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