From left: Jedet, Daniela Santiago, and Isabel Torres as La Veneno
Veneno has been one of the big surprise TV hits lately, telling the story of Spanish television star Cristina Ortiz Rodríguez, better known as La Veneno, in an unprecedented way, focusing on trans narratives and trans talent.
The eight-episode series on HBO Max follows La Veneno as she rises to fame after being interviewed by a newscaster on a street where she was working. As La Veneno becomes the most famous trans woman in Spain, the series also follows Valeria Vegas, a young journalist who ended up transitioning herself and eventually wrote the book the series is based on,