Acting
Adriana Barraza
EN, ES cinema · 47 credits
Born
5 March 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Also known as Adriana Barraza González
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
Filmography
The Follies
as Irene
My Penguin Friend
as Maria
Where the Tracks End
as Georgina
Blue Beetle
as Nana Reyes
The Treasure
as Clemencia Ríos
Monica
as Leticia
Dark Blood
as Gloria Vera
Bingo Hell
as Lupita
Koati
as Amaya (voice)
We Can Be Heroes
as Grandma Moreno
Bibi
as Licha Mendoza
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Abuela Valerie
Rambo: Last Blood
as María Beltrán
Coyote Lake
as Teresa
Crazy About Work
as Mercedes
Everything Else
as Doña Flor
Perros
as Abogada
Yefon
as Jillian Parkman
Wild Horses
as Mrs. Davis
The 33
as Marta
Cake
as Silvana
Good Day, Ramon
as Esperanza
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
as Cornelia
Mariachi Gringo
as Magdalena
From Prada to Nada
as Aurelia Jimenez
The Snitch Cartel
as La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
as Marta
Thor
as Isabela Alvarez
Revolución
as Chayo
Te Presento a Laura
as Conchita
Love on a Weekend
as Sofía
And Soon the Darkness
as Rosamaria
Burning Palms
as Louisa Alvarez
Rage
as Anita de Los Angeles
Drag Me to Hell
as Shaun San Dena
Henry Poole Is Here
as Esperanza
Babel
as Amelia
Amores Perros
as Mama Octavio
The First Night
as Mamá Bruno