Biography

Mori was born in Uruguay on 2 February 1978. She is of Japanese descent. 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.

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. At nineteen she met actor Sergio Mayer, who would later become father to their son Sergio, born in 1998. 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 TVyNovelas Award for her role in Mirada de mujer for Best New Actress.

Commercial success (1998-2003)

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. Later, she acted in various 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 playing the villain role as a seductive college student in the telenovela Subete A Mi Moto opposite Vanessa Acosta.

Consolidation (2004-08)

In 2004, she signs with Televisa and starred as Rubí, a smash TV-hit and highly-rated Mexican soap opera, of the 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. At the same year she lent her voice in the Spanish-language version for the movie Robots.

She also had the leading role in "Pretendiendo", a Chilean/Mexican-backed movie which was critically panned.

International film success (2009-11)

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 obsessed with a promising surgeon, who allegedly saw in her nightmares. The crime-drama was filmed in Mexico city and was produced by Mori herself. The film earned mixed reviews from critics and viewers.

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 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.

Indian film producer Rakesh Roshan signed her as the leading lady for his movie Kites opposite his son, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan. It was shot in New Mexico, 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.

Filmography

Telenovelas, Series, Films, Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2001	Amores, querer con alevosía	Carolina Morales	Protagonist
2001	Vaselina, el musical		Theatrical Performance
2002	Vaselina, al revés		Theatrical Performance
	Celos dije		Theatrical Performance
2002-03	Súbete A Mi Moto	Nelly Noriega/Nelly Toledo	Main Antagonist
2003-04	Mirada de mujer: El regreso	Mónica San Millán	Supporting Role
	Amor Descarado	Fernanda Lira	Protagonist
2004	Rubí	Rubí Pérez Ochoa de Ferrer/Fernanda Martínez Pérez/Rivera Pérez	Antagonist/Protagonist
2005	Pretendiendo	Helena/Amanda	Film
	La mujer de mi hermano	Zoe	Film
	Robots	Cappy (voice)	Film-Mexican version
2007	Por siempre		Film
2008	Cosas insignificantes	Paola	Film
	Violanchelo	Consuelo	Film
2009	Amor, dolor y viceversa	Consuelo	Film
2010	Kites	Natasha/Linda	Film-Hindi Film Debut
	1 a Minute	Star	Film
2010	El coleccionista	Miranda	Theatrical Performance
2011	Viento en Contra	Luisa Braniff	Film
2014	Cantinflas	Elizabeth Taylor	Film
2014	Dos Lunas	Soledad/Luna Garcia	TV Series

Commercial

• Saba
• Veet
• L'Oréal
• Pantene PRO-V
• Inka Chips
• thalia

Awards and nominations

Premios TVyNovelas

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1998	Best Female Revelation	Mirada de mujer	Won
2005	Best Lead Actress	Rubí

Premios Juventud

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Girl of my Dreams	Rubí	Won
2006		Bárbara Mori
2007	She Steals the Show	La mujer de mi hermano

Premios People en Español

Year	Category	Film	Result
2010	Best Actress	Kites	Won

Premios Canacine

Year	Category	Film	Result
2005	Mexican Actress of the Year	La mujer de mi hermano	Won
2009		Cosas insignificantes	Nominated
2011		Viento en contra	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]