Adriana Barraza

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.

Filmografi

Thor2011 · Isabela AlvarezBlue Beetle2023 · Nana ReyesDrag Me to Hell2009 · Shaun San DenaAmores Perros2000 · Mama OctavioRambo: Last Blood2019 · María BeltránThe 332015 · MartaDora and the Lost City of Gold2019 · Abuela ValerieBabel2006 · AmeliaWe Can Be Heroes2020 · Grandma MorenoCake2014 · SilvanaKoati2021 · Amaya (voice)My Penguin Friend2024 · MariaCut Off · Henry Poole Is Here2008 · EsperanzaDark Obsession2023 · And Soon the Darkness2010 · RosamariaYefon2015 · Jillian ParkmanLey primera2017 · From Prada to Nada2011 · Aurelia JimenezTraining Dad2015 · Dark Blood2021 · Gloria VeraHágase tu voluntad · The Secret of the Jade Medallion2012 · CorneliaWild Horses2015 · Mrs. Davis