# Corazón valiente

Corazón Valiente (Fearless Heart), originally known as Caídas del Cielo (Falls of Heaven), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by U.S.-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami, featuring an ensemble cast. Adriana Fonseca, Ximena Duque, José Luis Reséndez and Fabián Ríos starred as the main protagonists, with Aylin Mujica and Manuel Landeta starred as the main antagonists.
Telemundo aired Corazón Valiente weeknights at 9 pm/8c from March 6, 2012 to January 7, 2013, replacing Flor Salvaje. On January 8, 2013, La Patrona replaced Corazón Valiente. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.

## Plot

Corazón valiente is the story of the friendship between two girls in a remote Mexican city called Valle de Bravo. Ángela Valdez (Sofía Sanabria), humble and sweet, was the daughter of Miguel Valdéz (Jorge Luis Pila), the bodyguard of the powerful and wealthy family Sandoval Navarro. Samantha Sandoval Navarro was the rich girl guarded by Miguel Valdéz. The two girls' lives are forever changed when Samantha is kidnapped, resulting in Miguel Valdéz sacrificing his life to save her. After what happened, the girls were separated.
Ángela and Samantha meet again after eighteen years. Ángela (Adriana Fonseca) is married to Luis Martínez (Gabriel Valenzuela); Has a daughter, Violeta (Nicole Arci), and works as a baker. For her part, Samantha (Ximena Duque) works as a bodyguard. Samantha comes up with the idea of inviting Ángela to work with her; Ángela accepts and assigns her the mission to protect Génesis Arroyo, the daughter of a multimillionaire lawyer named Juan Marcos Arroyo (Jose Luis Reséndez) who is unfortunately married to Isabel Uriarte (Sonya Smith), a proud and evil woman who is unfaithful, even with his own bodyguard. Meanwhile, Samantha is ordered to protect Willy del Castillo (Fabián Ríos), her first love, who has become a whimsical playboy and womanizer. Samantha decides not to reveal anything of her past, but he ends up discovering who she is and love arises between them.
Thus, Ángela and Samantha will have to fight with all the obstacles that their enemies will put them through in order to be happy with the people they love, while always having a brave heart.

## Cast
### Main

* Adriana Fonseca as Ángela Valdez (Female Protagonist)
* José Luis Reséndez as Juan Marcos Arroyo (Male Protagonist)
* Aylín Mújica as Fernanda del Castillo / Victoria Villafañe (Female antagonist)
* Ximena Duque as Samantha Sandoval Navarro / Samantha Valdéz Navarro (Co-Female Protagonist)
* Fabián Ríos as Guillermo "Willy" del Castillo (Co-Male Protagonist)
* Vanessa Pose as Emma Arroyo
* Jon-Michael Ecker as Pablo Peralta
* Jorge Luis Pila as Miguel Valdéz
* Manuel Landeta as Bernardo del Castillo (Antagonist)
* Katie Barberi as Perla Navarro
* Leonardo Daniel as Darío Sandoval
* Gilda Haddock as Estela de Valdéz (Antagonist)
* Gabriel Valenzuela as Luis Martínez (Antagonist)/ Camilo Martínez (Protagonist)
* José Guillermo Cortines as Renzo Mancilla
* Tatiana Capote as Ofelia Ramírez
* Alejandro López as Vicente La Madrid (Antagonist)
* Lino Martone as Diego Villareal
* Roberto Plantier as Gabriel La Madrid
* Priscila Perales as Nelly Balbuena
* Ahrid Hannaley as Cecilia
* Briggitte Bozzo as Génesis Arroyo
* Nicole Arci as Violeta Martínez
* Carolina Tejera as Lorena Barrios
* Gabriel Porras as Miguel Valdez Gutiérrez
* Brenda Asnicar as Fabiola Arroyo / Fabiola Ferrara
* Angeline Moncayo as Laura Aguilar
* Alba Roversi as Nora / La Madrina
* Daniela Navarro as Clara Salvatierra
* Pablo Azar as Gustavo Ponte
* Gregorio Pernia as Javier del Toro / El Verdugo / Javier Falcón
* Miguel Varoni as Jesús Matamoros / El Mesiás

### Recurring

* Sandra Beltrán as Ivonne Matamoros / La Niña Bonita (Antagonist)
* Andrés Cotrino as Nicolás del Castillo
* Gabriela Borges as Jessica Águilar del Toro
* Jonathan Freudman as Rodrigo Sandoval
* Eduardo Rodríguez as Esteban de la Vega
* Emily Alvarado as Young Samantha Sandoval
* Ileana Jacket as Josefina Uriarte
* Michelle Jones as Pamela Vallester
* Paloma Márquez as Sol Díaz de León
* Mauro Menendez as Young Jesús Matamoros
* Ezequiel Montalt as Teniente Manuel Flores
* Dayami Padrón as Paloma Nieves
* Juan Jiménez as Cayetano Rodríguez / Ringo (Antagonist)
* Francisco Porras as Dante
* María del Pilar Pérez as María Fernanda del Castillo
* Yami Quintero as Fiscal Eugenia de la Salle
* Fernando Cermeño as Gael
* Anthony Sandobal as Juan Cruz Arroyo
* Jamie Sasson as Paula Uriarte
* Eduardo Wasveiler as Juan Ignacio Arroyo
* Zainab Alzaba

### Guest

Sonya Smith as Isabel Uriarte De Arroyo

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Telenovela | Marcela Citterio | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Actress | Adriana Fonseca | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Actor | José Luis Reséndez | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Supporting Actress | Ximena Duque | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Supporting Actor | Fabián Ríos | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Villain | Manuel Landeta | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Villain | Aylín Mujica | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Newcomer of the Year | Briggitte Bozzo | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Sweethearts | Ximena Duque and Fabián Ríos | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Novela of the Year | Marcela Citterio | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Favorite Lead Actor | José Luis Reséndez | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Favorite Lead Actress | Adriana Fonseca | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | The Best Bad Boy | Manuel Landeta | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | The Best Bad Girl | Aylin Mujica | Won |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | The Perfect Couple | Ximena Duque and Fabián Ríos | Won |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | The Best Kiss | Ximena Duque and Fabián Ríos | Won |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Great Young Actor | Briggitte Bozzo | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Great Young Actor | Emily Alvarado | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Great Young Actor | Nicole Arci | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Best Bad Luck Video | "El plan de seducción de Vicente sale mal" | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Best Bad Luck Video | "Ángela confunde al dueño de la casa con el empleado" | Nominated |
| 2012 | Premios Tu Mundo | Best Novela Soundtrack | "Mi primer amor" | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Telenovela | Marcela Citterio | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best female lead of telenovela | Adriana Fonseca | Won |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best female lead of telenovela | Ximena Duque | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best male lead of telenovela | José Luis Reséndez | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best male lead of telenovela | Fabián Ríos | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Supporting Actress telenovela | Brenda Asnicar | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best actress telenovela villain | Aylín Mujica | Won |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best actor telenovela villain | Manuel Landeta | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best actor telenovela villain | Gabriel Valenzuela | Won |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best leading actress | Alba Roversi | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Actress disclosure | Briggitte Bozzo | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Actress disclosure | Emily Alvarado | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Actress disclosure | Nicole Arci | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Actress disclosure | Sofía Sanabria | Nominated |
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best telenovela | Marcela Citterio | Won |
| 2014 | Miami Life Awards |
| 2014 | Miami Life Awards | Best young actress telenovela | Sofía Sanabria | Nominated |