Adriana Barraza
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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
Credits
Thor (2011)
as Isabela Alvarez
Blue Beetle (2023)
as Nana Reyes
Amores Perros (2000)
as Mama Octavio
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
as Abuela Valerie
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
as María Beltrán
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
as Shaun San Dena
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
as Grandma Moreno
Babel (2006)
as Amelia
My Penguin Friend (2024)
as Maria
Cake (2014)
as Silvana
From Prada to Nada (2011)
as Aurelia Jimenez
The 33 (2015)
as Marta
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
as Esperanza
And Soon the Darkness (2010)
as Rosamaria
Koati (2021)
as Amaya (voice)
Wild Horses (2015)
as Mrs. Davis
Where the Tracks End (2023)
as Georgina
The Snitch Cartel (2011)
as La Abuela
Burning Palms (2010)
as Louisa Alvarez
Cut Off (—)
Actor
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007)
as Self
Dark Obsession (2023)
Actor
Te Presento a Laura (2010)
as Conchita
Yefon (2015)
as Jillian Parkman
Dark Blood (2021)
as Gloria Vera
The Follies (2025)
as Irene
Ley primera (2017)
Actor
Coyote Lake (2019)
as Teresa
Bibi (2019)
as Licha Mendoza
Bingo Hell (2021)
as Lupita
The Secret of the Jade Medallion (2012)
as Cornelia
Everything Else (2016)
as Doña Flor
Training Dad (2015)
Actor
Good Day, Ramon (2013)
as Esperanza
Monica (2023)
as Leticia
Crazy About Work (2018)
as Mercedes
Sucedió en un día (2010)
Actor
Hágase tu voluntad (—)
Actor
Love on a Weekend (2010)
as Sofía
Mariachi Gringo (2012)
as Magdalena
Revolución (2010)
as Chayo
Perros (2016)
as Abogada
Rage (2009)
as Anita de Los Angeles
Night Has Settled (2014)
as Aida
The First Night (1998)
as Mamá Bruno
The Treasure (2023)
as Clemencia Ríos
Cerro Bayo (2011)
as Marta