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Happy Birthday Barbara Mori: From modelling, teen pregnancy to surviving cancer, a look at her journey

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Barbara Mori turns 45 years old today, February 2.

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She got her first break at the age of 14 while she was working as a waitress at a local restaurant in Mexico, a fashion designer, Marcos Toledo, offered her a modelling job.

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Barbara made her acting debut in the Mexican TV series ‘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’.

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In 1998, when she was 19, she met actor Sergio Mayer. The two had a son together but never got married. In the same year, she played the lead role Azul in the series ‘Azul Tequila,’ opposite Mauricio Ochmann.

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Barbara Mori was diagnosed with an early stage of breast cancer. She shared her ordeal with the audiences in a docu-drama titled ‘1 a Minute', which was released in 2010, in the US and in India.

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Barbara made her Bollywood debut with producer Rakesh Roshan’s film ‘Kites,’ opposite Hrithik Roshan.

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In 2016, she married the baseball player Kenneth Ray Sigman, but the couple separated only after a year.