The Mexican telenovela starring Adela Noriega and Thalía was Quinceañera.
The series premiered in 1987 and used the title of the fifteenth-birthday tradition as the name of its teenage-centered drama. Adela Noriega and Thalía played prominent roles, making the production notable in both actresses’ early television careers.
A telenovela is a serialized television drama, usually designed around a continuing storyline and a planned run. Quinceañera is therefore different from the 2006 independent film with the same title, which was directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.
The shared title can lead to confusion when searching for information. The television series is Mexican and dates from 1987; the film is an American production released in 2006. Their common link is the cultural word and theme, not a shared plot or production.