List of Violetta characters
This is a list of characters appearing in the Disney Channel series Violetta. The characters are all fictional, except for celebrity guests who appear as themselves.
Casting
was cast in the show at the age of 14, and changed schools to accommodate the show's shooting schedule. The actor Diego Ramos was cast as Violetta's father following an audition in Europe. The actress Lodovica Comello, who plays Francesca, was attending school in Milan when she decided to participate.In the second season, the show brought back most of its cast, with the exception of Simone Lijoi, Rodrigo Velilla, Artur Logunov and lead actor Pablo Espinosa. Diego Domínguez was brought on to play León's new romantic rival, Diego. In addition, the show held casting sessions for fans of the series in Milan, Naples, and Rome for videos that appeared on Disney Channel Italy
In its third season, the show added French actor Damien Lauretta and Mexican actress Macarena Miguel to the cast.
Main characters
Violetta Castillo
The title character is a talented girl and the protagonist of the original television series. She is intelligent and vivacious with an overprotective father. She is a spontaneous and honest girl. She has a beautifully unique voice that she inherited from her mother, who died in a car crash when Violetta was 5 years old. Violetta just wants to find her own place in the world and to learn more about it. When she returns to Buenos Aires, Violetta discovers her passion for music and starts attending Studio 21 behind her father's back. There, she makes her first friends and learns more about herself. She also meets two very different boys, Tomás and León, who both fall for her. Soon, she finds herself in a love triangle and has trouble deciding who she truly loves. Violetta realizes that music means everything to her and that singing is what she wants to do for the rest of her life. But she knows that her father wouldn't accept it and, out of fear, hides everything from him, complicating their lives even more, until the final episode of season 1, when he hears Violetta singing.Germán Castillo
Germán Castillo is Violetta Castillo's overprotective father. He is a brilliant engineer, owner of a construction company that does international public and private works of great caliber. He is strict and demanding. Since the death of his wife, Maria, he has overprotected his daughter Violetta, but beneath his rigidity lies a big heart. He had a girlfriend, Jade, whom he considered a good influence on her. But the arrival of Angie, Violetta's tutor completely disturbs him, but not wanting to admit it, ends up falling in love with her while engaged to Jade.Tomás Heredia
Tomás Heredia is a very talented guy and one of Violetta's two love interests. He can play the guitar and the piano and attends Studio 21 with a grant from Beto, who hired him as his assistant. Born in Spain, he moved to Buenos Aires with his mother to take care of his grandmother. Tomás falls for Violetta despite her father's attempts. At the end of the first season, Tomás moved back to Spain permanently: so he does not appear for the second and third series.León Vargas
León Vargas is Violetta's love interest. León attends On Beat Studio and has a big artistic potential. He used to be a part of the "cool crowd" and was Ludmila's boyfriend. But when he discovered that Ludmila liked Tomás, he broke up with her. To get even, he decides to win Violetta over as she was Tomás' crush but he soon falls in love with her against his will, but Due to his newfound love, he changes his ways and transforms into a kind, supportive and outgoing friend to all the other students in the studio. In Season 2, his new hobby is motocross, and his new rival is Diego.Diego Hernández
Diego Casal Hernández is the second male protagonist in the second and third season of the Disney Channel Latin America's original show, Violetta. He's the typical 'bad boy' of the school who came from Madrid to Buenos Aires to look for his father, and was willing to go to great lengths to find him.Ludmila Ferro
Ludmila Ferro is a glamorous, beautiful talented girl from On Beat Studio, and her only friend is Natalia, but unfortunately, she thinks she's better than any other student. Ludmila was never really in love until she began to have feelings for Federico. That's when love started to change her attitude a bit. But, she kept going on back and forth with her snappy attitude. During the last few episodes of Season 3, Ludmila's attitude was changed forever and was even being nice to Naty.Francesca Caviglia
Francesca Caviglia is a smart, caring, and determined girl born in Italy along with her older brother Luca, who ran the family business, Resto Band. Despite her brother's opinions about wasting their father's money by attending On Beat Studio, Francesca believes she can develop into a successful music artist in the music industry, due to the studio's reputation of being the place where a lot of famous people have studied.Camila Torres
Camila Tores is a fun, upbeat, and outgoing girl. Maxi, Violetta and Francesca are her best friends. Camila dreams of becoming a successful and recognized singer. She is no doubt played by her friends and defended by them. She's talented but knows she has not yet achieved artistic maturity necessary to make the leap to success which is the reason why she dresses different a lot.Maximiliano "Maxi" Ponte
Maxi Ponte is one of the many students at Studio 21. His best friends are Francesca and Camila, and later, becomes close friends with Violetta. He is especially good at dancing and hip-hop music.Natalia "Naty"
Naty is a student at On Beat Studio and is Ludmila's sidekick. However, she is more Ludmila's servant than her friend: She knows Ludmila would betray her if there was something in it for her, but she stays with her anyway, hoping that it would help her become a diva as well.Andrés
Andrés is a clumsy guy with a very sympathetic and caring personality. He's always trying to get girls to ask him out, as he falls in love easily. At the beginning, he was part of the in-crowd, because he used to hang out with Ludmila, Naty, and León, but as the series progresses, he becomes more independent, while remaining Leon's friend. He eventually gets forced to work for Gregorio as his sidekick after being caught being the one behind Ludmila's attacks.He is very ambitious and knows that he can take advantage of the talent of the guys from Studio 21 to attract customers to the Restó Bar. He converts his restaurant into a Restó Band to present live shows and, if possible, sing his own songs. Luca is interested in becoming an artist, like his sister.