The 1987 Mexican telenovela starring Adela Noriega and Thalía is titled Quinceañera.
The series was produced by Televisa and follows two teenage girls, Maricruz and Beatriz, as they approach adulthood and confront romance, family circumstances, social differences, and personal choices. Adela Noriega played Maricruz Fernández, while Thalía played Beatriz Villanueva. The program is remembered as an important youth-oriented telenovela of the late 1980s.
Although its title refers to the same fifteenth-birthday tradition as the real-life celebration, the television series is a scripted melodrama rather than a documentary about quinceañera customs. Its title uses the cultural ritual as a frame for stories about adolescence and social expectations.
The series is sometimes confused with later Mexican telenovelas featuring similar young-adult themes, including Muchachitas. Those are separate productions. Quinceañera premiered in 1987 and is particularly associated with the early television careers of Noriega and Thalía.