Bárbara Mori Ochoa (born February 2, 1978) is an Uruguayan-Mexican model, film and television actress. 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 with TV Azteca; then, she starred in the soap opera Azul Tequila. Her big break came in 2004, with the telenovela Rubí (a remake of the 1968 series) by rival network Televisa, in which she played the main character. She also has starred in several self-produced films and music videos.

Bárbara Mori Ochoa was born on 2 February 1978. She is of Uruguayan-Mexican-Japanese heritage.^[1][2] She has two siblings, actress Kenya Mori (who has also been acting alongside her sister Bárbara), and brother Kintaró Mori. Her parents Uruguayan Yuyi Mori and Mexican Rosario Ochoa 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.

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.^[4] 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 andMirada de mujer the following year. She obtained her first TVyNovelas Award for her role in Mirada de mujer for Best New Actress.

Viento en Contra (2011) Luisa Braniff 1 a Minute (2010/2011) Star Kites (2010) as Natasha/Linda Spanish Beauty (2010) Violanchelo "Amor, dolor y viceversa" (2009) as Consuelo Cosas insignificantes (2008) as Paola Por siempre (2007) Robots (2005) as Cappy (Spanish language version) La mujer de mi hermano ("My brother's wife") (2005) as Zoe Pretendiendo ("Pretending") (2005) as Helena/Amanda Inspiración (2000) as Alejandra

Dos Lunas (2013) as Soledad/Luna Rubí (2004) as Rubí Perez de Ferrer/Fernanda Rivera Perez Amor Descarado (2003) as Fernanda Lira Mirada de mujer: El regreso (2003) Súbete A Mi Moto (2002) as Nelly Amor es... querer con alevosía (2001) as Carolina Me muero por ti (1999) Azul Tequila (1998) as Azul Mirada de mujer (1998) as Mónica San Millán Al norte del corazón (1997)