Marlene Favela is a Mexican actress and model. In Mexican television, as of 2013 she was best known as Esmeralda in the TV show Zorro, La Espada y la Rosa.

El Zorro, la espada y la rosa is a Spanish-language telenovela based on Johnston McCulley's characters. Telemundo aired it from February 12 to July 23, 2007. This limited-run serial shows the masked crusader as a hero torn between his fight for justice and his love for a beautiful woman. Telemundo president Don Browne called this show "without doubt the best production offered on Hispanic television in the United States today."