Adriana Barraza
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.
Born: 05 March 1956
Played In
Runner
Donna
The Follies
Irene
Koati
Amaya (voice)
My Penguin Friend
Maria
The Treasure
Clemencia Ríos
Dark Obsession
Blue Beetle
Nana Reyes
Where the Tracks End
Georgina
Monica
Leticia
Diary of a Gigolo
Minou
Koati
Amaya (voice)
Bingo Hell
Lupita
Dark Blood
Gloria Vera
We Can Be Heroes
Grandma Moreno
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Maria Vega
Rambo: Last Blood
María Beltrán
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Abuela Valerie
Coyote Lake
Teresa
Bibi
Licha Mendoza
Crazy About Work
Mercedes
Al otro Lado del Muro
Carmen Rosales
Ley primera
Estocolmo
Everything Else
Doña Flor
Perros
Abogada
Silvana Sin Lana
Trini
Training Dad
The 33
Marta
Wild Horses
Mrs. Davis
Duenos Del Paraiso
Irene Medrano
Yefon
Jillian Parkman
Cake
Silvana
The Strain
Guadalupe Elizalde
Night Has Settled
Aida
Good Day, Ramon
Esperanza
Mariachi Gringo
Magdalena
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
Cornelia
The Snitch Cartel
La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
Marta
Thor
Isabela Alvarez
From Prada to Nada
Aurelia Jimenez
Te Presento a Laura
Conchita
Revolución
Chayo
Burning Palms
Louisa Alvarez
And Soon the Darkness
Rosamaria
Love on a Weekend
Sofía
Sucedió en un día
Rage
Anita de Los Angeles
Drag Me to Hell
Shaun San Dena
Henry Poole Is Here
Esperanza
Capadocia
Silvia
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
Babel
Amelia
CSI: Miami
Carmen Delko
Amores Perros
Mama Octavio
Vivo Por Elena
Hilda
The First Night
Mamá Bruno
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Self
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Adriana Barraza
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
Clara Domínguez
La paloma
Madre Clara
ER
Dolores Salazar
Crystal Empire
Flora
Hágase tu voluntad
Cut Off
El Gato
Alma