Adriana Barraza
Age: N/A | From: Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Homepage: http://www.adrianabarraza.com/
Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Blue Beetle
(2023) Nana Reyes
Diary of a Gigolo
(2022) Minou
The Strain
(2014) Guadalupe Elizalde
Thor
(2011) Isabela Alvarez
ER
(1994) Dolores Salazar
Rambo: Last Blood
(2019) María Beltrán
Drag Me to Hell
(2009) Shaun San Dena
Amores Perros
(2000) Mama OctavioActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Clemencia Ríos | |
| Camila | ||
| Nana Reyes | ||
| Georgina | ||
| Leticia | ||
| 2022 | Minou | |
| 2021 | Amaya (voice) | |
| Lupita | ||
| Gloria Vera | ||
| 2020 | Grandma Moreno | |
| Maria Vega | ||
| 2019 | María Beltrán | |
| Abuela Valerie | ||
| Teresa | ||
| Licha Mendoza | ||
| 2018 | Mercedes | |
| Carmen Rosales | ||
| 2017 | N/A | |
| 2016 | N/A | |
| Doña Flor | ||
| Abogada | ||
| Trini | ||
| 2015 | N/A | |
| Marta | ||
| Mrs. Davis | ||
| Irene Medrano | ||
| Jillian Parkman | ||
| 2014 | Silvana | |
| Guadalupe Elizalde | ||
| Aida | ||
| 2013 | Esperanza | |
| 2012 | Magdalena | |
| Cornelia | ||
| 2011 | La Abuela | |
| Marta | ||
| Isabela Alvarez | ||
| Aurelia Jimenez | ||
| 2010 | Conchita | |
| Chayo | ||
| Louisa Alvarez | ||
| Rosamaria | ||
| Sofía | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2009 | Anita de Los Angeles | |
| Shaun San Dena | ||
| 2008 | Esperanza | |
| 2006 | Amelia | |
| 2003 | Heart Transplant Nurse (uncredited) | |
| 2002 | N/A | |
| 2000 | Mama Octavio | |
| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | Adriana Barraza | |
| Self | ||
| Clara Domínguez | ||
| 1995 | Madre Clara | |
| 1994 | Dolores Salazar | |
| Flora | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Action Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| 2001 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
