Adriana Barraza

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Adriana Barraza

Acting 70 March 5, 1956

Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

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 Garcí…

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Thor

Thor

6.8 2011 Movie
Rambo: Last Blood

Rambo: Last Blood

6.5 2019 Movie
Drag Me to Hell

Drag Me to Hell

6.5 2009 Movie
Babel

Babel

7.2 2006 Movie
Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle

6.6 2023 Movie
The Strain

The Strain

7.5 2014 TV Show
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

7.7 2002 TV Show
Amores Perros

Amores Perros

7.6 2000 Movie
Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

6.6 2019 Movie
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
The 33

The 33

6.4 2015 Movie
Cake

Cake

6.3 2014 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Runner

    Movie Donna

  2. 2026
    Una Familia Complicada

    TV show Telma Orozco de Navarro

  3. 2025
    The Follies

    Movie Irene

  4. 2025
    Koati

    TV show Amaya (voice)

  5. 2024
    My Penguin Friend

    Movie Maria

  6. 2023
    The Treasure

    Movie Clemencia Ríos

  7. 2023
    Dark Obsession

    Movie

  8. 2023
    Blue Beetle

    Movie Nana Reyes

  9. 2023
    Where the Tracks End

    Movie Georgina

  10. 2023
    Monica

    Movie Leticia

  11. 2022
    Diary of a Gigolo

    TV show Minou

  12. 2021
    Koati

    Movie Amaya (voice)

  13. 2021
    Bingo Hell

    Movie Lupita

  14. 2021
    Dark Blood

    Movie Gloria Vera

  15. 2020
    We Can Be Heroes

    Movie Grandma Moreno

  16. 2020
    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    TV show Maria Vega

More credits
  1. 2019
    Rambo: Last Blood

    Movie María Beltrán

  2. 2019
    Dora and the Lost City of Gold

    Movie Abuela Valerie

  3. 2019
    Coyote Lake

    Movie Teresa

  4. 2019
    Bibi

    Movie Licha Mendoza

  5. 2018
    Crazy About Work

    Movie Mercedes

  6. 2018
    Al otro Lado del Muro

    TV show Carmen Rosales

  7. 2017
    Ley primera

    Movie

  8. 2016
    Estocolmo

    TV show

  9. 2016
    Everything Else

    Movie Doña Flor

  10. 2016
    Perros

    Movie Abogada

  11. 2016
    Silvana Sin Lana

    TV show Trini

  12. 2015
    Training Dad

    Movie

  13. 2015
    The 33

    Movie Marta

  14. 2015
    Wild Horses

    Movie Mrs. Davis

  15. 2015
    Duenos Del Paraiso

    TV show Irene Medrano

  16. 2015
    Yefon

    Movie Jillian Parkman

  17. 2014
    Cake

    Movie Silvana

  18. 2014
    The Strain

    TV show Guadalupe Elizalde

  19. 2014
    Night Has Settled

    Movie Aida

  20. 2013
    Good Day, Ramon

    Movie Esperanza

  21. 2012
    Mariachi Gringo

    Movie Magdalena

  22. 2012
    The Secret of the Jade Medallion

    Movie Cornelia

  23. 2011
    The Snitch Cartel

    Movie La Abuela

  24. 2011
    Cerro Bayo

    Movie Marta