Adriana Barraza
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.
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- 2024 · My Penguin Friend as Maria
- 2023 · The Treasure as Clemencia Ríos
- 2023 · Dark Obsession as
- 2023 · Blue Beetle as Nana Reyes
- 2023 · Where the Tracks End as Georgina
- 2023 · Monica as Leticia
- 2022 · Diary of a Gigolo 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 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
- 2019 · Bibi as Licha Mendoza
- 2018 · Crazy About Work as Mercedes
- 2018 · Al otro Lado del Muro as Carmen Rosales
- 2017 · Ley primera as
- 2016 · Estocolmo as
- 2016 · Everything Else as Doña Flor
- 2016 · Perros as Abogada
- 2016 · Silvana Sin Lana as Trini
- 2015 · Training Dad as
- 2015 · The 33 as Marta
- 2015 · Wild Horses as Mrs. Davis
- 2015 · Duenos Del Paraiso as Irene Medrano
- 2015 · Yefon as Jillian Parkman
- 2014 · Cake as Silvana
- 2014 · The Strain as Guadalupe Elizalde
- 2014 · Night Has Settled as Aida
- 2013 · Good Day, Ramon as Esperanza
- 2012 · Mariachi Gringo as Magdalena
- 2012 · The Secret of the Jade Medallion as Cornelia
- 2011 · The Snitch Cartel as La Abuela
- 2011 · Cerro Bayo as Marta
- 2011 · Thor as Isabela Alvarez
- 2011 · From Prada to Nada as Aurelia Jimenez
- 2010 · Te Presento a Laura as Conchita
- 2010 · Revolución as Chayo
- 2010 · Burning Palms as Louisa Alvarez
- 2010 · And Soon the Darkness as Rosamaria
- 2010 · Love on a Weekend as Sofía
- 2010 · Sucedió en un día as
- 2009 · Rage as Anita de Los Angeles
- 2009 · Drag Me to Hell as Shaun San Dena
- 2008 · Henry Poole Is Here as Esperanza
- 2008 · Capadocia as Silvia
- 2007 · Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- 2006 · Babel as Amelia
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2000 · Amores Perros as Mama Octavio
- 1998 · The First Night as
- 1997 · Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
- 1997 · Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Adriana Barraza
- 1997 · Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas as Clara Domínguez
- 1995 · La paloma as Madre Clara
- 1994 · ER as Dolores Salazar
- 1994 · Crystal Empire as Flora
- Future · El Gato as Alma
- Future · Hágase tu voluntad as