Adriana Barraza
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1956-03-05 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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.
Known For
Acting
Runner
as Donna
(2024)
My Penguin Friend
as Maria
(2023)
Blue Beetle
as Nana Reyes
(2023)
Where the Tracks End
as Georgina
(2023)
Monica
as Leticia
(2023)
The Treasure
as Clemencia Ríos
(2023)
(2021)
Koati
as Amaya (voice)
(2021)
Bingo Hell
as Lupita
(2021)
Dark Blood
as Gloria Vera
(2020)
We Can Be Heroes
as Grandma Moreno
(2019)
Rambo: Last Blood
as María Beltrán
(2019)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Abuela Valerie
(2019)
Coyote Lake
as Teresa
(2019)
Bibi
as Licha Mendoza
(2018)
Crazy About Work
as Mercedes
(2017)
(2016)
Perros
as Abogada
(2016)
Everything Else
as Doña Flor
(2015)
The 33
as Marta
(2015)
Wild Horses
as Mrs. Davis
(2015)
Yefon
as Jillian Parkman
(2015)
(2014)
Cake
as Silvana
(2014)
Night Has Settled
as Aida
(2013)
Good Day, Ramon
as Esperanza
(2012)
Mariachi Gringo
as Magdalena
(2012)
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
as Cornelia
(2011)
Thor
as Isabela Alvarez
(2011)
The Snitch Cartel
as La Abuela
(2011)
From Prada to Nada
as Aurelia Jimenez
(2011)
Cerro Bayo
as Marta
(2010)
Burning Palms
as Louisa Alvarez
(2010)
And Soon the Darkness
as Rosamaria
(2010)
Love on a Weekend
as Sofía
(2010)
Revolución
as Chayo
(2010)
Te Presento a Laura
as Conchita
(2010)
(2009)
Drag Me to Hell
as Shaun San Dena
(2009)
Rage
as Anita de Los Angeles
(2008)
Henry Poole Is Here
as Esperanza
(2007)
(2006)
Babel
as Amelia
(2000)
Amores Perros
as Mama Octavio
(1998)