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
Runner (2026)
as Donna
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
as María Beltrán
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
as Shaun San Dena
Babel (2006)
as Amelia
Amores Perros (2000)
as Mama Octavio
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
as Abuela Valerie
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
as Grandma Moreno
Koati (2021)
as Amaya (voice)
Cake (2014)
as Silvana
The 33 (2015)
as Marta
Cut Off (—)
Actor
Dark Obsession (2023)
Actor
The Secret of the Jade Medallion (2012)
as Cornelia
My Penguin Friend (2024)
as Maria
Crazy About Work (2018)
as Mercedes
From Prada to Nada (2011)
as Aurelia Jimenez
The Follies (2025)
as Irene
The Snitch Cartel (2011)
as La Abuela
And Soon the Darkness (2010)
as Rosamaria
Where the Tracks End (2023)
as Georgina
Ley primera (2017)
Actor
Bibi (2019)
as Licha Mendoza
Training Dad (2015)
Actor
Burning Palms (2010)
as Louisa Alvarez
Wild Horses (2015)
as Mrs. Davis
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
as Esperanza
Dark Blood (2021)
as Gloria Vera
Love on a Weekend (2010)
as Sofía
Everything Else (2016)
as Doña Flor
Bingo Hell (2021)
as Lupita
Hágase tu voluntad (—)
Actor
Good Day, Ramon (2013)
as Esperanza
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007)
as Self
Perros (2016)
as Abogada
Monica (2023)
as Leticia
Yefon (2015)
as Jillian Parkman
Rage (2009)
as Anita de Los Angeles
The First Night (1998)
as Mamá Bruno
Te Presento a Laura (2010)
as Conchita
Night Has Settled (2014)
as Aida
Mariachi Gringo (2012)
as Magdalena
Revolución (2010)
as Chayo
Coyote Lake (2019)
as Teresa
Sucedió en un día (2010)
Actor
Cerro Bayo (2011)
as Marta
The Treasure (2023)
as Clemencia Ríos