Mexico City /
The soap opera Ruby premiered in 2004 and was undoubtedly a success in Mexico, This production was played by the native of Uruguay, Bárbara Mori, who thanks to this iconic character managed to consolidate her career as an actress, however, What very few know is that, before becoming an actress, Barbara did various tasks.
Bárbara Mori, who settled permanently in Mexico when she was 12, In his youth he worked in various businesses, this to save money and start living your life independently. Next, we tell you what were the jobs the Uruguayan did before he became famous.
In an interview with the film critic, Silvestre López Portillo, Bárbara Mori remembered how she started her career as an actress, but she also talked about her early work, which gradually led her into the world of acting.
“When I was 14, I started working in the pizzeria that my father owned. That’s where I started and I won what I won, I gave half to my father for the house and the other half I tried to save, but it was very hard because I didn’t earn very well “.
for She did not earn much money and wanted to become independent, Bárbara Morí started working in clubs.
“I remember at night I started working secretly from my father in clubs. I worked as a dancer in a club, as a bartender in a club there, you learn and it teaches you “, said the actress.
As you do these things, Bárbara Mori met a man who offered to join her modeling agency, so he started modeling.
“While he was in the pizzeria he was a guy who was a client who had a modeling agency and he always told me that my face, that I had to advertise, but my father wouldn’t let me, but his wife convinced him and I started to advertise, ”he recalled.
The first months for BArbara Mori was not easy, because she could not stay in any advertisement.
“I went to casting for 6 months, touring the city and I didn’t stay in anything, then I joined the agency as a secretary and suddenly I started working, I stayed in an advertisement and then in other”.
Actress when asked about her first commercial, Barbara mentioned that it was for chewing gum.
“It was a chewing gum commercial, it was filmed in Reino Aventura at the time and I was very excited when I saw the commercial, I could only see the back of my head, I went on my back (…), I didn’t I never did it on the podium because I wasn’t tall, but I had a lot of fun in commercials. “
PJG