Adriana Barraza
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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.
Known for
Credits
Thor (2011)
as Isabela Alvarez
Blue Beetle (2023)
as Nana Reyes
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
as María Beltrán
Amores Perros (2000)
as Mama Octavio
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
as Shaun San Dena
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
as Grandma Moreno
Babel (2006)
as Amelia
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
as Abuela Valerie
The 33 (2015)
as Marta
My Penguin Friend (2024)
as Maria
Runner (2026)
as Donna
Cake (2014)
as Silvana
Burning Palms (2010)
as Louisa Alvarez
The Follies (2025)
as Irene
Koati (2021)
as Amaya (voice)
Wild Horses (2015)
as Mrs. Davis
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007)
as Self
From Prada to Nada (2011)
as Aurelia Jimenez
The Snitch Cartel (2011)
as La Abuela
Cut Off (—)
Actor
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
as Esperanza
Coyote Lake (2019)
as Teresa
Monica (2023)
as Leticia
And Soon the Darkness (2010)
as Rosamaria
Bingo Hell (2021)
as Lupita
Dark Blood (2021)
as Gloria Vera
Where the Tracks End (2023)
as Georgina
Dark Obsession (2023)
Actor
Rage (2009)
as Anita de Los Angeles
Ley primera (2017)
Actor
Crazy About Work (2018)
as Mercedes
The Treasure (2023)
as Clemencia Ríos
Love on a Weekend (2010)
as Sofía
Mariachi Gringo (2012)
as Magdalena
Good Day, Ramon (2013)
as Esperanza
Yefon (2015)
as Jillian Parkman
Cerro Bayo (2011)
as Marta
Te Presento a Laura (2010)
as Conchita
Night Has Settled (2014)
as Aida
Training Dad (2015)
Actor
Revolución (2010)
as Chayo
Perros (2016)
as Abogada
Hágase tu voluntad (—)
Actor
The First Night (1998)
as Mamá Bruno
Sucedió en un día (2010)
Actor
Bibi (2019)
as Licha Mendoza
Everything Else (2016)
as Doña Flor
The Secret of the Jade Medallion (2012)
as Cornelia