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.
Acted in
My Penguin Friend
2024
as Maria
The Treasure
2023
as Clemencia Ríos
Dark Obsession
2023
as Camila
Blue Beetle
2023
as Nana Reyes
Where the Tracks End
2023
as Georgina
Monica
2023
as Leticia
Diary of a Gigolo
2022
as Minou
Koati
2021
as Amaya (voice)
Bingo Hell
2021
as Lupita
Dark Blood
2021
as Gloria Vera
We Can Be Heroes
2020
as Grandma Moreno
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
as Maria Vega
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
as María Beltrán
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
as Abuela Valerie
Coyote Lake
2019
as Teresa
Bibi
2019
as Licha Mendoza
Crazy About Work
2018
as Mercedes
Al otro Lado del Muro
2018
as Carmen Rosales
Ley primera
2017
Estocolmo
2016
Everything Else
2016
as Doña Flor
Perros
2016
as Abogada
Silvana Sin Lana
2016
as Trini
Training Dad
2015
The 33
2015
as Marta
Wild Horses
2015
as Mrs. Davis
Duenos Del Paraiso
2015
as Irene Medrano
Yefon
2015
as Jillian Parkman
Cake
2014
as Silvana
The Strain
2014
as Guadalupe Elizalde
Night Has Settled
2014
as Aida
Good Day, Ramon
2013
as Esperanza
Mariachi Gringo
2012
as Magdalena
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
2012
as Cornelia
The Snitch Cartel
2011
as La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
2011
as Marta
Thor
2011
as Isabela Alvarez
From Prada to Nada
2011
as Aurelia Jimenez
Te Presento a Laura
2010
as Conchita
Revolución
2010
as Chayo
Burning Palms
2010
as Louisa Alvarez
And Soon the Darkness
2010
as Rosamaria
Love on a Weekend
2010
as Sofía
Sucedió en un día
2010
Rage
2009
as Anita de Los Angeles
Drag Me to Hell
2009
as Shaun San Dena
Henry Poole Is Here
2008
as Esperanza
Capadocia
2008
as Silvia
Babel
2006
as Amelia
21 Grams
2003
as Heart Transplant Nurse (uncredited)
CSI: Miami
2002
Amores Perros
2000
as Mama Octavio
The First Night
1998
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997
as Clara Domínguez
La paloma
1995
as Madre Clara
ER
1994
as Dolores Salazar
Crystal Empire
1994
as Flora
Hágase tu voluntad
El Gato
as Alma