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