
Sonia Braga
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Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She's known for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). She was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award for her role in for the 1994 television film The Burning Season. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.
Known for
Credits

Wonder (2017)
as Grans

The First Omen (2024)
as Sister Silva

Shotgun Wedding (2022)
as Renata Ortiz

Angel Eyes (2001)
as Josephine Pogue

The Rookie (1990)
as Liesl

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman

Bordertown (2007)
as Teresa Casillas

Perfume (2001)
as Irene Mancini

Bacurau (2019)
as Domingas

Fatima (2020)
as Sister Lucia

Gabriela (1983)
as Gabriela

The Jesus Rolls (2019)
as Mother

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000)
as Quixtla

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
as Tina

An Invisible Sign (2010)
as Mom

Two Deaths (1996)
as Ana Puscasu

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
as Ruby Archuleta

Empire (2002)
as Iris

Moon Over Parador (1988)
as Madonna

The Judge (2001)
as Lily Acosta

Aquarius (2016)
as Clara

Lady on the Bus (1978)
as Solange

Testosterone (2003)
as Pablo's mother
O Casal (1975)
as Maria Lúcia

Money Play$ (1998)
as Irene

The Hottest State (2007)
as Mrs. Garcia

Meddling Mom (2013)
as Carmen Vega

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)
as Self

Scene Stealers (2004)
as Celia Crouch

The Wine of Summer (2013)
as Eliza

Roosters (1993)
as Juana Morales

Sea of Dreams (2006)
Actor

The Red Light Bandit (1968)
as Victim (as Sonia Braga)

I Love You (1981)
as Maria

Pictures of Ghosts (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

The Ordained (2013)
as Magalys

Lope: The Outlaw (2010)
as Paquita

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

The Burning Season (1994)
as Regina de Carvalho

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Patriamada (1985)
Actor

Feijoada Completa (2012)
as Celeste

Posthumous Memories (2001)
as Marcela

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)
as Self

The Last Prostitute (1991)
as Loah

Emoticon (2014)
as Sonia

Tieta of Agreste (1996)
as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)

A Moreninha (1970)
as Carolina, a Moreninha

Bacurau no Mapa (2019)
as Self

Devil's Hour (1971)
Actor

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável (1974)
as Mestiça

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil (1971)
Actor

Cleo e Daniel (1970)
as Sandra

Invisible World (2013)
as Segment "Kreuko"

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman (2008)
as Self

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Atenção: Perigo (1967)
Actor

A dama de todos (2022)
as The Lady in Archive Footage





