Adriana Barraza
Born: 1956-03-05 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Runner as Donna
- Una Familia Complicada as Telma Orozco de Navarro
2025
- Koati as Amaya (voice)
- The Follies as Irene
2024
- My Penguin Friend as Maria
2023
- Blue Beetle as Nana Reyes
- Where the Tracks End as Georgina
- Monica as Leticia
- Dark Obsession
- The Treasure as Clemencia Ríos
2022
- Diary of a Gigolo as Minou
2021
- Koati as Amaya (voice)
- Bingo Hell as Lupita
- Dark Blood as Gloria Vera
2020
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as Maria Vega
- We Can Be Heroes as Grandma Moreno
2019
- Rambo: Last Blood as María Beltrán
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold as Abuela Valerie
- Coyote Lake as Teresa
- Bibi as Licha Mendoza
2018
- Al otro Lado del Muro as Carmen Rosales
- Crazy About Work as Mercedes
2017
2016
- Silvana Sin Lana as Trini
- Estocolmo
- Everything Else as Doña Flor
- Perros as Abogada
2015
- Duenos Del Paraiso as Irene Medrano
- The 33 as Marta
- Wild Horses as Mrs. Davis
- Training Dad
- Yefon as Jillian Parkman
2014
- The Strain as Guadalupe Elizalde
- Cake as Silvana
- Night Has Settled as Aida
2013
- Good Day, Ramon as Esperanza
2012
- The Secret of the Jade Medallion as Cornelia
- Mariachi Gringo as Magdalena
2011
- Thor as Isabela Alvarez
- From Prada to Nada as Aurelia Jimenez
- The Snitch Cartel as La Abuela
- Cerro Bayo as Marta
2010
- And Soon the Darkness as Rosamaria
- Burning Palms as Louisa Alvarez
- Love on a Weekend as Sofía
- Te Presento a Laura as Conchita
- Revolución as Chayo
- Sucedió en un día
2009
- Drag Me to Hell as Shaun San Dena
- Rage as Anita de Los Angeles
2008
- Capadocia as Silvia
- Henry Poole Is Here as Esperanza
2007
2006
- Babel as Amelia
2002
- CSI: Miami as Carmen Delko
- Cómplices Al Rescate ... (Director)
2001
- Adventures in Time ... (Director)
2000
- Amores Perros as Mama Octavio
- Locura de Amor ... (Director)
1999
- Unforgettable ... (Director)
1998
- Vivo Por Elena as Hilda
- The First Night as Mamá Bruno
1997
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
- Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas as Clara Domínguez
1995
- La paloma as Madre Clara
1994
- ER as Dolores Salazar
- Crystal Empire as Flora