Sabine Moussier
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Diana Sabine Moussier is a German-Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 actress who is best known for her work, frequently as a villainess, in numerous Mexican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

s such as El privilegio de amar
El Privilegio de Amar
El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999...

, Entre el amor y el odio
Entre el amor y el odio
Entre el amor y el odio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre and Televisa that aired on El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 11 February 2002 through 2 August 2002...

, and La madrastra
La Madrastra
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...

.

Early life

Moussier was born on 12 July 1966 in Leverkusen
Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....

, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. While still a very small child, Moussier and her mother left Europe and immigrated to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. Moussier had a quiet childhood in Mazatlán
Mazatlán
Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...

, Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

, but as a teenager she took an interest in acting and eventually moved to Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, where she attended Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

's Centro de Educación Artística
Centro de Educación Artística
The Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa is an entertainment educational institution in Latin America. It was founded on September 26, 1978 and it is located in the facilities of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City....

.

Career

Soon after graduating from CEA, Moussier found work as the co-host of Al ritmo de la noche with Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo. Shortly thereafter, in 1996, she was cast in minor roles in the telenovelas Morir dos veces and Luz Clarita. The following year, Moussier portrayed the pianist Mireya Serrano in María Isabel.

Moussier's star recognition increased in 1998 when she was cast in the successful novela El privilegio de amar
El Privilegio de Amar
El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999...

 as the sympathetic model Lorenza Torres, which some have referred to as Moussier's best role as of yet. Moussier later won the award for Best New Actress at the 1999 Premios TVyNovelas
Premios TVyNovelas
The TVyNovelas Awards, also known as the Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honour the best Mexican television productions, especially telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony is held in Forum Mundo Imperial in Acapulco...

 ceremony for her portrayal of Lorenza. That same year, Moussier took on two new roles. First, she portrayed the minor character of Cristina in popular teen novela Rosalinda; later, she took on the role of the adulterous Diana de Lizárraga in Mujeres engañadas alongside Arturo Peniche
Arturo Peniche
Arturo Peniche is a famous Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traicion.-Biography:...

.

In 2001, Moussier joined the cast of El derecho de nacer, a remake of the 1981 original, as Graciela, a seemingly demure secretary who, disguised as a nun, frequents Yucatec
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

 brothels in order to satisfy not only her clients' base desires, but her own as well. In her portrayal of the unbalanced Graciela, according to Televisa, producers and viewers were first introduced to the full range of Moussier's acting talent. The following year, she starred alongside César Évora
César Évora
César Évora is a Cuban actor.- Biography :Évora started out his career in his native Cuba appearing in more than ten movies before moving to Mexico in the early 1990s. He became known for playing minor roles in the seminal Corazón salvaje and the long-running Agujetas de color de rosa in 1993 and...

 and Susana González
Susana González
Susana Alejandra González is a Mexican actress. This particular Mexican actress is known for her talent, beauty and docile character.- Biography :...

 in Entre el amor y el odio
Entre el amor y el odio
Entre el amor y el odio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre and Televisa that aired on El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 11 February 2002 through 2 August 2002...

, in which she portrayed the scheming Frida, the series' primary villainess, who plots alongside the odious Marcial (Alberto Estrella
Alberto Estrella
Alberto Rodríguez Estrella is a Mexican actor. He has appeared in over 90 films and television shows since 1986. He starred in the film The Queen of the Night, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival...

) to marry Évora's Octavio and gain control of his family's lands.

Following the August 2002 finale of Entre el amor y el odio, Moussier took a two-and-a-half-year hiatus from her career in order to give birth to and care for her newborn daughter, returning in 2005 with two new novelas. In February, Moussier once again appeared as Évora's ex-fiancée in the popular La madrastra
La Madrastra
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...

 as the vain and haughty murder suspect Fabiola de Mendizábal, a character with hints of mental instability who nonetheless redeems herself by the novela's end and winds up happy with her equally suspicious husband, Bruno (René Casados
René Casados
René Casados Morales is a Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas.-Biography and personal life:Casados began working as an actor in the 1970s, appearing in films, television, and theatre, as well as working as a co-host of the program Xe-Tu with Érika Buenfil...

). Three months later, she debuted in Piel de otoño
Piel de otoño
Piel de otoño is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 9 May 2005 through 23 September 2005...

 as ambitious businesswoman Rebeca Franco, who carries on an affair with the heroine's villainous husband Ramón (Sergio Goyri
Sergio Goyri
Sergio Goyri Pérez is a Mexican actor.-Biography:Goyri entered the world of acting in 1975 as a secondary actor in Mundos opuestos with Lucía Méndez. He has since become a successful actor, as well as a director, producer and singer. Goyri has five children, three from his first marriage and two...

).

After finishing Piel de otoño, Moussier took part in the theatrical play Hombres. After giving birth to her second child, she returned to telenovelas late in 2006 as mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...

 boss Eva Santoro in Amar sin límites
Amar Sin Límites
Amar sin límites is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on that company's El Canal de las Estrellas...

