 The series lasted for ten years and ran for 204 episodes.Portillo played the role of Carlota, an insecure but brassy hairdresser who married Gonzalo, the owner of a bar which functioned as the central set of the show.During the same period Portillo was nominated for the Goya Awards and Unión de Actores Awards for her role in "El color de las nubes" in 1997 in which she played a divorced mother who neglected her child.