Sonia Braga
- Acting
- June 8, 1950 · 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
Filmography
- M.I.A. · Vida Rojas
- The First Omen · Sister Silva
- Pictures of Ghosts · Self
- Shotgun Wedding · Renata Ortiz
- A dama de todos · The Lady in Archive Footage
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die · Self
- Fatima · Sister Lucia
- Bacurau no Mapa · Self
- The Jesus Rolls · Mother
- Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage · Self
- Bacurau · Domingas
- Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos · Self
- Wonder · Grans
- Marvel's Luke Cage · Soledad
- Aquarius · Clara
- Emoticon · Sonia
- The Wine of Summer · Eliza
- Invisible World · Segment "Kreuko"
- The Ordained · Magalys
- Meddling Mom · Carmen Vega
- Feijoada Completa · Celeste
- Tapas & Beijos · Helô Siqueira
- The Cariocas · Júlia
- An Invisible Sign · Mom
- Lope: The Outlaw · Paquita
- Warehouse 13 · Alicia
- Royal Pains · Lorena Correia
- Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman · Self
- Donas de Casa Desesperadas · Alice Monteiro
- The Hottest State · Mrs. Garcia
- Bordertown · Teresa Casillas
- Sea of Dreams · Nurka
- Brothers and Sisters · Gabriela Laurent
- Pages of Life · Tônia Werneck
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School · Tina
- Ghost Whisperer · Estella de la Costa
- Scene Stealers · Celia Crouch
- Testosterone · Pablo's mother
- Empire · Iris
- CSI: Miami · Dona Marta Cruz
- George Lopez · Emilina Palmero
- American Family · Berta Gonzalez
- Alias · Elena Derevko
- Posthumous Memories · Marcela
- Angel Eyes · Josephine Pogue
- The Judge · Lily Acosta
- Perfume · Irene Mancini
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter · Quixtla
- Family Law · Beatrice Valdez
- Força de um Desejo · Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
- A Will of their Own · Jessie Lopez De La Cruz
- Money Play$ · Irene
- Sex and the City · Maria Diega Reyes
- For All - O Trampolim da Vitória · Associate Producer
- Four Corners · Carlota Alvarez
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional · Self
- Tieta of Agreste · Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta), Co-producer
- Two Deaths · Ana Puscasu
- Moses · Zipporah
- Streets of Laredo · Maria Garza
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · Esmeralda (Voice)
- The Burning Season · Regina de Carvalho
- Noche de ronda · Self
- Roosters · Juana Morales
- The Last Prostitute · Loah
- The Rookie · Liesl
- Law & Order · Helen
- Tales from the Crypt · Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
- Moon Over Parador · Madonna
- The Milagro Beanfield War · Ruby Archuleta
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains · Emily Del Pino Pacheco
- Kiss of the Spider Woman · Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
- Patriamada
- The Cosby Show · Anna Maria Westlake
- Gabriela · Gabriela
- I Love You · Maria
- Chega Mais · Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida)
- Dancin' Days · Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
- Lady on the Bus · Solange, Associate Producer
- Espelho Mágico · Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)