In the 1987 Mexican telenovela Quinceañera, Thalía played the title character’s friend Beatriz.
The series starred Adela Noriega as Maricruz Fernández and Thalía as Beatriz. Its narrative follows the two young women as they face romance, class differences, family pressures, and the expectations placed on teenage girls. The quinceañera tradition supplies the cultural setting and title, while the program uses the conventions of a long-form television melodrama.
The role is notable because it came before Thalía’s later international fame as a recording artist and telenovela star. Viewers sometimes mix up the show’s two principal actresses because both are central to the plot, but Noriega played Maricruz and Thalía played Beatriz. This series is separate from the 2006 film of the same name.