Gala Montes

{{short description|Mexican actress and singer}}

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| name = Gala Montes

| image = File:Gala_montes_29_de_marzo_de_2022.jpg

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| caption = Montes in 2022

| birth_name = Gala Fernández Montes De Oca

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|08|04|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

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| nationality = Mexican

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2007–present

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Gala Fernández Montes de Oca (born August 4, 2000) is a Mexican actress best known for her works in telenovelas. She became known on television for her character as Luz Marina in the seasons three and four of the drug trafficking television series El Señor de los Cielos (2015–2016).{{cite news |title="El señor de los cielos": Gala Montes, la actriz mexicana que renunció a la telenovela de Rafael Amaya |url=https://elcomercio.pe/tvmas/series/gala-montes-actriz-renuncio-senor-cielos-telemundo-fotos-instagram-mexico-nnda-nnlt-noticia-649876-noticia/ |newspaper=El Comercio |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=Spanish |date=29 June 2019}} In 2018, she landed her first lead role in a telenovela on Mi familia perfecta (2018).{{cite news |last=Orozco |first=Gisela |title=Gala Montes anotará puro gol con 'Mi familia perfecta' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/hoy/entretenimiento/ct-hoy-gala-montes-anotar-puro-gol-con-mi-familia-perfecta-20180404-story.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune en Español |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=Spanish |date=4 April 2018 }}{{cite magazine |last=González |first=Moisés |title=Conoce a los cinco hermanos protagonistas de la nueva telenovela de Telemundo Mi familia perfecta |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/telenovelas/protagonistas-telenovela-mi-familia-perfecta-telemundo-gala-montes/ |magazine=People en Español |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=Spanish |date=20 March 2018}} In 2020 she joined Televisa to be part of the main cast La mexicana y el güero,{{cite web |last=Alva |first=Patricia |title=¡Amor en el aire! Horacio Pancheri y Gala Montes derraman miel tras polémica con Marimar Vega |url=https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/entretenimiento/2021/02/08/horacio-pancheri-gala-montes-beso-la-mexicana-guero.html |website=publimetro.com.mx |date=8 February 2021 |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=Spanish}}{{cite magazine |last=González |first=Moisés |title=Gala Montes: "Ha sido bastante impactante grabar en medio de la pandemia" |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/telenovelas/gala-montes-debuta-en-televisa-con-la-mexicana-y-el-guero/ |magazine=People en Español |language=Spanish |date=29 July 2020 }} and subsequently she got her second lead role in the telenovela Diseñando tu amor (2021).{{cite web |title="Un proyecto dedicado a la mujer": Gala Montes sobre la telenovela 'Diseñando tu amor' |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/gala-montes-papel-telenovela-disenando-amor |website=milenio.com |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=Spanish |date=27 April 2021}}{{cite web |title=Gala Montes se inspira en su madre para su personaje en Diseñando tu amor |url=https://vidamoderna.com/gala-montes-se-inspira-en-su-madre-para-su-personaje-en-disenando-tu-amor/ |website=vidamoderna.com |access-date=2 May 2021 |language=Spanish |date=5 April 2021}}