Griselda
Promotional poster
Genre	Biopic True crimedrama
Created by	Doug Miro Eric Newman Carlo Bernard Ingrid Escajeda
Directed by	Andrés Baiz
Starring	Sofía Vergara
Music by	Carlos Rafael Rivera[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English Spanish
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	Eric Newman Sofía Vergara Andrés Baiz Luis Balaguer Carlo Bernard Ingrid Escajeda Doug Miro
Production companies	Latin World Entertainment Willfully Obtuse Grand Electric
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	January 25, 2024 (2024-01-25)
Related
Narcos Narcos: Mexico

Griselda is an Americanbiographicalcrime drama television miniseries directed byAndrés Baiz and produced byEric Newman andSofía Vergara. It is written byDoug Miro and Ingrid Escajeda. It stars Vergara asGriselda Blanco, a notorious Colombiandrug lord. The miniseries premiered onNetflix on January 25, 2024.^[2]

The miniseries received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Vergara's performance. In the first week after its release, it debuted at number one in 90 countries and topped Netflix's Global Weekly Top 10 TV (English).

The story follows Griselda Blanco, a prominent crime boss, and her rise in the Miamidrug scene and pursuit of power and wealth. Drug use, paranoia, and betrayal lead to her downfall, with her actions resulting in multiple deaths, including that of a child. To escape retaliation from the cartel, Griselda turns herself in to the police but faces unexpected consequences. Despite serving time in prison, tragedy strikes when most of her children are murdered. The series ends with Griselda imagining a peaceful beach scene with her children. The show serves as a cautionary tale about the destructive pursuit of power. Griselda was assassinated in 2012 inMedellín, Colombia.

On November 3, 2021, it was reported thatNetflix was in the process of developing a new crime dramaminiseries based on the real life ofColombian drug traffickerGriselda Blanco.^[5] The miniseries would be produced byEric Newman,Sofía Vergara, and^[6] Luis Balaguer forLatin World Entertainment. A Colombian native, Baiz directed all episodes.^[7] Baiz, withDoug Miro and Carlo Bernard, who are part of theNarcos creative team, would serve asexecutive producers, and Ingrid Escajeda and Miro would serve asshowrunners.^[8][9] On January 19, 2022, Netflix released a first-look photo of Vergara in character as real-life drug queenpin Griselda Blanco, in a sneak peek of the upcoming limited series. The release also revealed 12 newly confirmed cast members, includingVanessa Ferlito and Juliana Aidén Martinez.^[9] The cast also includesAlberto Guerra,Alberto Ammann,Christian Tappan,Diego Trujillo,Paulina Davila, Gabriel Sloyer, Martin Rodriguez,José Zúñiga,Maximiliano Hernández,Julieth Restrepo andCarolina Giraldo (best known as Karol G—a famous singer from Medellín—in her first major acting role).^[10]

Filming for the miniseries began on January 17, 2022, inLos Angeles.^[11]

The series was released on Netflix on January 25, 2024.^[2]

During its debut week,Griselda debuted at number one in 90 countries and topped the Netflix Global Weekly Top 10 TV (English) chart, just three days after its release, with a total of 20.6 million viewers and 113.8 million hours viewed.^[12][13] It maintained the position in the following week, garnering 114.1 million viewing hours.^[14][15]

Griselda was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Vergara's performance, though some historical inaccuracies received criticism.^[16] On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 87% of 52 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Sofía Vergara impressively disappears into the role of Griselda Blanco in this propulsive gangster saga, which plays loose with the facts but achieves genuine grit."^[17]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the show a score of 64 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[18]

TVLine namedSofía Vergara their performer of the week, for the week of January 27, 2024, specifically for her performance in episode five, "Paradise Lost". The site deemed it a "career-defining" performance, writing that "Vergara's unwavering commitment and out-of-left-field gravitas elevatesGriselda to one of those rare edge-of-your-seat TV experiences".^[19]

Some in Colombia have challenged aspects of the production for "glorif[ying] ... a bygone era of rampant violence and drugs" and Griselda as a heroine. Diego Cortes, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Oregon, "said the series was regurgitating tired stereotypes" but was also highlighting the role of North Americans in "their role in the drug trafficking industry ... [as] cocaine customers" whom Griselda identified as a market.

Michael Corleone Blanco, the real life son of Blanco, and his wife, Marie, sued Netflix, Vergara, and others over the series due to alleged unauthorized usage of the family's "image, likeness, and/or identity" without consent or compensation in January 2024. The suit was dismissed with prejudice in February 2024.^{[27][28][29][30][31]}

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