Barbara Mori Profile:
Name : Barbara Mori
Birth Name : Barbara Mori Ochoa
Birth Date : February 2, 1978
Birth Place : Montevideo, Uruguay
Sex : Female
Nationality : Mexican
Height : 5' 6¼" (1.68 m)
Measurements : 36-23-34
Hair Color : Dark Brown
Eye Color : Green
Zodiac Sign : Aquarius
Sexual Orientation : Straight
Race or Ethnicity : Hispanic
Profession : Actress, Model
Major Genres : Drama, Romance, Comedy, Talk-Show
First Major Screen Credit : Al norte del corazón (1997)
Education : El Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral (CEFAC) in 1997
Boyfriend : Sergio Mayer, Manolo Cardona (Actor), Jose Maria Torre (Fashion Designer)
Father : Yuyi Mori
Mother : Rosario Ochoa
Brother : Kintaro Mori
Sister : Kenya Mori
Son : Sergio Mayer Mori
Career Highlights : Mujer de mi hermano, La, Mirada de mujer
Claim to Fame : As Rubí Pérez Ochoa in TV series "Rubí" (2004)
TV commercial : Pantene Pro-V
Magazine Covers : Maxim
Hobbies : Singing
Favorite Actress : Sandra Bullock
Favorite Actor : Dustin Hoffman
Favorite Singer : Celine Dion
Favorite Movie : The Sixth Sense
Favorite TV Show : The Simpson
Favorite Album : A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
Favorite Drink : Coca-Cola, Vodka
Favorite Car : Mercedes
Favorite Color : White and Black
Barbara Mori Biography:
Born in 1978 in Uruguay, Barbara Mori Ochoa is an actress with Uruguayan, Japanese, and Mexican blood. She was involved in acting and modeling, but her biggest role came in 2004 when she played Rubi in a telenovela for Televisa. She moved to Mexico as a toddler after her parents divorced and a decade later she was spotted by fashion designer Marcos Toledo while she was waiting tables. He asked her to model for him because he noticed her striking beauty and great body. She started a great career for herself and even had a son with actor Sergio Mayer.Barbara Mori loved the acting business so she began studying at El Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral, the Center for Acting Studies.
Her first acting job was in Al Norte del Corazon, North of the Heart, which was a Mexican soap opera. After this, she was involved in Mirada de Mujer and Tric Tac. Barbara Mori won the award for Best New Actress for her work in Mirada de Mujer.
By 1998, Barbara Mori was considered a leading lady and was offered her first leading role in Azul Tequila alongside actor Mauricio Ochmann. In 1999 she acted in Me Muero por Ti and the following year in Ispiracion, which was aMexican comedy. Other work includes Amor Descarado as well as Rubi where she earned another award.
Indian film producer Rakesh Roshan has recently signed her as the leading lady for his upcoming movie Kites opposite his son Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan. To be shot in New Mexico, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, Kites is scheduled to go into production by the end of July 2008.
Films:
* Kites (2010)
* Violanchelo (2008) as Consuelo
* Cosas insignificantes (2007/2008) as Paola
* Por siempre (2007)
* Robots (2005) as Cappy (Spanish language version)
* La mujer de mi hermano (2005) as Zoe
* Pretendiendo (2005) as Helena/Amanda
* Inspiración (2000)
(Mori was diagnosed with cancer but beat it and is now a cancer survivor. She donates a lot of time to the breast cancer cause in Mexico).