It’s 2004, and surrogacy is still illegal in Mexico — but that won’t stop an influential and corrupt family from finding their perfect baby. Created by Aída Guajardo (Yo No Creo en los Hombres, Para Volver a Amar, Cachito de Cielo, Alma de Hierro), the drama The Surrogacy revolves around an Indigenous woman who’s pressured into surrogacy to save her father. Against her will, she becomes entangled with an affluent family who will protect their reputation at all costs. The 24-episode series was directed by Walter Doehner Pecanins and Jorge Ríos Villanueva, and stars newcomer Shaní Lozano. 

Who’s in the cast of The Surrogacy?

• Shaní as Yeni
• Luis Ernesto Franco (False Identity) as Carlos
• Leticia Calderón (In the Name of Love) as Fernanda and Carlos’ mother, Nora
• Marcela Guirado (Soy Tu Fan) as Carlos’ wife, Julia
• Alejandro de la Madrid (El Señor de los Cielos) as Fernanda’s husband, Arturo
• Minnie West (The Club) as Yeni’s friend, Sonia
• Camila Selser (Sr. Ávila) as Carlos’ sister, Fernanda, aka Fer
• Cecilia Toussaint (Empire of Lies) as Sonia’s mother, Cuca
• Dagoberto Gama (Death’s Roulette) as Yeni’s father, Múbú

The series also features Omar Germenos, Manuel Balbi, Emmanuel Orenday, Fernanda Borches, Nubia Marti, Marco Zetina, David Ponce, Anton Araiza, León Michel, Alejandro Oliva, Rossana Nájera, Raúl Arrieta, Rebeca Manríquez, Vanessa Restrepo, Roberto Uscanga and Eduardo Reza.

Is The Surrogacy based on a true story?

No, The Surrogacy is a work of fiction.

When will The Surrogacy be released?

Stream it now.

What happens in The Surrogacy?

A young woman named Yeni becomes a surrogate for Julia and her husband, Carlos, heir to a powerful company, Huizar Pharmaceuticals. Yeni didn’t plan to become a surrogate, but she desperately needs the money to save her father, Múbú, from an unjust prison sentence after he defended his daughter from a carjacking — which, as it turns out, was staged by the Huizar family, who then coerced her into carrying Carlos’ child. After giving birth months later, Yeni wakes up in a public square with a baby in her arms. The pair were abandoned because the baby was not “perfect” enough for the family’s matriarch, Nora. When Yeni realizes what’s happened, she threatens to take legal action and ends up entangled in the Huizars’ lies and corruption. 

Where does The Surrogacy take place?

The series takes place in Mexico.

Where was The Surrogacy filmed?

The Surrogacy was filmed in Mexico City, Valle de Bravo and Cuetzalan. 

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