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{{Short description|Mexican actress (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{family name hatnote|Mori|Ochoa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bárbara Mori Ochoa
| image = Bárbara Mori Premios Fénix 2018 (45736729002) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mori in 2018
| imagesize =
| birth_name = Bárbara Mori Ochoa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|2|2}}
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| other_names =
| parents =
| spouse = {{marriage|Kenneth Ray Sigman|2016|2017|reason=divorce}}
| partner = [[Sergio Mayer]] (1996–1998)
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Kenya Mori]] (sister)
| years_active = 1997–present
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|producer|writer}}
| citizenship = {{hlist|Uruguay|Mexico}}
}}
'''Bárbara Mori Ochoa''' ({{IPA|es|ˈbaɾβaɾa ˈmoɾjoˈtʃoa}}) (born 2 February 1978) is a [[Uruguay]]an-born Mexican<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2020-11-01/barbara-mori-escribe-su-propia-historia-en-medio-de-la-pandemia|agency=Reforma|title=Bárbara Mori escribe su propia historia en medio de la pandemia|language=es|date=1 November 2020|access-date=16 January 2021|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106185146/https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2020-11-01/barbara-mori-escribe-su-propia-historia-en-medio-de-la-pandemia|url-status=live}}</ref> actress, model, producer, and writer. She is best known for playing the main character in the 2004 telenovela ''[[Rubí (2004 telenovela)|Rubí]]'', one of the most successful telenovelas of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latintimes.com/7-telenovelas-captured-worlds-heart-434102|title=7 Telenovelas that captured the world's heart|website=Latin Times|date=22 February 2019|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224145632/https://www.latintimes.com/7-telenovelas-captured-worlds-heart-434102|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2005, she has appeared as the lead in several Hollywood and Bollywood films, including ''[[La mujer de mi hermano|My Brother's Wife]]'' (2005), ''[[Violanchelo]]'' (2008), ''[[Insignificant Things]]'' (2008), produced by [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[Kites (film)|Kites]]'' (2010), ''[[Cantinflas (film)|Cantinflas]]'' (2014), and ''[[Treintona, soltera y fantástica]]'' (2016).

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 (telenovela)|Mirada de mujer]]'' with [[TV Azteca]]; then, she starred in the telenovela ''[[Azul Tequila]]'' (1998). She has also appeared in several lists as one of the most beautiful Mexican actresses of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/programas/novelas/ellas-son-las-20-actrices-de-telenovelas-mas-bellas-de-todos-los-tiempos-fotos#afd9f5040001|title=Las 20 actrices de telenovelas mas bellas de todos los tiempos|website=Univision.com|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224140931/https://www.univision.com/programas/novelas/ellas-son-las-20-actrices-de-telenovelas-mas-bellas-de-todos-los-tiempos-fotos#afd9f5040001|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Mori was born in Uruguay. Her paternal grandfather was [[Japanese people|Japanese]].<ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20061105174319/http://entretenimiento.aol.com/cine/canvas/_a/entrevista-barbara-mori-parte-ii/20060726105609990001 Entrevista Bárbara Mori (Parte II)]</ref> Her mother is of [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2009/10/25/barbara-mori-la-uruguaya-que-conquisto-mexico|title=Bárbara Mori la uruguaya que conquistó México|website=Quien.com|date=26 October 2009|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224131334/https://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2009/10/25/barbara-mori-la-uruguaya-que-conquisto-mexico|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060815054422/http://entretenimiento.aol.com/cine/canvas/_a/barbara-mori-en-la-cima-y-con-los-pies/20060726092609990002 Bárbara Mori en la cima y con los pies bien puestos en la tierra]</ref>

===Early work (1992–1997)===
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.<ref name="cousins">{{cite web |url=http://barbaramori.iespana.es/interactivo.htm |title=Biography |access-date=9 February 2006 |publisher=iespana.es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060125011222/http://barbaramori.iespana.es/interactivo.htm |archive-date=25 January 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref> At nineteen she met actor [[Sergio Mayer]], who would later become father to their son Sergio, born in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entretenimiento.aol.com/cine/canvas/_a/entrevista-barbara-mori-parte-iii/20060726112109990001 |title=Entrevista Bárbara Mori (Parte III) |access-date=10 January 2009 |archive-date=8 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908075628/http://entretenimiento.aol.com/cine/canvas/_a/entrevista-barbara-mori-parte-iii/20060726112109990001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 [[Premios TVyNovelas|TVyNovelas Award]] for her role in ''Mirada de mujer'' for ''Best New Actress''.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

===Commercial success (1998–2003)===
In 1998, Mori got her first leading role as "Azul" in the series ''[[Azul Tequila]]'', co-starring [[Mauricio Ochmann]]. A year later, she filmed the series ''Me muero por tí'' in [[Miami]], with [[Peru]]vian actor [[Christian Meier]]. Later, she acted in other telenovelas, including the Telemundo telenovela ''Amor descarado''.

