Adriana Barraza (1956)

Biografía

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.

Filmografía

Año	Título	Personaje	Valoración
2024	Mi amigo el pingüino	Maria	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	Monica	Leticia	★★★☆☆
2023	Blue Beetle	Nana Reyes	★★★☆☆
2023	El último vagón	Georgina	★★★★☆
2023	Dark Obsession	Camila	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	El Tesoro	Clemencia Ríos	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	Diario de un gigoló	Minou	★★★★☆
2021	Bingo Hell	Lupita	★★☆☆☆
2021	Koati	Amaya (voice)	★★★★☆
2021	Dark Blood	Gloria Vera	★★★☆☆
2020	Superniños	Grandma Moreno	★★★☆☆
2020	Penny Dreadful: City of Angels	Maria Vega	★★★☆☆
2019	Dora y la ciudad perdida	Abuela Valerie	★★★☆☆
2019	Rambo: Last Blood	María Beltrán	★★★☆☆
2019	Coyote Lake	Teresa	★★★☆☆
2019	Bibi	Licha Mendoza	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	Loca por el trabajo	Mercedes	★★★★☆
2018	Al otro Lado del Muro	Carmen Rosales	★☆☆☆☆
2017	Ley primera		☆☆☆☆☆
2016	Todo lo demás	Doña Flor	★★★☆☆
2016	Perros	Abogada	★★★☆☆
2016	Silvana Sin Lana	Trini	★★★★☆
2016	Estocolmo		★★☆☆☆
2015	Entrenando a mi papá		★★★☆☆
2015	Yefon	Jillian Parkman	★★☆☆☆
2015	Caballos salvajes	Mrs. Davis	★★☆☆☆
2015	Los 33 (Una Historia De Esperanza)	Marta	★★★☆☆
2015	Dueños del Paraíso	Irene Medrano	★★★☆☆
2014	Cake: Una Razón para Vivir	Silvana	★★★☆☆
2014	Night Has Settled	Aida	★★★☆☆
2014	The Strain	Guadalupe Elizalde	★★★★☆
2013	Buenos días, Ramón	Esperanza	★★★★☆
2012	El secreto del medallón de jade	Cornelia	★★☆☆☆
2012	Mariachi Gringo	Magdalena	★★★☆☆
2011	From Prada to Nada	Aurelia Jimenez	★★★☆☆
2011	El cártel de los sapos	La Abuela	★★★★☆
2011	Cerro Bayo	Marta	★★★☆☆
2011	Thor	Isabela Alvarez	★★★☆☆
2010	Revolución	Chayo	★★★☆☆
2010	Te Presento a Laura	Conchita	★★★☆☆
2010	Amor en fin	Sofía	★★☆☆☆
2010	And Soon the Darkness	Rosamaria	★★★☆☆
2010	Burning Palms	Louisa Alvarez	★★★☆☆
2010	Sucedió en un día		★★☆☆☆
2009	Rage	Anita de Los Angeles	★★☆☆☆
2009	Arrástrame al infierno	Shaun San Dena	★★★☆☆
2008	El milagro de Henry Poole	Esperanza	★★★☆☆
2006	Babel	Amelia	★★★★☆
2003	21 gramos	Heart Transplant Nurse (uncredited)	★★★★☆
2002	CSI: Miami		★★★★☆
2000	Amores perros	Mama Octavio	★★★★☆
1998	La primera noche		★★★☆☆
1997	Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas	Clara Domínguez	★★★☆☆
1997	Conversando con Cristina Pacheco	Adriana Barraza	★★★☆☆
1995	La paloma	Madre Clara	☆☆☆☆☆
1994	Urgencias	Dolores Salazar	★★★★☆
1994	Imperio de Cristal	Flora	★★★☆☆
	Hágase tu voluntad		☆☆☆☆☆

Año	Título	Trabajo	Calificación
2020	Penny Dreadful: City of Angels	Action Director	★★★☆☆
2002	Cómplices Al Rescate	Director	★★★★☆
2001	Aventuras en el Tiempo	Director	★★★★☆
2000	Locura de Amor	Director	★★★☆☆
1999	Nunca Te Olvidaré	Director	★★★★☆