaller; line-height:100%;"| Finale<br/>Ratings |- ! rowspan=2 style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center"| '''2014''' | Monday to Friday 4:15 PM |121 | style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|May 5, 2014 ! 17.7<ref name="Yahoo" /> | style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|October 19, 2014 !20.9<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martínez|first1=Lupita|title=La Gata promedios y rating de capítulos|url=http://www.lupitamartineza.com/estadisticasTelenovelas.html|access-date=October 19, 2014|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221060816/http://lupitamartineza.com/estadisticasTelenovelas.html|archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref> |- |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated ! scope="col" | Result |- | rowspan="8"| 2014 | rowspan="1"| Kids Choice Awards México<ref name="anmtvla.com">{{cite web|last1=Souza|first1=Nielsen|title=Nickelodeon revela los nominados a los Kids' Choice Awards México 2014|url=http://www.anmtvla.com/2014/08/nickelodeon-los-nominados-los-kids.html|website=anmtvla.com|access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326055416/http://www.anmtvla.com/2014/08/nickelodeon-los-nominados-los-kids.html|archive-date=26 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="peru.com">{{cite web|title=Kids Choice Awards México: La lista completa de ganadores|url=http://peru.com/entretenimiento/musica/kids-choice-awards-mexico-lista-completa-ganadores-noticia-287514|website=peru.com|date=26 September 2014 |access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211837/http://peru.com/entretenimiento/musica/kids-choice-awards-mexico-lista-completa-ganadores-noticia-287514|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> | Favorite Actress | Maite Perroni | {{nom}}<ref name="anmtvla.com" /><ref name="peru.com" /> |- | rowspan="5"| People en Español Awards<ref name="starmedia.com">{{cite web|title=Lista de nominados a los Premios People en español 2014|url=http://www.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/lista-nominados-premios-people-en-espanol-2014/|website=starmedia.com|access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406115345/http://www.starmedia.com/entretenimiento/lista-nominados-premios-people-en-espanol-2014/|archive-date=6 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="winnerss23">{{cite web|url=http://spanish.latinospost.com/articles/12734/20141114/people-en-espa%C3%B1ol-las-estrellas-del-ano-angelique-boyer-sebasti%C3%A1n-rulli-william-levy-y-jlo-entre-los-ganadores-lista-completa.htm|title=People En Español Las Estrellas Del Año 2014: Angelique Boyer, Sebastián Rulli, William Levy y Enrique Iglesias Entre Los Ganadores [LISTA COMPLETA]|work=Spanish Latinos Post|date=November 14, 2014|access-date=August 2, 2015|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731040319/http://spanish.latinospost.com/articles/12734/20141114/people-en-espa%C3%B1ol-las-estrellas-del-ano-angelique-boyer-sebasti%C3%A1n-rulli-william-levy-y-jlo-entre-los-ganadores-lista-completa.htm|archive-date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> | Best Telenovela | ''La Gata'' | {{nom}}<ref name="winnerss23" /><ref name="starmedia.com" /> |- | Best Actress | Maite Perroni | {{nom}}<ref name="winnerss23" /><ref name="starmedia.com" /> |- | Heartthrob of the Year | Daniel Arenas | {{nom}}<ref name="winnerss23" /><ref name="starmedia.com" /> |- | The Meanest Bad Girl | Laura Zapata | {{nom}}<ref name="winnerss23" /><ref name="starmedia.com" /> |- | Best On-Screen Chemistry | Maite Perroni <br> Daniel Arenas | {{nom}}<ref name="winnerss23" /><ref name="starmedia.com" /> |- | rowspan="2"| TV Adicto Golden Awards<ref name="alvarocueva">{{cite web|url= https://www.milenio.com/opinion/alvaro-cueva/el-pozo-de-los-deseos-reprimidos/tv-adicto-golden-awards-2014|title= TV Adicto Golden Awards 2014|last=Cueva|first=Álvaro|access-date= December 23, 2023|language= es}}</ref> | Best International Star | Laura Zapata | {{won}}<ref name="alvarocueva" /> |- | Best Female Lead | Maite Perroni | {{won}}<ref name="alvarocueva" /> |- | rowspan="7"| 2015 | rowspan="4"| TVyNovelas Awards<ref name="novelalounge.com">{{cite web|title=Premios TVyNovelas 2015: Lista Completa De Nominados|url=http://novelalounge.com/2015/02/23/premios-tvynovelas-2015-lista-completa-de-nominados/|website=novelalounge.com|date=23 February 2015 |access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711044406/http://novelalounge.com/2015/02/23/premios-tvynovelas-2015-lista-completa-de-nominados/|archive-date=11 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="tvynovelas.com">{{cite news|title=Los grandes ganadores de los premios TVyNovelas 2015|url=http://www.tvynovelas.com/co/noticias/15/04/17/Los-grandes-ganadores-de-los-premios-tvynovelas-2015/|website=tvynovelas.com|access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110727/http://www.tvynovelas.com/co/noticias/15/04/17/Los-grandes-ganadores-de-los-premios-tvynovelas-2015/|archive-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> |Best Actress | Maite Perroni | {{nom}}<ref name="novelalounge.com" /><ref name="tvynovelas.com" /> |- | Best Actor | Daniel Arenas | {{nom}}<ref name="novelalounge.com" /><ref name="tvynovelas.com" /> |- | Best Leading Actor | Manuel Ojeda | {{nom}}<ref name="novelalounge.com" /><ref name="tvynovelas.com" /> |- | Best Co-lead Actor | Patricio Castillo | {{nom}}<ref name="novelalounge.com" /><ref name="tvynovelas.com" /> |- | rowspan="3"| Juventud Awards<ref name="people">{{cite web|title=Premios Juventud 2015: repasa la lista de nominados|url=http://peopleenespanol.com/article/premios-juventud-2015-lista-completa-nominados-julio-16/|website=peopleenespanol.com|publisher=People en Español|access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406111107/http://peopleenespanol.com/article/premios-juventud-2015-lista-completa-nominados-julio-16/|archive-date=6 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="people1">{{cite web|title=Premios Juventud 2015: Lista completa de ganadores|url=http://peopleenespanol.com/article/premios-juventud-2015-lista-completa-ganadores-luis-coronel-pitbull-bailando-enrique-iglesias-gente-de-zona-descemer-bueno/|website=peopleenespanol.com|publisher=People en Español|access-date=6 April 2017|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201101/http://peopleenespanol.com/article/premios-juventud-2015-lista-completa-ganadores-luis-coronel-pitbull-bailando-enrique-iglesias-gente-de-zona-descemer-bueno/|archive-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> | Favorite Female Protagonist | Maite Perroni | {{nom}}<ref name="people" /><ref name="people1" /> |- | Favorite Male Protagonist | Daniel Arenas | {{nom}}<ref name="people" /><ref name="people1" /> |- | Best Telenovela Theme | "Vas a querer volver" <br> performed by Maite Perroni | {{nom}}<ref name="people" /><ref name="people1" /> |- |}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.televisa.com/telenovelas/la-gata/}} {{in lang|es}} *{{IMDb title|tt3596316|The Stray Cat}}
{{Televisa telenovelas 2010s}} {{Inés Rodena}}
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