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.
65 acting credits · 4 directing credits
Acting · 65
CSI: Miami
2002
ER
1994
The Strain
2014
Thor
2011
Blue Beetle
2023
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
Drag Me to Hell
2009
We Can Be Heroes
2020
Babel
2006
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
Amores Perros
2000
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997
Silvana Sin Lana
2016
Diary of a Gigolo
2022
Vivo Por Elena
1998
The 33
2015
Capadocia
2008
Al otro Lado del Muro
2018
Crystal Empire
1994
My Penguin Friend
2024
Duenos Del Paraiso
2015
Cake
2014
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
The Follies
2025
Koati
2025
Runner
2026
La paloma
1995
And Soon the Darkness
2010
Burning Palms
2010
El Gato
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Estocolmo
2016
Koati
2021
Wild Horses
2015
From Prada to Nada
2011
Monica
2023
Henry Poole Is Here
2008
Rage
2009
Bingo Hell
2021
The Snitch Cartel
2011
Where the Tracks End
2023
Cut Off
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Dark Obsession
2023
Coyote Lake
2019
Dark Blood
2021
Good Day, Ramon
2013
Yefon
2015
Revolución
2010
Mariachi Gringo
2012
Love on a Weekend
2010
The First Night
1998
Hágase tu voluntad
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Te Presento a Laura
2010
Crazy About Work
2018
Sucedió en un día
2010
Perros
2016
Training Dad
2015
Night Has Settled
2014
Ley primera
2017
The Treasure
2023
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
2012
Cerro Bayo
2011
Bibi
2019
Everything Else
2016
