Barbara Mori
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Mori at the European premiere of Kites at London in 2010
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Barbara Mori Ochoa 2 February 1978 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality | Mexican, Uruguayan |
| Occupation | Actress, model, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse(s) | Kenneth Ray Sigman |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Yuyi Mori Rosario Ochoa |
| Relatives | Kenya Mori (sister) |
Bárbara Mori Ochoa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbarβaɾa ˈmoɾi oˈtʃoa]; born on 2 February 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an actress, model, producer and writer.
Mori started her career in 1992 as a fashion model at the age of 14, later she became an actress when she co-starred in 1997 on the smash TV-hit Mirada De Mujer with TV Azteca; then, she starred in the soap opera Azul Tequila. Her big break came in 2004, with the telenovela Rubí (a remake of the 1968 series) by rival network Televisa, in which she played the main character. She also has starred in several self-produced films and music videos.
Mori was born in Uruguay on 2 February 1978. She is of 1/4 Japanese descent. She has two siblings, actress Kenya Mori and Kintaró Mori. Her parents divorced when she was three years of age, Mori spent her early childhood between Mexico and Uruguay and finally settled in Mexico City at the age of twelve.
One day, while working as a waitress at the age of fourteen, fashion designer Marcos Toledo invited her to work as a model. She became independent by the age of seventeen and went to live with her cousins. At nineteen she met actor Sergio Mayer, who would later become father to their son Sergio, born in 1998. They never married.
She later studied acting in El Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral. She made her acting debut in the Mexican telenovela Al norte del corazón. She then participated in the comedy series Tric Tac and Mirada de mujer the following year. She obtained her first TVyNovelas Award for her role in Mirada de mujer for Best New Actress.
In 1998, Bárbara Mori got her first leading role as "Azul" in the series Azul Tequila, co-starring with Mauricio Ochmann. A year later she filmed the series Me muero por tí in Miami, with Peruvian actor Christian Meier. Later, she acted in various other telenovelas, including the Telemundo telenovela Amor descarado.
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