Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 5, 1956
Place of Birth:
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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Adriana Barraza
Biography
Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director.
In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in Amores perros, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2006, she collaborated with Iñárritu again in Babel, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Barraza is known in Mexico as Master Barraza from her partnership with Mexican director Sergio Jiménez, known as El Profe. They created the Actors Workshop in Mexico City, teaching and developing their own version of Method acting. Barraza began her career directing telenovela episodes, the actors in which she would also coach. In the 1990s she decided to step in front of the camera.
She currently operates her own acting school located in Miami, Florida titled Adriana Barraza's Black Box. Instructors at the school include her husband Arnaldo and daughter Carolina.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | My Penguin Friend | Maria |
| 2023 | Where the Tracks End | Georgina |
| 2023 | Blue Beetle | Nana Reyes |
| 2023 | The Treasure | Clemencia Ríos |
| 2023 | Monica | Leticia |
| 2023 | Dark Obsession | |
| 2021 | Dark Blood | Gloria Vera |
| 2021 | Bingo Hell | Lupita |
| 2021 | Koati | Amaya (voice) |
| 2020 | We Can Be Heroes | Grandma Moreno |
| 2019 | Bibi | Licha Mendoza |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Abuela Valerie |
| 2019 | Rambo: Last Blood | María Beltrán |
| 2019 | Coyote Lake | Teresa |
| 2018 | Crazy About Work | Mercedes |
| 2017 | Ley primera | |
| 2016 | Everything Else | Doña Flor |
| 2016 | Perros | Abogada |
| 2015 | Yefon | Jillian Parkman |
| 2015 | Wild Horses | Mrs. Davis |
| 2015 | The 33 | Marta |
| 2015 | Training Dad | |
| 2014 | Cake | Silvana |
| 2014 | Night Has Settled | Aida |
| 2013 | Good Day, Ramon | Esperanza |
| 2012 | The Secret of the Jade Medallion | Cornelia |
| 2012 | Mariachi Gringo | Magdalena |
| 2011 | From Prada to Nada | Aurelia Jimenez |
| 2011 | The Snitch Cartel | La Abuela |
| 2011 | Cerro Bayo | Marta |
| 2011 | Thor | Isabela Alvarez |
| 2010 | Revolución | Chayo |
| 2010 | Te Presento a Laura | Conchita |
| 2010 | Love on a Weekend | Sofía |
| 2010 | And Soon the Darkness | Rosamaria |
| 2010 | Burning Palms | Louisa Alvarez |
| 2010 | Sucedió en un día | |
| 2009 | Rage | Anita de Los Angeles |
| 2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Shaun San Dena |
| 2008 | Henry Poole Is Here | Esperanza |
| 2007 | Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self |
| 2006 | Babel | Amelia |
| 2000 | Amores Perros | Mama Octavio |
| 1998 | The First Night | |
| Hágase tu voluntad | ||
| Runner | Donna |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Diary of a Gigolo | Minou |
| 2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Maria Vega |
| 2018 | Al otro Lado del Muro | Carmen Rosales |
| 2016 | Silvana Sin Lana | Trini |
| 2016 | Estocolmo | |
| 2015 | Duenos Del Paraiso | Irene Medrano |
| 2014 | The Strain | Guadalupe Elizalde |
| 2008 | Capadocia | Silvia |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | |
| 1997 | Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas | Clara Domínguez |
| 1997 | Conversando con Cristina Pacheco | Self |
| 1997 | Conversando con Cristina Pacheco | Adriana Barraza |
| 1995 | La paloma | Madre Clara |
| 1994 | ER | Dolores Salazar |
| 1994 | Crystal Empire | Flora |
| El Gato | Alma |