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Adriana Barraza
Actor, Director, Additional CreditsBorn March 5, 1956 (69 years)
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.
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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Adriana Barraza Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Koati: Animated Series (TV Series) · as Amaya (voice) |
| 2024 | My Penguin Friend · as Maria |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Blue Beetle · as Nana Reyes |
| 2023 | Where the Tracks End · as Georgina |
| 2022 | Monica · as Leticia |
| 2022 | Diary of a Gigolo (TV Series) · as Minou |
| 2021 | Koati · as Amaya (voice) |
| 2021 | Bingo Hell · as Lupita |
| 2021 | Dark Blood · as Gloria Vera |
| 2020 | We Can Be Heroes · as Grandma Moreno |
| 2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series) · as Maria Vega |
| 2019 | Rambo: Last Blood · as María Beltrán |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold · as Abuela Valerie |
| 2019 | Coyote Lake · as Teresa |
| 2018 | Loca Por El Trabajo · as Mercedes |
| 2018 | The Inmate (TV Series) · as Elsa Mendoza |
| 2018 | Here on Earth (TV Series) · as Rosa |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wall (TV Series) · as Carmen Rosales |
| 2017 | Snowfall (TV Series) · as Mariela Villanueva |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Estocolmo (TV Series) |
| 2016 | Everything Else · as Doña Flor |
| 2016 | Perros · as Abogada |
| 2016 | Rich In Love (TV Series) · as Trini |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The 33 · as Marta |
| 2015 | Wild Horses · as Mrs. Davis |
| 2015 | Dueños del Paraiso (TV Series) · as Irene Medrano |
| 2014 | Cake · as Silvana |
| 2014 | The Strain (TV Series) · as Guadalupe Elizalde |
| 2014 | Night Has Settled · as Aida |
| 2013 | Good Day, Ramon · as Esperanza |
| 2012 | Mariachi Gringo · as Magdalena |
| 2012 | El secreto del medallón de jade · as Cornelia |
| 2011 | The Snitch Cartel · as La Abuela |
| 2011 | Thor · as Isabela Alvarez |
| 2011 | From Prada to Nada · as Aurelia Jimenez |
| 2010 | Cerro Bayo · as Marta |
| 2010 | Te presento a Laura · as Conchita |
| 2010 | Revolución · as Chayo |
| 2010 | Burning Palms · as Louisa Alvarez |
| 2010 | And Soon the Darkness · as Rosamaria |
| 2009 | Rage · as Anita De Los Angeles |
| 2009 | Drag Me to Hell · as Shaun San Dena |
| 2009 | Love on a Weekend · as Sofía |
| 2008 | Henry Poole Is Here · as Esperanza |
| 2008 | Capadocia (TV Series) · as Silvia |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Amelia |
| 2007 | Tempo final (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2006 | Babel · as Amelia |
| 2003 | Loving again (TV Series) · as Camelia |
| 2003 | De pocas, pocas pulgas (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Clase 406 (TV Series) · as Mabel |
| 2000 | Amores Perros · as Mama Octavio |
| 2000 | Locura de Amor (TV Series) · as Soledad Retana |
| 2000 | La segunda noche · as Mama Lulu Y Laura |
| 1998 | Vivo Por Elena (TV Series) · as Hilda 'la Machin' |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas (TV Series) · as Clara Domínguez |
| 1996 | La Culpa (TV Series) · as Trabajadora Social |
| 1995 | Bajo un Mismo Rostro (TV Series) · as Elvira |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Dolores Salazar |
| 1994 | Império de Cristal (TV Series) · as Flora |
| 1985 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2010 | Pura Química (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The 79th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Conversing with Cristina Pacheco (TV Series) · as Adriana Barraza |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2011 | A Woman's Sacrifice (TV Series) |
| 2010 | |
| 2002 | Accomplices to the Rescue (TV Series) |
| 2001 | The Spring (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Adventures in Time (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Locura de Amor (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Never Forget You (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series) · as Action Director |