. The role marked a change for Moussier, as Eva Santoro, while a villain, was neither an unfaithful wife, nor a husband-stealer, nor a terrible mother, categories into which the majority of her previous characters could be sorted. Despite her evil deeds, Eva became a popular character with the viewing audience, who came to view her more favorably than series heroine Azul (Karyme Lozano
Karyme Lozano
Karyme Lucía Lozano is a Mexican-born telenovela actress and singer. She is best known as a star of telenovelas such as 2007–present Amar Sin Límites, 1998-2000 Televisa series Tres mujeres, El manantial, Niña amada mía and the Venevisión telenovela Soñar no Cuesta Nada, entirely shot in Miami,...

) and lamented her death. For her work as Eva, Moussier was nominated at the 2007 Premios TVyNovelas for Best Actress in the Role of an Antagonist. That same year, she briefly reunited with the cast of La madrastra and again took up the role of Fabiola in order to re-film the final ten episodes of the telenovela, which was being re-aired at the time, and provide a new resolution to the murder mystery. Soon thereafter, she joined the star-studded cast of the mini-novela Amor sin maquillaje
Amor sin Maquillaje
Amor sin Maquillaje ' is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; and the novela marks the return of the famous actress Lucía Méndez to Televisa after a 17 year absence...

, which honored the fiftieth anniversary of Televisa and telenovelas in Mexico, as Beatriz, and was again paired with Piel de otoño co-star Sergio Goyri.

In 2008, Moussier took on the role of Marissa in Las tontas no van al cielo
Las Tontas No Van al Cielo
Las tontas no van al cielo is an original Mexican telenovela that began airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, beginning 11 February 2008...

, a character with which the actress professed to be enamored. Marissa, too, was at first unlike many of Moussier's previous characters; although selfish and self-absorbed, Marissa becomes a more sympathetic character after it is revealed that she was forced to have an unwanted abortion at the age of 15 and after her fiancé Santiago (Jaime Camil
Jaime Camil
Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama is a Mexican actor, singer and host.-Biography:Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer...

) leaves her, pregnant, at the altar for her friend, Candy (Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...

). However, much to Moussier's dismay, Marissa was changed dramatically so that the character seemingly went crazy; while some sources claimed that it was necessary to change Marissa because the public wanted a traditional villainess, others claimed that the radical alterations were made because writers feared that the public liked Marissa more than the heroine, Candy. After wrapping up the filming of Las tontas, Moussier replaced Edith González
Edith González
Edith González Fuentes is a Mexican actress and dancer.- Personal life :González has a daughter, Constanza , whose father is the Mexican politician Santiago Creel. Edith has worked for hispanic television networks, such as, Televisa, Telemundo, and TV Azteca...

 as the protagonist, Elena Tejero, in the musical play Aventurera, but she eventually had to withdraw from the cast a few months later following a leg injury.

The final year of the decade saw Moussier tackle the role of the seductive, social-climbing Justina Almada de Huerta, her first role as the mother of adult characters, in Mi pecado
Mi Pecado
Mi pecado is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from 15 June 2009 through 13 November 2009...

. During the filming of Mi pecado, Moussier was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain–Barré syndrome , sometimes called Landry's paralysis, is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. Ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and hands and migrating towards the trunk, is the most typical symptom...

, and although she and producer Juan Osorio Ortiz initially altered her filming schedule in order to accommodate her recovery, she was eventually forced to withdraw from the cast shortly before the finale; her character, Justina, was not recast, as Osorio had planned in advance for the possibility of Moussier's departure.

Personal life

In 1999, Moussier began dating Rodrigo Santos, and they moved in together shortly thereafter. The couple eventually split in 2002 after two-and-a-half years together. Later that year, Moussier started a relationship with Chilean
Chilean people
Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish and Amerindian descent, with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European immigrant origin...

 businessman Jorge Peralta, and the couple's daughter, Camila Peralta Moussier, was born on 15 July 2003 in Mexico City. They later welcomed their son, Paulo Peralta Moussier, on 3 July 2006. Moussier and Peralta subsequently split in January 2008, publicly announcing their separation a month later on 19 February. Although Moussier often referred to Peralta as her husband, Peralta himself told gossip magazine TVnotas that the couple was never officially married; however, because Moussier and Peralta had cohabitted for more than five years and had had children together, they were required, under the Mexican Constitution, to formally divorce nonetheless. Shortly after breaking up with Peralta, Moussier began dating a young man named Juan, but they ended their relationship in 2009.

In April 2009, Moussier became involved in a very public and lengthy war of words with fellow actress Sherlyn
Sherlyn
Sherlyn Montserrat González Díaz better known just as Sherlyn is a Mexican actress and singer. She is currently a member of the band Camaleones.- Biography :...

