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La mujer del diablo

La mujer del diablo (English title: The Devil's Woman) is a Mexican drama series created and written by Leonardo Padrón for the streaming service ViX+, starring Carolina Miranda as Natalia Vallejo and José Ron as Cristo Beltrán. It ran for three seasons and 26 episodes between July 21, 2022 and January 6, 2023.¹^•² The title also belongs to a 1974 Mexican film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, which is a separate work.³

Key fact	Detail
Format	Mexican drama series, three seasons and 26 episodes, about 45 minutes per episode¹
Run	First aired July 21, 2022; final episode January 6, 2023; status ended¹
Platform	ViX+, the Spanish-language premium subscription service of TelevisaUnivision²
Leads	Carolina Miranda as Natalia Vallejo, José Ron as Cristo Beltrán⁴
Creator	Written by Leonardo Padrón; produced by Carlos Bardasano of W Studios²
Setting	The fictional town of Villa Clara, plus Mexico City²
Audience score	7.0 on IMDb (about 230 votes)⁵

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Premise

The series tells the story of Natalia Vallejo, an elementary school teacher who dreams of leaving her small town to work in tourism, and Cristo Beltrán, a high-ranking criminal who poses as a benefactor of the needy. Cristo becomes obsessed with Natalia even though she is in love with another man, and he does what the show's own description calls "the unimaginable" to seduce her.⁴ ViX's official synopsis frames the story bluntly as "the history of an obsession," a love between a psychopath and a woman with Stockholm syndrome.⁶

The first season opens with Natalia being kidnapped by masked men during the town festivities of Villa Clara; Cristo later reveals that the kidnapping was his plan to make her fall in love with him, and she responds by stealing his weapon and shooting him.⁶ The writer Leonardo Padrón, a Venezuelan creator known in the melodrama genre, described the story as unusual, saying that evil exists in it but that no character is entirely good or bad.⁷

Cast and characters

Carolina Miranda as Natalia Vallejo⁴
José Ron as Cristo Beltrán⁴
Adriana Louvier as Soledad Insulza⁴
Mónica Dionne as Cayetana de Vallejo⁴
Alejandro Calva as Jonás⁴
José Pablo Minor as Diego Carvajal⁵
Samadhi Zendejas as Candela⁴

Production

The series was produced by Carlos Bardasano of W Studios with a team of more than 160 production professionals, and it was the first original series produced under the agreement between Televisa and Univision.²^•⁸ It was shot entirely on location in more than 50 places in central Mexico, including the states of Hidalgo, Puebla, and Morelos, with more than 1,300 extras and cinematographic production technology.²^•⁹ Filming began on January 24, 2022 in the center of Mexico City, and the cast also recorded in Hidalgo, Atlixco, and Cuernavaca over 19 weeks.⁸^•¹⁰

Bardasano said the platform format allowed the creative elements to be developed to the maximum, without the resource constraints typical of traditional production.⁹ The series was positioned as an evolution of the telenovela genre rather than a conventional one; actor José Ron noted that the format differed from his previous work in language, scenes, and nudity.¹¹

Release and seasons

The series premiered on ViX+ on July 21, 2022.¹ Season 2 premiered on October 18, 2022 with eight episodes, with the original cast, including Adriana Louvier, Azul Guaita, Alejandro Calva, Mónica Dionne, Ianis Guerrero, Marco Tostado, Rodolfo Arias, and Samadhi Zendejas, returning to their roles.¹² Season 3, the final season of ten episodes, aired in January 2023, ending on January 6, 2023 with the episode "El abismo y el cielo."¹^•¹³ The final season follows Natalia with a growing thirst for revenge in her attempt to free herself from her circumstances.¹³

Reception and availability

The series holds a 7.0 rating on IMDb from roughly 230 votes, and a 46 percent JustWatch rating.⁵ It is available on ViX, the ViX Premium Amazon Channel, and Amazon Prime Video, and it charted on streaming platform charts in five countries, reaching number one on the ViX Premium Amazon Channel chart in Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia.¹⁴

The 1974 film of the same name

A separate Mexican film titled La mujer del diablo was directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna in 1974. It is a drama, fantasy, and horror film of 1 hour 28 minutes, starring Raúl Ramírez as Lázaro and Ana Martín as Virginia, with a synopsis about a young man who returns to a town where nobody wants him because they consider him a child of sin. It held a 5.3 rating on IMDb and was last available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video until November 2022.³

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026