Directed by Erick C. Salud, Don M. Cuaresma, Manny Q. Palo and Darnel Joy R. Villaflor, it stars Angelica Panganiban, Jake Cuenca, Shaina Magdayao and Diether Ocampo.

[1][2] The main difference of this teleserye to others is that the lead character, Rubi, is an anti-hero dubbed as "Ang Bidang-Kontrabida" (The Villainous Protagonist).

She is vain, scheming and manipulative but still has heart, but chose not to listen to her conscience to reach her high ambitions.

And to her surprise, she learns that her daughter is actually under the care of the child's biological father, Arturo (Gardo Versoza) and his new wife Sylvanna (Cherie Gil).

On the other hand, since Sylvanna is still longing for their lost daughter, which is now Rubi, she then decides to adopt a child named Maribel (Shaina Magdayao).

But unfortunately for the poor child, she encounters a terrible car accident while driving with her foster father, thus, marking a permanent damage on her left leg.

Though they lack the cash, Rubi (Angelica Panganiban) all grown up continuously lives in luxury.

Even though she knows that she couldn't practically afford it, Rosanna strives hard to send Rubi in a prestigious private school.

She also takes her to exotic trips and parties, but behind the warm smiles of Rubi, she harbors deep envy of Maribel's social status.

Sylvanna and Arturo learn that Rubi is their long-lost adopted child, they asked her to live with them.

Reaching her goal of living luxury as Maribel's sister, Rubi still longed for her mother Rosanna.

Sylvanna and Arturo offered her allowance as a support, but Rubi demanded more, which escalated into a fight that ended with her in jail.

Rubi continues her scheming to get more money from Hector's family since she knows her husband is blindly in love with her and knows nothing about her secret plans.

Her in-laws try to expose her but always one step ahead, Rubi blackmailed her father-in-law about his affair whom he has a family with.

Disliking her boyfriend Cayetano for being only employed as Maribel's family driver, she openly criticizes and mocks him, even framing him with theft put him in jail.

Learning her lesson, she visits her mother's grave and tells her that even though she lost everything, she now realizes she is free from her greed and envy and can finally start being happy.

Rubí is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Televisa in 2004, starring actress Bárbara Mori in the title role, Eduardo Santamarina as Alejandro, Jacqueline Bracamontes as Maribel and Sebastián Rulli as Hector.

The original telenovela was aired on ABS-CBN from January 31 to December 16, 2005, replacing Gata salvaje and dubbed in Tagalog.

The original series returned from April 20, 2015 to January 15, 2016, ten years since the airing of Rubí in the Philippines, this time through Telenovela Channel in English audio.

Kristine Hermosa and Angelika Dela Cruz were rumoured to be cast as the title character Rubí, but the role eventually went to Angelica Panganiban.

[9] Rubi was launched as one of the ABS-CBN's offerings for the 60th Celebration of Filipino Soap Opera ("Ika-60 taon ng Pinoy Soap Opera") during the ABS-CBN Trade Launch for the first quarter of 2010, entitled "Bagong Simula" (New Beginning).

[10] The theme song of the original Rubí series is used for the Philippine adaptation, "La Descarada" (lit: "The Shameless One"), performed by Reyli.