A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old.
as Maria do Carmo Ferreira da Silva (Do Carmo)
as Maria de Nazaré Esteves Tedesco (Nazaré)
as Giovanni Improtta
as Dirceu de Castro
as Maria do Carmo (jovem) / Isabel / Lindalva
as Reginaldo Ferreira da Silva (Naldo)
as Viviane Fontes Ferreira da Silva
as Maria Cláudia Tedesco (Claudinha)
as Leandro Ferreira da Silva
as Viriato Ferreira da Silva
as Maria Eduarda Correia de Andrade e Couto (Duda)
as Edgard Legrand
as Josivaldo / Reginaldo
as Plínio Ferreira da Silva
as Angélica Ramos
as Leonardo Correia de Andrade e Couto
as Gisela Correia de Andrade e Couto
as Laura Correia de Andrade e Couto, Baronesa de Bonsucesso
as Pedro Correia de Andrade e Couto, Barão de Bonsucesso
as Josefa de Medeiros Duarte Pinto / Maria Guilhermina de Medeiros Duarte Pinto Lefevre
as Flaviana Mendonça
as Sebastião Ferreira da Silva
as Janice Ferreira da Silva
as Yara Steiner
as Jacques Pedreira
as Alberto Pedreira
as Shirley
as Eleonora Ferreira da Silva (Léo)
as Jennifer Improtta
as Rita de Cássia das Neves
as Constantino Pires
as João Emanuel Improtta
as Regina Ferreira da Silva (Regininha)
as Venâncio Ferreira da Silva
as Danielle Meira (Ninfa Bebê)
as Marinalva Ferreira da Silva (Nalva)
as Deputado Thomas Jefferson Sousa
as Bianca Ferreira da Silva
as Bruno Ferreira da Silva
as Alfred
as Clementina Vieira dos Santos
as Aurélia Vieira dos Santos
as Políbio Vieira dos Santos (Shao Lin)
as Lady Daiane das Neves
as Maikel Jackson das Neves
as Cícera Vieira
as Ubiracy
as Fausta
as Rodolfo Macedo
as Aretuza
as Gilson das Neves (Cigano)
as Gatto
as Crecilda Duarte
as Jandira
as Merival
as Jurema
as Vanderlei Carlos Madruga (Madruga)
as Dr. Jorge Maciel
as Belmira Ramos
as Dr. Edmundo Cantareira
as Delegado Aberaldo Paredes
as Turcão da Rocha Miranda
as Severino
