Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori was born in Uruguay on February 2, 1978. She won the TV y novelas prize "Revelation" in 1998 on account of her outstanding performance. "Azul Tequila"gave her the opportunity to demonstrate her talent when playing starring roles.

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 17 and went to live with her cousins. At 19 she met actor Sergio Mayer, who would later become father to their son Sergio. They never married.

She later studied acting in El Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral. Mori first acted 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 the 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. She participated in her first film in 2000, in the Mexican comedy Inspiración. Later, she acted in various other telenovelas including, Amor descarado and the high rated Mexican soap Rubí, which earned her a TVyNovelas Award. By then she had already went through a surgical procedure to enhance her breasts' cup size, along some other lesser operations.

In 2005 she obtained the starring role in the blockbuster film La mujer de mi hermano as Zoe, and her husband was portrayed by Christian Meier, who she had previously co-starred with in Me muero por ti. After breaking up with Mayer, Mori dated Manolo Cardona. She also obtained the leading role in "Pretendiendo", an argentinian-backed movie which was critically panned.