In 2001, she got her first film role in the romantic comedy ''[[Inspiración]]'', the film was a box-office success in cinemas. In 2002, she played the villain as a seductive college student in the telenovela, ''Subete A Mi Moto''.

===Consolidation (2004–2008)===
[[File:Barbara Mori 2006.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Mori in 2006.]]
In 2004, she signed with [[Televisa]] and starred as Rubí, a smash TV-hit and highly–rated Mexican soap opera, of the ''[[Rubí (2004 telenovela)|same name]]'', which earned her another TVyNovelas Award.

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]], with whom she had previously co-starred in ''Me muero por tí''. In the same year, she lent her voice in the Spanish-language version for the movie ''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]''.

She also had the leading role in "''Pretendiendo''", a [[Chile]]an/Mexican-backed movie which was critically panned.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ugly Me|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460275/|access-date=2019-01-18|archive-date=13 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713180154/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460275/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Bárbara Mori Ochoa.jpg|left|thumb|285x285px|Mori in 2014.]]

===International film success (2009–2011)===
In 2009, she starred in the psychological crime thriller ''[[Amor, Dolor y Viceversa]]'' alongside [[Leonardo Sbaraglia]]. The drama is about a female architect who is involved in the murder of the fiancée of a promising surgeon, who allegedly saw in her nightmares. The crime-drama was filmed in Mexico City and is produced by Mori. The film earned mixed reviews from critics and viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://detelenovelas.com/barbara-mori-en-la-presentacion-de-amor-dolor-y-viceversa/barbaramori-amordolor/|title=Bárbara Mori en Amor, Dolor y Viceversa|access-date=28 November 2013|publisher=detelenovelas.com|language=es|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220090852/http://detelenovelas.com/barbara-mori-en-la-presentacion-de-amor-dolor-y-viceversa/barbaramori-amordolor/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/flashnewsmexico/Noticias_Recientes/barabamoriapuestaporunamordoloryviceversa|title=Barbara Mori: "Apuesta por un amor, dolor y viceversa"|access-date=28 November 2013|language=es|archive-date=25 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225102112/https://sites.google.com/site/flashnewsmexico/Noticias_Recientes/barabamoriapuestaporunamordoloryviceversa|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, she got the main role in the action-drama "''[[Viento En Contra]]''", alongside actors [[Héctor Arredondo]] and [[Fernando Luján]], in which she played a successful and promising [[Chief information officer|CIO]], who is unjustly involved in a police chase due to a scandal of a financial fraud. The film was distributed by Warner Bros and received mixed reviews by critics. The drama was filmed on locations of Mexico City and [[Valle de Bravo]]. Mori was the producer of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entretenimiento.starmedia.com/cine/barbara-mori-habla-pelicula-viento-en-contra.html|title=Bárbara Mori habla de la película Viento en Contra|date=22 September 2011|access-date=28 November 2013|publisher=starmedia.com|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014633/http://entretenimiento.starmedia.com/cine/barbara-mori-habla-pelicula-viento-en-contra.html|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[India]]n film producer [[Rakesh Roshan]] signed her as the leading lady for his movie ''[[Kites (film)|Kites]]'' opposite his son, [[Bollywood]] star [[Hrithik Roshan]]. It was shot in New Mexico, [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] and [[Los Angeles]]. It went into production by the end of July 2008, and was released on 21 May 2010.

