Ambitious Women
The battle between power and justice.
TV-14 2015 · 1 season · 143 eps · ★ 5.6 · Soap, Drama, Comedy
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In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power, through the conflicts of three strong women with very different personalities.
Created by Gilberto Braga, Ricardo Linhares
Network: TV Globo
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Glória Pires Beatriz Marcondes Amaral Rangel -
Adriana Esteves Inês Ferraz Junqueira -
Camila Pitanga Regina Rocha -
Thiago Fragoso Vinicius Loureiro -
Bruno Gagliasso Murilo Loureiro -
Sophie Charlotte Alice Ferraz Junqueira -
Fernanda Montenegro Teresa Petruccelli -
Nathália Timberg Estela Marcondes Amaral -
Arlete Salles Consuelo Pimenta -
Gabriel Braga Nunes Luís Fernando Vidal -
Cássio Gabus Mendes Evandro Souza Rangel -
Marcos Palmeira Aderbal Pimenta
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