Griselda: Release Date, Cast, Everything About The New Netflix Miniseries

 Griselda is an Upcoming American crime drama television miniseries. The show is directed by Andres Baiz and produced by Eric Newman and Sofía Vergara. Doug Miro and Ingrid Escajeda are the writers behind the show. 

It is based on the life of the infamous cocaine trafficker Griselda Blanco. Sofia Vergara plays the main role of Griselda Blanco.

When Will Griselda Premiere?

The show is set to premiere on Netflix on January 25, 2024. Griselda is expected to be one of the biggest crime dramas premiering on Netflix in 2024.  It is expected to do as well as Netflix's most successful crime drama Narcos. The team behind the success of Narcos is the same team working on Griselda. Both shows focus on the lives of world-renowned drug dealers. The first official trailer for the show dropped on September 21, 2023.

Who Is The Cast Of Netflix's Griselda?

Sofia Vergara plays the main role of Griselda Blanco on the show. Griselda also known as the Black Widow is a Columbian drug lord who is prominent in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, Florida, during the 1980s.  Other Cast members include;

• Alberto Guerra as Darío Sepúlveda
• Martin Rodriguez as Jorge "Rivi" Ayala-Rivera
• Juliana Aidén Martinez as June Hawkins
• Vanessa Ferlito as Isabel
• Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa
• Alberto Ammann as Alberto Bravo
• Karol G as Carla
• Julieth Restrepo as Marta Ochoa
• Maximiliano Hernández as Papo Mejia
• Paulina Dávila as Carmen Gutiérrez
• Camilo Jiménez Varón as Rafa Salazar
• Gabriel Sloyer as Raul Diaz
• José Zúñiga as Amilcar
• Diego Trujillo as German Panesso

What Is Griselda All About

The show is based on the life of the infamous cocaine trafficker Griselda Blanco. Griselda also known as the Black Widow or Cocaine Godmother, is a well-known drug lord from Columbia who rose to prominence in the 1980s cocaine-based drug trade and Miami, Florida underworld.

The show is based on the life of drug trafficker Griselda Blanco. She was arrested on February 17, 1985, by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). She was charged with conspiring to manufacture, import, and distribute cocaine. Griselda was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

She was added more years after pleading guilty to three counts of second-degree murder. However, she was granted compassionate release due to various health issues. Griselda was deported to Medellin where she lived before being assassinated on September 3, 2012, at the age of 69.