Barbara Mori

At nineteen she met actor Sergio Mayer, who fathered her son Sergio, who was born in 1998; but the two never married.

The actress has her own lingerie line, and uses her image to support charitable causes such as the fight against breast cancer in Mexico.

Apart from her income from show business, she has also dabbled in stock investments and property holdings. She owns the ‘Fat Mori Burger’ chain of restaurants in Mexico City, and has her own brand of Vodka Pure ‘Wondermori’ in Mexico, and a fashion line called ‘Bárbara Mori Seduction’.

She was born on February 2, 1978 to father Japanese-Uruguayan Yuyi Mori and mother Mexican Rosario Ochoa. She has two siblings, actress Kenya Mori and Kintaró Mori.

Her parents separated when she was three and her childhood was spent between Mexico and Uruguay. She finally settled in Mexico City when she turned 12.

Barbara Mori was given a break at the age of 14 while she was working as a waitress in a local restaurant. She was discovered by fashion designer Marcos Toledo who offered her a modelling job.

She later studied acting in ‘El Centro de Estudios de Formación Actoral’ and began her acting career.

She made her acting debut in the Mexican telenovela ‘Al Norte del Corazón’ in 1996. The following year she participated in the comedy series ‘Tic Tac’ and played a role in the smash TV-hit ‘Mirada de Mujer’.

In 1998, she played the lead role Azul in the series ‘Azul Tequila,’ opposite Mauricio Ochmann.

She filmed the series ‘Me Muero Por Tí’ in Miami, with Peruvian actor Christian Meier in 1999. In the same year she also acted in the ‘Telemundo’ telenovela ‘Amor Descarado.’

Barbara Mori was diagnosed with early stage cancer and luckily was able to survive. She shared her ordeal with the audiences in ‘docu-drama titled ‘1 a Minute,’ produced by UniGlobe Entertainment', released in 2010, in the USA and in India.

The documentary was made by actress Namrata Singh Gujral and also featured other cancer survivors like Diahann Carroll and Jaclyn Smith as well as Daniel Baldwin, William Baldwin and Priya Dutt, whose lives have been touched by cancer. It also featured Kelly McGillis as the narrator and also starred Morgan Brittany, Deepak Chopra and Lisa Ray.