as Dulce Ramirez Maeve Jinkings as Zenaide Sobral Ramirez Dionísio Neto as Hélcio Ramirez Genézio de Barros as Ademir Ramirez Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos as Miroel Matheus Jussara Freire as Nilda Matheus Álamo Facó as Vicente da Penha Matheus Áurea Maranhão as Ticiana da Penha Matheus Ismael Caneppele as Murilo Matheus Cesar Ferrario as Adão Ramirez Martins Maria Sílvia Radomille as Berenice Ramirez Martins Berta Loran as Dinorá Fernando Eiras as Padre Elias Regina Sampaio as Madre Maria Cynthia Senek as Edilene Pereira Gretchen as Gina Emilio Moreira as Aírton Ramirez Ana Barroso as Josiane Ramirez Patrícia Palhares as Irmã Fátima Mirella Sabarense as Child Maria da Paz Malu Fernandes as Child Zenaide Victor Aguiar as Young Hélcio Duda Batista as Child Virgínia Maria Clara Baldon as Child Fabiana Bernardo Amil as Child Júnior Luiz Felipe Melo as Child Chiclete Mari Cardoso as Child Josiane Luiz Eduardo Toledo as Young Rael Leo Scarpa as Child Rock Flávio Bisneto as Child Zé Hélio Theo Almeida as Child Rarisson Alice Jardim as Child Sabrina Fátima Bernardes as Herself Dudu Bertholini as Himself Camila Coutinho as Herself Ana Furtado as Gerusa Production The main inspiration for Walcyr was the telenovela Vale Tudo, written by Gilberto Braga, Aguinaldo Silva and Leonor Bassères in 1988, from where he used the story of the bad-natured daughter who steals from her own mother to try to rise socially in Rio de Janeiro. Another reference was the book Mildred Pierce, written by James Cain in 1941, which tells the story of a mother who suffers with her rebellious daughter. The story of the impossible love between Juliana Paes and Marcos Palmeira and the rivalry between the family was inspired by the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In November 2018, Walcyr Carrasco and Amora Mautner traveled to the interior of Espírito Santo to choose where filming would take place, but the leadership gave up using the state without explanation. Although the fictional city of Rio Vermelho is located in the interior of Espírito Santo, filming was done in Rio Grande do Sul, using the cities of Jaguarão, Nova Esperança do Sul, São Gabriel and Jaguari as scenery. Originally the telenovela was titled called Dias Felizes, but it was later changed to A Dona do Pedaço (literal translation The Owner of the Piece), to express the struggle for a better life for the main character. Filming of the