{{short description|Mexican actress and singer (born 2000)}} {{Infobox person | name = Gala Montes | image = File:Gala_montes_2022 (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | 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 | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2007–present }}

'''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).<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2018, she landed her first lead role in a telenovela on ''Mi familia perfecta'' (2018).<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2020 she joined Televisa to be part of the main cast ''La mexicana y el güero'',<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> and subsequently she got her second lead role in the telenovela ''Diseñando tu amor'' (2021).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film roles |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |rowspan=2|2023 | ''¡Hasta la madre del Día de las Madres!'' | Lidia<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spoilers|date=5 May 2023|title=Quiénes son los actores en Hasta la madre del Día de las Madres|url=https://www.desdelacuna.net/peliculas/hasta-la-madre-del-dia-de-las-madres-pelicula-actores-elenco-personajes-protagonistas-reparto/|access-date=10 January 2024|website=Spoilers|language=es}}</ref> | |- | ''Gringa'' | Heather | |- |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television roles |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2007 | ''La niñera'' | Elena Fábregas | Main cast; 20 episodes |- | 2009 | ''Lo que callamos las mujeres'' | Miriam Solís Mendoza | Episode: "Buenos vecinos" |- | 2010 | ''Drenaje profundo'' | María Segura | Episode: "Soledad en los pasillos" |- | 2011 | ''Amar de nuevo'' | Rebeca | |- | 2012 | ''La otra cara del alma'' | Child Alma Hernández | |- | 2013 | ''Secretos de familia'' | Julieta Miranda | |- | 2014 | ''En otra piel'' | Emiliana Larrea | Main cast; 154 episodes |- | 2015 | ''UEPA! Un escenario para amar'' | Young Lourdes "Lule" Jordán | |- | 2015–2016 | ''El Señor de los Cielos'' | Luz Marina "Luzma" Casillas | Main cast (seasons 3–4); 112 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Hasta que te conocí'' | Rosenda | Episodes: "La luna ya se metió" and "Se acabó el después" |- | 2018 | ''Mi familia perfecta'' | Marisol Guerrero | Main role; 69 episodes |- | 2020–2021 | ''La mexicana y el güero'' | Katya Ibarrola | Main role; 127 episodes |- | 2021 | ''Diseñando tu amor'' | Valentina Fuentes Barrios | Main role |- | 2021 | ''¿Quién es la máscara?'' | Gitana | Season 3 runner-up<ref>{{cite web |title=Apache gana la edición 2021 de ¿Quién es la máscara? |url=https://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/especiales/apache-gana-edicion-2021-quien-es-la-mascara |website=Televisa.com |access-date=10 January 2024 |language=es |date=20 December 2021}}</ref> |- |2021-2025 |''Acapulco'' |Aida |Recurring role (seasons 2–4); 6 episodes |- | rowspan=3 | 2024 | ''Vivir de amor'' | Rebeca Sánchez Trejo / Frida del Olmo Sandoval | Main role<ref>{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Moisés |title=Destapan a los protagonistas y antagonistas de la telenovela de TelevisaUnivision Vivir de amor |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/telenovelas/destapan-protagonistas-antagonistas-telenovela-vivir-de-amor/ |website=People en Español |access-date=8 November 2023 |language=es |date=18 October 2023}}</ref> |- | ''La casa de los famosos México'' | Housemate | Season 2; 3rd place<ref>{{cite web|last=Marín|first=Andrea|title=Gala Montes es la tercera finalista de "La Casa de los Famosos México"|url=https://www.radioformula.com.mx/espectaculos/2024/9/29/gala-montes-es-la-tercera-finalista-de-la-casa-de-los-famosos-mexico-834877.html|website=Radio Fórmula|access-date=30 September 2024|language=es|date=29 September 2024}}</ref> |- | ''Bola de locos'' | Herself | Episode: "Loca venganza"<ref>{{cite web |title=Gala Montes VOLVIÓ A SU BARRIO y encontró PLEITO en Bola de Locos: MEJORES MOMENTOS |url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/programas/bola-de-locos/gala-montes-volvio-a-su-barrio-y-encontro-pleito-en-bola-de-locos-mejores-momentos-video |website=lasestrellas.tv |access-date=17 October 2024 |language=es |date=4 October 2024}}</ref> |- | 2026 | ''Corazón de oro''<ref>{{cite web |title=Gala Montes regresa al melodrama con un papel lleno de suspense en Corazón de Oro junto a Mayrín Villanueva y Gabriel Soto |url=https://www.nuevodia.mx/espectaculos/2025/10/17/gala-montes-vuelve-villana-nueva-telenovela-junto-mayrin-villanueva.html |website=nuevodia.mx |access-date=17 December 2025 |language=es |date=17 October 2025}}</ref> | Catalina | Main role |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montes, Gala}} Category:Mexican telenovela actresses Category:Living people Category:2000 births Category:Mexican bisexual women Category:21st-century Mexican LGBTQ people Category:Mexican LGBTQ actors Category:Actresses from Mexico City