Mori was diagnosed with early stage cancer and is now a proud survivor. She talks about her journey in UniGlobe Entertainment's docu-drama titled ''[[1 a Minute]]'' made by actress [[Namrata Singh Gujral]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/indian-star-rallies-celebrity-support-for-cancer-movie_1118440 |title=Mcg | Indian Star Rallies Celebrity Support For Cancer Movie |publisher=Contactmusic |date=8 October 2009 |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-date=30 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030002804/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/indian-star-rallies-celebrity-support-for-cancer-movie_1118440 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==

In 1996, Mori began a relationship with actor [[Sergio Mayer]], with whom she has a son, Sergio Mayer Mori, born in 1998. The couple separated shortly after. In 2016 she wed baseball player Kenneth Ray Sigman, brother of actress [[Stephanie Sigman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/se-casan-barbara-mori-y-kenneth-ray-sigman|title=Se casan Barbara Mori y Kenneth Ray Sigman|work=People en Español |date=February 27, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2016|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140534/http://peopleenespanol.com/article/se-casan-barbara-mori-y-kenneth-ray-sigman/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2017.<ref>[https://www.americatv.com.pe/noticias/espectaculos/barbara-mori-se-divorcia-despues-ano-matrimonio-n302968 Bárbara Mori se divorcia después de un año de matrimonio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231080716/https://www.americatv.com.pe/noticias/amp/espectaculos/barbara-mori-se-divorcia-despues-ano-matrimonio-n302968 |date=31 December 2019 }} Consultado el 8 de octubre de 2018</ref>

Mori was romantically linked with Indian actor Hrithik Roshan when they were filming the movie Kites.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Mori's son has a daughter born in November 2016, making her a grandmother at 38.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-21 |title=Bárbara Mori, abuela a los 38 años |url=https://mag.elcomercio.pe/fama/rubi-barbara-mori-y-la-vez-que-se-convirtio-en-abuela-a-los-38-anos-celebs-nnda-nnlt-noticia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218173746/https://mag.elcomercio.pe/fama/rubi-barbara-mori-y-la-vez-que-se-convirtio-en-abuela-a-los-38-anos-celebs-nnda-nnlt-noticia/ |archive-date=18 February 2022 |access-date=2021-02-10 |work=El Comercio |language=es}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Telenovelas, Series, Films, Theater
|- style="background:#b0c4de;"
! Year|| Title ||Role||Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997 ||''Tric Trac''|| ||Special Appearance
|-
|''Al norte del corazón''|| ||Special Appearance
|-
|1997–98 ||''[[Mirada de mujer]]''||Mónica San Millán||Supporting Role
|-
|1998–99 ||''[[Azul Tequila]]''|| Azul Vidal/Soledad||Protagonist
|-
|1999-00 ||''Me muero por ti''|| Santa||Protagonist
|-
| 2000||''[[Inspiración]]''||Alejandra ||Film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001 ||''Amores, querer con alevosía''||Carolina Morales||Protagonist
|-
|'' Vaselina, el musical''|| ||Theatrical Performance
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002||'' Vaselina, al revés''|| ||Theatrical Performance
|-
|''Celos dije''|| ||Theatrical Performance
|-
|2002–03 ||''[[Súbete A Mi Moto]]''||Nelly Noriega/Nelly Toledo||Main Antagonist
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003–04||''[[Mirada de mujer: El regreso]]''||Mónica San Millán||Supporting Role
|-
|''[[Amor Descarado]]''|| Fernanda Lira||Protagonist
|-
|2004 ||''[[Rubí (2004 TV series)|Rubí]]''||Rubí Pérez Ochoa de Ferrer/Fernanda Martínez Pérez/Rivera Pérez||Protagonist/Antagonist
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005||''[[Pretendiendo]]''|| Helena/Amanda||Film
|-
|''[[La mujer de mi hermano]]''|| Zoe|| Film
|-
|''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]''||Cappy (voice) ||Film-Mexican version
|-
|2007 ||''Por siempre''|| ||Film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008 ||''Cosas insignificantes''|| Paola||Film
|-
|''[[Violanchelo]]''|| Consuelo||Film
|-
| 2009||''Amor, dolor y viceversa''||Consuelo ||Film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010||''[[Kites (film)|Kites]]''|| Natasha/Linda||Indian Film most dialogue in Spanish
|-
|''[[1 a Minute]]''||Star ||Film
|-
|''El coleccionista''||Miranda ||Theatrical Performance
|-
|2011 ||''[[Viento en Contra]]''|| Luisa Braniff||Film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014 ||''[[Cantinflas (film)|Cantinflas]]''||[[Elizabeth Taylor]]|| Film
|-
|''Dos Lunas''|| Soledad/Luna Garcia||TV series
|-
|2018
|''[[The Mongolian Conspiracy]]''
|Martita Fong
|Film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020 ||''[[All That Is Invisible]]''||Amanda/Morris||Film
|-
|''La negociadora''||Eugenia Velasco||TV series
|-
|2023|| ''[[Lost in the Night|Perdidos en la noche]]'' (''Lost in the Night'') || Carmen<ref>{{Cite web|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=23 May 2023|title='Lost in the Night' Review: Amat Escalante's Class-Inequality Mystery Has Potent Elements Without Much Genre Heat|first=David|last=Rooney|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lost-in-the-night-review-amat-escalante-1235498737/|access-date=30 September 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928005822/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lost-in-the-night-review-amat-escalante-1235498737/|url-status=live}}</ref> ||TV series
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024 ||''Las Azules/Women in Blue''||Maria <ref>{{Cite web|website=[[IMDb]]|date=4 August 2024|title='Women in Blue, Original title: Las Azules' |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt20516590/}}</ref> ||TV series
|-
|''[[Mistura]]''
|Norma Piet
|Film
|-
|2025 ||''[[Lucca's World]]''||[[Bárbara Anderson]] ||Netflix movie
|}

