Adriana Barraza
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 5, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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.
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Filmography
Hágase tu voluntad
Movie
Cut Off
Movie
El Gato
TV · as Alma · 1 ep
Una Familia Complicada
TV · as Telma Orozco de Navarro · 20 eps
The Follies
Movie · as Irene
Koati
TV · as Amaya (voice) · 13 eps
My Penguin Friend
Movie · as Maria
Where the Tracks End
Movie · as Georgina
Blue Beetle
Movie · as Nana Reyes
The Treasure
Movie · as Clemencia Ríos
Monica
Movie · as Leticia
Dark Obsession
Movie
Diary of a Gigolo
TV · as Minou · 10 eps
Dark Blood
Movie · as Gloria Vera
Bingo Hell
Movie · as Lupita
Koati
Movie · as Amaya (voice)
We Can Be Heroes
Movie · as Grandma Moreno
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV · as Maria Vega · 10 eps
Bibi
Movie · as Licha Mendoza
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Movie · as Abuela Valerie
Rambo: Last Blood
Movie · as María Beltrán
Coyote Lake
Movie · as Teresa
Crazy About Work
Movie · as Mercedes
Al otro Lado del Muro
TV · as Carmen Rosales · 78 eps
Ley primera
Movie
Everything Else
Movie · as Doña Flor
Perros
Movie · as Abogada
Silvana Sin Lana
TV · as Trini · 121 eps
Estocolmo
TV · 2 eps
Yefon
Movie · as Jillian Parkman
Wild Horses
Movie · as Mrs. Davis
The 33
Movie · as Marta
Training Dad
Movie
Duenos Del Paraiso
TV · as Irene Medrano · 69 eps
Cake
Movie · as Silvana
Night Has Settled
Movie · as Aida
The Strain
TV · as Guadalupe Elizalde · 8 eps
Good Day, Ramon
Movie · as Esperanza
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
Movie · as Cornelia
Mariachi Gringo
Movie · as Magdalena
From Prada to Nada
Movie · as Aurelia Jimenez
The Snitch Cartel
Movie · as La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
Movie · as Marta
Thor
Movie · as Isabela Alvarez
Revolución
Movie · as Chayo
Te Presento a Laura
Movie · as Conchita
Love on a Weekend
Movie · as Sofía
And Soon the Darkness
Movie · as Rosamaria
Burning Palms
Movie · as Louisa Alvarez
Sucedió en un día
Movie
Rage
Movie · as Anita de Los Angeles
Drag Me to Hell
Movie · as Shaun San Dena
Henry Poole Is Here
Movie · as Esperanza
Capadocia
TV · as Silvia · 1 ep
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie · as Self
Babel
Movie · as Amelia
Adán Y Eva (Todavía)
Movie
CSI: Miami
TV · as Carmen Delko · 1 ep
Amores Perros
Movie · as Mama Octavio
The Second Night
Movie · as Mama Lulu y Laura
La paloma de Marsella
Movie · as Felicia
The First Night
Movie · as Mamá Bruno
Vivo Por Elena
TV · as Hilda · 115 eps
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
TV · as Clara Domínguez · 235 eps
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
TV · as Self, Adriana Barraza · 1 ep
Crimen perfecto
Movie · as Margarita
La paloma
TV · as Madre Clara · 50 eps
ER
TV · as Dolores Salazar · 1 ep
Crystal Empire
TV · as Flora · 120 eps
Las cosas simples
Movie