Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori: Biography in Details

Who is Barbara Mori?

Barbara Mori is an Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer, and writer.

She started her career in 1992 as a fashion model at the age of 14, later she also became an actress. Also, she has starred in several self-produced films and music videos

Barbara Mori: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Barbara Mori was born on February 2, in the year 1978, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Her birth name is Barbara Mori Ochoa and she is currently 44 years old.

Her father’s name is Yuyi Mori and her mother’s name is Rosario Ochoa.

Unfortunately, her parents separated when she was three and her childhood was spent between Mexico and Uruguay. She finally settled in Mexico City when she turned 12.

She has two siblings, actress Kenya Mori, and Kintaró Mori.

Barbara holds American- Mexican- Uruguayan citizenship and mixed (Uruguayan-Japanese- Spanish-Basque-Lebanese-Mexican) ethnicity. Her birth sign is  Aquarius.

Education

Talking about Barbara’s education history, Barbara has got her graduation from Polytechnic State University.

Barbara Mori: Professional Life, Career

Talking about her profession, she was discovered by fashion designer Marcos Toledo who offered her a modeling job. T

hen, she later studied acting in ‘El Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral’ and began her acting career. Additionally, she made her acting debut in the Mexican telenovela ‘Al Norte del Corazón’ in 1996.

In the following year, she participated in the comedy series ‘Tic Tac’ and played a role in the smash TV hit ‘Mirada de Mujer’.

In the year 1998, she played the lead role of Azul in the series ‘Azul Tequila,’ opposite Mauricio Ochmann.

Likewise, she filmed the series ‘Me Muero Por Tí’ in Miami, with Peruvian actor Christian Meier in 1999.

In the same year, she also acted in the ‘Telemundo telenovela ‘Amor Descarado.’ Whereas, her first movie role was shot in 2000 when she was cast opposite Arath De La Torre in the Mexican romantic comedy ‘Inspiración.’ It was a box-office success in the cinemas.

In the year 2002, she portrayed a negative role of a seductive college student in the telenovela ‘Subete A Mi Moto’ together with Vanessa Acosta.

Then, she signed with ‘Televisa’ in 2004 and played the starring role of ‘Rubí,’ a popular TV show and high–rating Mexican soap opera, with the same title. In 2005 she obtained the starring role in the blockbuster film ‘La Mujer de mi Hermano as Zoe.

Besides that, Indian film producer Rakesh Roshan got her services as the leading lady for his movie ‘Kites.’ She co-starred with Roshan’s son, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan.

In the year 2009, she appeared in her self-produced psychological crime thriller ‘Amor, Dolor y Viceversa opposite Leonardo Sbaraglia.

In 2011, she got the main role in the action-drama ‘Viento En Contra and showed her acting ability together with actors Héctor Arredondo and Fernando Luján.

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