Jimena Sabaris

Jimena Sabaris Montes (born 26 October 1989) is a Uruguayan television presenter and actress. 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. At the age of 16, she was chosen by a modeling agency to carry out advertising campaigns. She began her acting training at the Luis Trochón School of Musical Comedy and at the Espacio Teatro Academy in Montevideo.

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

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. In 2015 she was part, along with Belén Bianco and Federico Goyeneche, Tocama, a cheta cumbia band. The band's debut single, "Hay que celebrar" obtained 40,000 views in three days.

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. 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.

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. Since then, she has been a member of the panel of the morning program Buen Día, hosted by Claudia García. On April 12 of that year, she began hosting Zoom International on Channel 4, a variety show about world news, together with Santiago Wilkins.

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

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