Sonia Braga

Sonia Braga

Known for
Acting
Born
June 8, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Biography

Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She's known for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). She was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award for her role in for the 1994 television film The Burning Season. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
M.I.A. poster

M.I.A.

TV · as Vida Rojas · 2 eps

2024
The First Omen poster

The First Omen

Movie · as Sister Silva

2023
Pictures of Ghosts poster

Pictures of Ghosts

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
A dama de todos poster

A dama de todos

Movie · as The Lady in Archive Footage

2022
Shotgun Wedding poster

Shotgun Wedding

Movie · as Renata Ortiz

2020
Fatima poster

Fatima

Movie · as Sister Lucia

2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die poster

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos poster

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Jesus Rolls poster

The Jesus Rolls

Movie · as Mother

2019
Bacurau poster

Bacurau

Movie · as Domingas

2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage poster

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Movie · as Self

2019
Bacurau no Mapa poster

Bacurau no Mapa

Movie · as Self

2017
Wonder poster

Wonder

Movie · as Grans

2016
Aquarius poster

Aquarius

Movie · as Clara

2016
Marvel's Luke Cage poster

Marvel's Luke Cage

TV · as Soledad · 3 eps

2014
Emoticon poster

Emoticon

Movie · as Sonia

2013
The Wine of Summer poster

The Wine of Summer

Movie · as Eliza

2013
The Ordained poster

The Ordained

Movie · as Magalys

2013
Meddling Mom poster

Meddling Mom

Movie · as Carmen Vega

2013
Invisible World poster

Invisible World

Movie · as Segment "Kreuko"

2012
Feijoada Completa poster

Feijoada Completa

Movie · as Celeste

2011
Slaps & Kisses poster

Slaps & Kisses

TV · as Helô Siqueira · 1 ep

2010
Lope: The Outlaw poster

Lope: The Outlaw

Movie · as Paquita

2010
An Invisible Sign poster

An Invisible Sign

Movie · as Mom

2010
The Cariocas poster

The Cariocas

TV · as Júlia · 10 eps

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Alicia · 1 ep

2009
Royal Pains poster

Royal Pains

TV · as Lorena Correia · 4 eps

2008
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman poster

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

Movie · as Self

2007
Bordertown poster

Bordertown

Movie · as Teresa Casillas

2007
The Hottest State poster

The Hottest State

Movie · as Mrs. Garcia

2007
Donas de Casa Desesperadas poster

Donas de Casa Desesperadas

TV · as Alice Monteiro · 23 eps

2006
Sea of Dreams poster

Sea of Dreams

Movie · as Nurka

2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Movie · as Tina

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Gabriela Laurent · 2 eps

2006
Pages of Life poster

Pages of Life

TV · as Tônia Werneck · 203 eps

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Estella de la Costa · 1 ep

2004
Scene Stealers poster

Scene Stealers

Movie · as Celia Crouch

2003
Testosterone poster

Testosterone

Movie · as Pablo's mother

2002
Empire poster

Empire

Movie · as Iris

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Dona Marta Cruz · 1 ep

2002
George Lopez poster

George Lopez

TV · as Emilina Palmero · 1 ep

2002
American Family poster

American Family

TV · as Berta Gonzalez · 35 eps

2001
Angel Eyes poster

Angel Eyes

Movie · as Josephine Pogue

2001
Perfume poster

Perfume

Movie · as Irene Mancini

2001
Posthumous Memories poster

Posthumous Memories

Movie · as Marcela

2001
The Judge poster

The Judge

Movie · as Lily Acosta

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Elena Derevko · 5 eps

2000
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter poster

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Movie · as Quixtla

1999
Força de um Desejo poster

Força de um Desejo

TV · as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral · 14 eps

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Beatrice Valdez · 1 ep

1998
Money Play$ poster

Money Play$

Movie · as Irene

1998
Four Corners

Four Corners

TV · as Carlota Alvarez · 6 eps

1998
A Will of their Own poster

A Will of their Own

TV · as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz · 2 eps

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Maria Diega Reyes · 3 eps

1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

Movie · as Self

1996
Tieta of Agreste poster

Tieta of Agreste

Movie · as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)

1996
Two Deaths poster

Two Deaths

Movie · as Ana Puscasu

1996
Moses poster

Moses

TV · as Zipporah · 2 eps

1995
Streets of Laredo poster

Streets of Laredo

TV · as Maria Garza · 3 eps

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Esmeralda (voice) · 1 ep

1994
The Burning Season poster

The Burning Season

Movie · as Regina de Carvalho

1993
Roosters poster

Roosters

Movie · as Juana Morales

1993
Noche de ronda

Noche de ronda

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
The Last Prostitute poster

The Last Prostitute

Movie · as Loah

1990
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

Movie · as Liesl

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya") · 1 ep

1988
Moon Over Parador poster

Moon Over Parador

Movie · as Madonna

1988
The Milagro Beanfield War poster

The Milagro Beanfield War

Movie · as Ruby Archuleta

1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains poster

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Movie · as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman poster

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Movie · as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman

1985
Patriamada poster

Patriamada

Movie

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · as Anna Maria Westlake · 2 eps

1983
Gabriela poster

Gabriela

Movie · as Gabriela

1981
I Love You poster

I Love You

Movie · as Maria

1980
Chega Mais poster

Chega Mais

TV · as Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida) · 158 eps

1978
Lady on the Bus poster

Lady on the Bus

Movie · as Solange

1978
Dancin' Days poster

Dancin' Days

TV · as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina · 174 eps

1977
Espelho Mágico poster

Espelho Mágico

TV · as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila) · 150 eps

1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands poster

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Movie · as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães

1976
Filmando Dona Flor poster

Filmando Dona Flor

Movie · as Self

1976
Saramandaia poster

Saramandaia

TV · as Marcina Moreira · 160 eps

1975
O Casal poster

O Casal

Movie · as Maria Lúcia

1975
Gabriela poster

Gabriela

TV · as Gabriela · 132 eps

1975
Selva de Pedra poster

Selva de Pedra

TV · as Flávia Moreno · 76 eps

1974
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável poster

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável

Movie · as Mestiça

1974
Fogo Sobre Terra poster

Fogo Sobre Terra

TV · as Brisa · 209 eps

1972
Selva de Pedra poster

Selva de Pedra

TV · as Flávia Medeiros Moreno · 246 eps

1972
Vila Sésamo poster

Vila Sésamo

TV · as Ana Maria · 477 eps

1971
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil poster

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil

Movie

1971
Devil's Hour poster

Devil's Hour

Movie

1970
A Moreninha poster

A Moreninha

Movie · as Carolina, a Moreninha

1970
Cleo e Daniel poster

Cleo e Daniel

Movie · as Sandra

1970
Irmãos Coragem poster

Irmãos Coragem

TV · as Lídia Siqueira · 328 eps

1969
A Menina do Veleiro Azul

A Menina do Veleiro Azul

TV · as Otília · 285 eps

1968
The Red Light Bandit poster

The Red Light Bandit

Movie · as Victim (as Sonia Braga)

1967
Atenção: Perigo poster

Atenção: Perigo

Movie

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep