


Blood Ties
Overview
Laços de Sangue is a Portuguese telenovela which broadcast on SIC from September 2010 to October 2011. It is a co-production between SIC and Brazilian Rede Globo. The show also broadcast in several Latin American countries, including Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. It won the 2011 Emmy for Best Telenovela.
Top Cast

Joana Santos
Diana Silva

Diana Chaves
Inês Nogueira

Diogo Morgado
João Caldas Ribeiro

Lia Gama
Eunice Nogueira

Carlos Vieira
Ricardo Caldas Ribeiro Carvalhais

Sisley Dias
Tiago Nogueira

Margarida Carpinteiro
Graciete Pinto Silva

Pompeu José
António Silva

Emília Silvestre
Francisca Sobral

Joana Seixas
Rita Caldas Ribeiro Fonseca
Themes & Keywords
About Blood Ties
Blood Ties is a soap, drama series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of soap opera. it stars Joana Santos, Diana Chaves, Diogo Morgado. Laços de Sangue is a Portuguese telenovela which broadcast on SIC from September 2010 to October 2011. It is a co-production between SIC and Brazilian Rede Globo. The show also broadcast in several Latin American countries, including Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. It won the 2011 Emmy for Best Telenovela.
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