Adriana Barraza

Adriana Barraza

Birthdate
March 5, 1956 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 5, 1956 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Adriana Barraza's LGBTQ+ Titles

Monica
Monica
Leticia

Acting (61)

El Gato as Alma (1 episode)
Hágase tu voluntad
2024
My Penguin Friend as Maria
2023
The Treasure as Clemencia Ríos
2023
Dark Obsession
2023
Blue Beetle as Nana Reyes
2023
Where the Tracks End as Georgina
2023
Monica as Leticia
2022
Diary of a Gigolo as Minou (10 episodes)
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 (10 episodes)
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 (78 episodes)
2017
Ley primera
2016
Estocolmo (2 episodes)
2016
Everything Else as Doña Flor
2016
Perros as Abogada
2016
Silvana Sin Lana as Trini (121 episodes)
2015
Training Dad
2015
The 33 as Marta
2015
Wild Horses as Mrs. Davis
2015
Duenos Del Paraiso as Irene Medrano (69 episodes)
2015
Yefon as Jillian Parkman
2014
Cake as Silvana
2014
The Strain as Guadalupe Elizalde (8 episodes)
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
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 (1 episode)
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2006
Babel as Amelia
2002
CSI: Miami (1 episode)
2000
Amores Perros as Mama Octavio
1998
The First Night
1997
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Adriana Barraza (2 episodes)
1997
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self (1 episode)
1997
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas as Clara Domínguez (235 episodes)
1995
La paloma as Madre Clara (50 episodes)
1994
ER as Dolores Salazar (1 episode)
1994
Crystal Empire as Flora (120 episodes)

Directing (5)

2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels • Action Director (1 episode)
• Action Director (1 episode)
2002
Cómplices Al Rescate • Director (132 episodes)
• Director (132 episodes)
2001
Adventures in Time • Director (105 episodes)
• Director (105 episodes)
2000
Locura de Amor • Director (115 episodes)
• Director (115 episodes)
1999
Unforgettable • Director (94 episodes)
• Director (94 episodes)