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
Mama Octavio
Amores perros
Amelia
Babel
Licha Mendoza
Bibi
Anita de Los Angeles
Rage
Esperanza
Henry Poole Is Here
Shaun San Dena
Drag Me to Hell
Gloria Vera
Dark Blood
Georgina
El último vagón
Aurelia Jimenez
From Prada to Nada
Chayo
Revolución
Conchita
Te Presento a Laura
Mamá Bruno
La primera noche
Sofía
Amor en fin
Nana Reyes
Blue Beetle
La Abuela
El cártel de los sapos
Marta
Cerro Bayo
Cornelia
El secreto del medallón de jade
Esperanza
Guten Tag, Ramón
Hágase tu voluntad
Jillian Parkman
Yefon
Clemencia Ríos
El Tesoro
Silvana
Cake
Aida
Night Has Settled
Mrs. Davis
Wild Horses
Rosamaria
And Soon the Darkness
Marta
The 33
Entrenando a mi papá
Maria
My Penguin Friend
Isabela Alvarez
Thor
Doña Flor
Todo lo demás
Ley primera
Abogada
Perros
Louisa Alvarez
Burning Palms
Abuela Valerie
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Mercedes
Loca por el trabajo
María Beltrán
Rambo: Last Blood
Teresa
Coyote Lake
Grandma Moreno
We Can Be Heroes
Lupita
Bingo Hell
Amaya (voice)
Koati
Sucedió en un día
Leticia
Monica
Magdalena
Mariachi Gringo
Self
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Dark Obsession
Donna
Runner
Irene
Las Locuras
Cut Off
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
48
Gender
Female
Birthday
1956-03-05
Place of Birth
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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