Jimena Sabaris

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sabaris and the second or maternal family name is Montes.

Jimena Sabaris
Sabaris in 2022
Born	Jimena Sabaris Montes (1989-10-26) October 26, 1989 (age 35) Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupations	Television presenter actress
Television	Buen Día Bake Off Uruguay
Children	1

Jimena Sabaris Montes (born 26 October 1989) is a Uruguayan television presenter and actress.[1][2] She began working in the media as a reporter for and later host of the morning show Buen Día Uruguay, but rose to prominence hosting the reality competition Bake Off Uruguay (2022–present).

Early life

Jimena Sabaris Montes was born on October 26, 1989, in Montevideo, but from the age of seven to fourteen she lived in Minas, Lavalleja Department.[3] At the age of 16, she was chosen by a modeling agency to carry out advertising campaigns.[1] She began her acting training at the Luis Trochón School of Musical Comedy and at the Espacio Teatro Academy in Montevideo.[4]

She lived in Buenos Aires for two years, where she worked as a children's entertainer and had appearances in theater.[4]

Career

In 2011, she played Vicky in the Uruguayan telenovela Dance! La Fuerza del Corazón. A year later, she had a small appearance in the Argentine telenovela Dulce amor, playing the character of Delfi.[5] In 2015 she was part, along with Belén Bianco and Federico Goyeneche, Tocama, a cumbia pop band. The band's debut single, "Hay que celebrar" obtained 40,000 views in three days.[6]

Until 2016, Sabaris worked on the Pop TV signal, and in 2017 she joined the morning program Buen día Uruguay to lead the segment specialized in animal welfare, entitled "Mascoteros". She was also in charge of the program's reports in Punta del Este, during the 2018 summer season.[1] From 2018 to 2019 she was part of Todas las voces, as the presenter of the program's poll and the one in charge of interaction with viewers.[7]

In 2020, after the departure of Soledad Ortega from Buen día Uruguay, she served as co-host with Leo Lorenzo and Christian Font, until the show went off the air on March 20.[8] Since then, she has been a member of the panel of the morning program Buen Día, hosted by Claudia García.[9] On April 12 of that year, she began hosting Zoom International on Channel 4, a variety show about world news, together with Santiago Wilkins.[10]

On February 18, 2022, it was announced that Sabaris would join Bake Off Uruguay as its presenter, taking over from Annasofía Facello.[11][12]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Dance! La Fuerza del Corazón	Vicky	Supporting role
2012	Dulce amor	Delfi
2017–2020	Buen día Uruguay	Herself	Reporter
2020			Co-host
2018–19	Todas las voces		Columnist
2020–2023	Buen Día		Panelist
2020–present	Zoom Internacional		Host
2022–2023	Bake Off Uruguay
2023–present	8AM		Co-host

Personal life

Sabaris has been in a relationship with the lawyer Eduardo Sasson since 2022.[13] On April 17, 2023, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child, who would be called Lorenzo.[14] On September 22, 2023 Sabaris gave birth to their son.[15]

References

1. "Jimena Sabaris: La revelación del verano". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
2. Buen día Uruguay - Festejamos el 15x2 de Jime, retrieved 2022-03-13
3. "La relación de Jime Sabaris con el abogado Sasson que empezó con fueguitos de Instagram". 970 Universal (in Spanish). 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
4. "Jimena Sabaris, una exitosa Charrúa que prefiere mantener el perfil bajo". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
5. "Jimena Sabaris: la uruguaya que trabajó con Juan Darthés, Calu Rivero y Thelma Fardín". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
6. "Conocé a Tocama, el grupo que hace bailar a los famosos". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
7. "twitter.com/todaslasvoces4/status/981337321009242112". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-13.^[self-published]
8. "Soledad Ortega deja "Buen Día Uruguay" e inicia "nueva etapa con nuevos desafíos"". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
9. "¿Quiénes acompañarán a Claudia García en las mañanas de canal 4? El nuevo programa de humor del 12 y mas". 970 Universal (in Spanish). 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
10. "Jimena Sabaris y Santiago Wilkins debutan al frente de "Zoom Internacional"". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
11. "Siguen los cambios en Bake Off: Jimena Sabaris será la nueva conductora del reality". El Observador. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
12. "Annasofía Facello no estará en la conducción de "Bake Off Uruguay" y ya hay reemplazante". Diario El País Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
13. "Las primeras fotos de Jimena Sabaris con su nuevo novio: un destacado abogado". Diario El País Uruguay. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
14. "Jimena Sabarís está embarazada y espera un hijo con Eduardo Sasson: "Nos explota el corazón"". Diario El País Uruguay. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
15. ""Nos llegó el amor más grande": nació el hijo de Jimena Sabaris y así lo presentaron al mundo". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-11-04.

External links

Jimena Sabaris on Twitter