Maria (TV series)

Maria is a Kenyan prime time romantic television drama series directed by Julian S. Mwanzele, which stars Yasmin Said^[1] depicting the eponymous character, alongside Brian Ogana and Bridget Shighadi, in their first television series. It premiered on 10 October 2019 and the last episode aired on 18 March 2021 after 374 episodes.^[2] The series aired weekdays on Citizen TV in its 7:30 PM time slot EAT (UTC +03:00) and also on Viusasa.

The romantic drama centers around three characters— Maria, a prepossessing adopted ghetto girl; Luwi, the first born son of the opulent Hausa family and Sofia, his wife whose motive is acquiring her connubial family wealth.

Plot[]

The fictional story follows the life of Maria (Yasmin Said). Without a privilege of meeting her parents, who both died at her infancy, she is left under the care of her foster mother Naomi who also dies shortly after. She gets adopted by William Hausa, a wealthy man from the affluent suburbs of the city, meeting Luwi, the eldest son of the family who falls in love with her notwithstanding his legal marriage with Sofia. Maria learns of his love for her and reciprocates. After divorcing Sofia, Luwi proposes to Maria. However, the much adored love soon turns sour when Maria learns that William, Luwi's dad, had a hand in the killing of her father and acquiring his wealth. When it is revealed that Victor isn't William's biological son, he banishes the entire family from their house, does all sorts of extravagance but later gets deranged. Victor is actually both Sofia's paternal and Luwi's maternal half brother. William suffers a lethal accident that leaves him lame after his conspiratorial plot with Meja, his servant, gets Sandra locked behind bars. Betrayed by love, Sandra who has always been infatuated and obsessed with William, promises to retaliate. Maria, who had once planned to sue William for his past mistakes sympathizes with him and later forgives him nonetheless. Maria agrees to Luwi's second-time proposal and they both plan their wedding day. Coincidentally, Sofia is fortuitously shot and killed on the wedding day by Brenda whose target was Maria. Silas proposes to Vanessa much to Maggie's dismay because she too loves him, while William gets apprehended and later incarcerated, having been convicted for his crime. Few months have passed and the newly wed couples are expecting a child. Luwi and Maria are seen touring Maasai Mara as they express their love and anticipate a lucid future.

Love interests in Maria[]

• Luwi and Maria
• Silas and Vanessa
• Victor and Sonia
• Victor and Delilah

Cast and characters[]

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Main cast[]

• Yasmin Said as Maria Tino
• Bridget Shighadi as Sofia
• Brian Martins Ogana as Luwi Hausa
• Ronald Ndubi as Victor
• Dennis Musyoka as Boss William Hausa
• Sheila Ndanu as Madam Victoria Hausa (aka Vickie)
• Wanjiku Stephens as Vanessa Hausa

Supporting cast[]

• Linda Alexette as Tobi
• Teddy Brown as Fali
• Belinda Joana as Kobi
• Aisha Hussein as Gloria
• Umar Hussein as Pupa
• Abdalla Ali as Jayden
• Botul Abdalla as Marianne
• Beatrice Dorea as Maggie
• Blessing Lung'aho as Meja
• Carol Kipsuto as Sandra
• Periz Wambui as Salome
• Terry Ombaka as Naomi
• Robert Budi as Trevor
• Grace Obuya as Sister Teresa
• Tina Njambi as Lorna
• Christopher Kamau as Daniel
• Maureen Wangare as Brenda
• Edna Nguka as Delilah
• Musa Ore as Father Ezekiel
• Nyakundi Isaboke as Silas
• Timothy Musyoka as Ben
• Tindo Mwanzele as Mwambe
• Suzie Malaki as Rufina
• Quincy Ando as Thomas
• Edwin Buni as Koros
• Sarah Malaki as Mama Chapo
• Alice Mari as Kanini
• Jane Mulanda as Dogo
• Joseph Kiplabatt as Collo
• Anthony Ashioya as Tekno
• Brian Kibochi as Bondi

Cameo[]

• Aseem Sharma as Sonia

Reception[]

Source:^[6]

Reruns[]

The reruns of weekday episodes of the show aired every Saturday at 4 PM EAT (UTC +03:00) until 20 March 2021.

See also[]

• Kalasha Awards Winners since 2009

Awards and nominations[]

References[]