Biography of Barbara Mori

Biography of Barbara Mori

Full name of Barbara Mori is Barbara Mori Ochoa and she was born on 2 February, 1978 at Montevideo. Barbara Mori is of Uruguayan-Japanese and Mexican heritage her Japanese ancestry is from her grandfather.

Biography of Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori has one sister and one brother: actress Kenya Mori and brother Kintaro Mori. Her mother Yuyi Mori and father Rosario Ochoa divorced when she was three years of age.

Biography of Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori spent her early chilhood between Mexico and Uruguay and finally settled in Mexico City at the age of twelve.

Biography of Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori later studied acting in El Centro de Estudios de Formacion Actoral. She made her acting debut in the Mexican telenovela Al norte del corazon. She then participated in the comedy series Tric Tac and Mirada de mujer the following year.

Biography of Barbara Mori

In 1998, Barbara 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 ti in Miami, with Peruvian actor Christian Meier.

Biography of Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori participated in her first film in 2000, in the Mexican comedy Inspiracion. Later, she acted in various other telenovelas including, Amor descarado and the highly–rated Mexican soap opera Rubi, which earned her another TVyNovelas Award.

Biography of Barbara Mori

In the year 2005 Barbara Mori obtained the starring role in the blockbuster film La mujer de mi hermano as Zoe, and her husband was portrayed by Christian Meier, with whom she had previously co-starred in Me muero por ti.

Biography of Barbara Mori

After breaking up with Mayer, Mori dated Manolo Cardona. Barbara Mori also won the leading role in "Pretendiendo", a Chilean/Mexican-backed movie which was critically panned.

Barbara Mori with Hrithik Roshan

Indian film producer Rakesh Roshan has signed Barbara Mori as the leading lady for his movie Kites opposite Indian actor Hrithik Roshan.