Gata Salvaje is a telenovela that first aired on Venevisión in Venezuela on May 16, 2002, and shortly after was released on the Spanish-language U.S. station Univision from mid-summer 2002 until May 2003, later airing in Mexico on El Canal De Las Estrellas from January 2003 to December 2003. It starred Mexican actress Marlene Favela and Cuban actor Mario Cimarro. This telenovela marked a milestone in the history of Spanish-language television, as it became the first and so far the only telenovela ever filmed in the United States and subsequently released in Mexico, contrasting with the original process where they are filmed in Mexico and then released in the United States. Additionally, this is one of two telenovelas featuring Marlene Favela and Mario Cimarro as the main protagonists, the other being Los Herederos Del Monte, which aired on Telemundo from 2011.
