Adriana Barraza
Acting
Born: March 5, 1956 (age 70) · Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Thor
2011
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
Drag Me to Hell
2009
Babel
2006
Blue Beetle
2023
Amores Perros
2000
The Strain
2014
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
CSI: Miami
2002
The 33
2015
Cake
2014
ER
1994
Photos (3)
Movies (44)
Thor
Isabela Alvarez
Blue Beetle
Nana Reyes
Rambo: Last Blood
María Beltrán
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Abuela Valerie
Babel
Amelia
Amores Perros
Mama Octavio
Drag Me to Hell
Shaun San Dena
We Can Be Heroes
Grandma Moreno
Cake
Silvana
The 33
Marta
My Penguin Friend
Maria
And Soon the Darkness
Rosamaria
Koati
Amaya (voice)
The Follies
Irene
Burning Palms
Louisa Alvarez
Wild Horses
Mrs. Davis
Henry Poole Is Here
Esperanza
From Prada to Nada
Aurelia Jimenez
Ley primera
2017
The Snitch Cartel
La Abuela
Where the Tracks End
Georgina
Dark Obsession
2023
Dark Blood
Gloria Vera
Yefon
Jillian Parkman
Good Day, Ramon
Esperanza
Bibi
Licha Mendoza
Monica
Leticia
Bingo Hell
Lupita
Training Dad
2015
Coyote Lake
Teresa
Everything Else
Doña Flor
Night Has Settled
Aida
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
Cornelia
Love on a Weekend
Sofía
Rage
Anita de Los Angeles
Crazy About Work
Mercedes
Mariachi Gringo
Magdalena
Te Presento a Laura
Conchita
The First Night
Mamá Bruno
Revolución
Chayo
Perros
Abogada
The Treasure
Clemencia Ríos
Cerro Bayo
Marta
Sucedió en un día
2010
TV Shows (16)
CSI: Miami
Carmen Delko · 1 eps
ER
Dolores Salazar · 1 eps
The Strain
Guadalupe Elizalde · 8 eps
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Adriana Barraza · 2 eps
Vivo Por Elena
Hilda · 115 eps
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Maria Vega · 10 eps
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
Clara Domínguez · 235 eps
Diary of a Gigolo
Minou · 10 eps
Silvana Sin Lana
Trini · 121 eps
Capadocia
Silvia · 1 eps
Al otro Lado del Muro
Carmen Rosales · 78 eps
Estocolmo
2 eps
Crystal Empire
Flora · 120 eps
Duenos Del Paraiso
Irene Medrano · 69 eps
Koati
Amaya (voice) · 13 eps
Una Familia Complicada
Telma Orozco de Navarro · 20 eps