, who brought a lawsuit against Moussier's former partner Peralta in which she accused him of defrauding her of MXN$
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

2 million while they were dating. Moussier paid Peralta's debt herself and then publicly denounced Sherlyn when the younger actress did not immediately drop the charges against Peralta. Peralta was eventually released from prison on 14 May, but Moussier later accused Sherlyn of violating the non-aggression pact that was included in the settlement of the lawsuit and threatened to reveal information that would ruin Sherlyn's career. The two actresses eventually came to an understanding following a telephone call and subsequently called a truce.

In late 2009, Moussier developed Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain–Barré syndrome , sometimes called Landry's paralysis, is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. Ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and hands and migrating towards the trunk, is the most typical symptom...

 and was forced to alter her shooting schedule on Mi pecado in order to promote her recovery. According to Juan Osorio, the producer of Mi pecado, Moussier's illness traveled from her spinal cord
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...

 to her brain
Brain
The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few primitive invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, sea squirts and starfishes do not have one. It is located in the head, usually close to primary sensory apparatus such as vision, hearing,...

, affecting her ability to remember her lines and causing her such pain that doctors were forced to put her under sedation; additionally, he claimed that Moussier might be left paralyzed
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...

 as a result of the illness. As a result of her worsening health, Moussier was forced to leave the cast of Mi pecado shortly before the completion of filming. Moussier announced in late November 2009 that her health was improving and that she would not be left paralyzed, although she stressed that Guillain-Barré "is an illness that takes months [from which to recover]". Although she had recovered from Guillain-Barré by March 2010, her health has been further complicated by a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome is the most common name used to designate a significantly debilitating medical disorder or group of disorders generally defined by persistent fatigue accompanied by other specific symptoms for a minimum of six months, not due to ongoing exertion, not substantially...

.

Television

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Morir dos veces Paullette
Luz Clarita
Luz Clarita
Luz Clarita is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa that aired on Canal de las Estrellas in 1996. The series, a remake of Andrea Celeste and Chispita, stars Verónica Merchant and César Évora, as well as child actors Daniela Luján and Ximena Sariñana...

Unknown
1997 María Isabel
María Isabel
María Isabel is a Spanish singer, actress and the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004.-Biography:Maria Isabel was born María Isabel López Rodríguez in Ayamonte, Huelva Province, Spain. She demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing from a very young age...

Mireya Serrano
1998 El privilegio de amar
El Privilegio de Amar
El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999...

Lorenza Torres
1999 Rosalinda Cristina
Mujeres engañadas
Mujeres engañadas
Mujeres engañadas is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from October 25, 1999, to April 7, 2000...

Diana de Lizárraga
2001 El derecho de nacer
El derecho de nacer (2001 telenovela)
El Derecho de Nacer is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 5 February 2001 to 25 May 2001...

Graciela
2002 Entre el amor y el odio
Entre el amor y el odio
Entre el amor y el odio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre and Televisa that aired on El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 11 February 2002 through 2 August 2002...

Frida de Villarreal Antagonist
2005 La madrastra
La Madrastra
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...

Fabiola de Mendizábal Antagonist
Piel de otoño
Piel de otoño
Piel de otoño is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 9 May 2005 through 23 September 2005...

Rebeca Franco Antagonist
2006 Amar sin límites
Amar Sin Límites
Amar sin límites is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on that company's El Canal de las Estrellas...

Eva Santoro Antagonist
2007 La madrastra
La Madrastra
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...

 (new scenes)
Fabiola de Mendizábal Antagonist
Amor sin maquillaje
Amor sin Maquillaje
Amor sin Maquillaje ' is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; and the novela marks the return of the famous actress Lucía Méndez to Televisa after a 17 year absence...

Beatriz Antagonist
2008 Las tontas no van al cielo
Las Tontas No Van al Cielo
Las tontas no van al cielo is an original Mexican telenovela that began airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, beginning 11 February 2008...

Marissa Main Antagonist
2009 Mi pecado
Mi Pecado
Mi pecado is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from 15 June 2009 through 13 November 2009...

Justina Almada de Huerta Antagonist
2011 Ni contigo ni sin ti
Ni contigo ni sin ti
Ni Contigo... Ni Sin Ti is a telenovela that began airing on February 28, 2011 in Mexico, starring Eduardo Santamarina, Laura Carmine, Erick Elías, Alessandra Rosaldo, and Sabine Moussier as the main protagonists and Ricardo Franco and Andrea Torre as the main antagonists...

Eleonor Cortazar Protagonist

Theatre

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Hombres
2008 Aventurera Elena Tejero Lead role

Premios TVyNovelas

Year Category Program Role Result
1999 Best New Actress El privilegio de amar
El Privilegio de Amar
El Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999...

 
Lorenza Torres Won
2007 Best Actress in the Role of an Antagonist Amar sin límites
Amar Sin Límites
Amar sin límites is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on that company's El Canal de las Estrellas...

 
Eva Santoro Nominated

Premios ACE

Year Category Program Role Result
2006 Outstanding Character Actress La madrastra
La Madrastra
La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...

 
Fabiola de Mendizábal Won

External links

  • Sabine Moussier at the Internet Movie Database
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