==Awards and nominations==
===Ariel Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year|| Category ||Film||Result
|-
|2020|| [[Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]<ref name=Ariel-CinePremiere2020>{{cite news|title=Ariel 2020: Lista completa de nominados|url=https://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/ariel-2020-nominados-ganadores-cine-mexicano.html|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020|publisher=G21 Comunicación Entertainment|work=Cine Premiere|language=es|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929043251/https://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/ariel-2020-nominados-ganadores-cine-mexicano.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ||''[[The Mongolian Conspiracy|El Complot Mongol]]''|| {{Nominated}}
|}

===Premios TVyNovelas===
[[File:Bárbara Mori.jpg|thumb|200x300 px|Bárbara Mori]]
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year|| Category ||Telenovela||Result
|-
|1998|| Best Female Revelation ||''[[Mirada de mujer]]''|| {{won}}
|-
|2005|| Best Lead Actress ||''[[Rubí (2004 telenovela)|Rubí]]''|| {{won}}
|}

===Premios Juventud===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year|| Category ||Nominee||Result
|-
| [[2005 Premios Juventud|2005]] || Girl of my Dreams||''[[Rubí (2004 telenovela)|Rubí]]''|| {{won}}
|-
| [[2006 Premios Juventud|2006]] || Girl of my Dreams||Bárbara Mori|| {{won}}
|-
| [[2007 Premios Juventud|2007]] || She Steals the Show|| ''[[La mujer de mi hermano]]''|| {{won}}
|}

===Premios People en Español===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year|| Category ||Film||Result
|-
| 2010 || Best Actress|| ''[[Kites (film)|Kites]]'' ||{{won}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peopleenespanol.com/gallery/ganadores-cine#390271_376596 |title=Bárbara Mori fue considerada como mejor actriz por el filme ''Kites'' |access-date=11 August 2014 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528010703/https://peopleenespanol.com/gallery/ganadores-cine/#390271_376596 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===Premios Canacine===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year|| Category ||Film||Result
|-
| 2005 || Mexican Actress of the Year || ''[[La mujer de mi hermano]]''||{{won}}<ref>[http://canacine.org.mx/index.php/2006/premios-canacine.html Bárbara Mori gana premio Canacine 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104043533/http://canacine.org.mx/index.php/2006/premios-canacine.html |date=4 January 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || Mexican Actress of the Year || ''Cosas insignificantes''||{{nom}}<ref>[http://artes9.com/2010/06/02/prepara-canacine-premios-a-lo-mejor-del-cine-mexicano/ Nominados a los premios Canacine 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222072952/http://artes9.com/2010/06/02/prepara-canacine-premios-a-lo-mejor-del-cine-mexicano/ |date=22 February 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || Mexican Actress of the Year || ''Viento en contra''||{{won}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/846470.html |title=Ana Serradilla y Bárbara Mori compartieron el premio Canacine 2012 como Mejor actriz |access-date=11 August 2014 |archive-date=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618150123/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/846470.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Bárbara Mori}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0605224|name=Bárbara Mori}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060209024054/http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/353097.html Biography in Spanish] at [[esmas.com]]

{{TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actress}}
{{Premios Juventud for Favorite Male Actress}}

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