Adriana Barraza
Acting • Born 1956-03-05
Biography
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.
Filmography
65 credits
Amores Perros
Movie • 2000
Mama Octavio
Babel
Movie • 2006
Amelia
Bibi
Movie • 2019
Licha Mendoza
Rage
Movie • 2009
Anita de Los Angeles
Henry Poole Is Here
Movie • 2008
Esperanza
Drag Me to Hell
Movie • 2009
Shaun San Dena
Dark Blood
Movie • 2021
Gloria Vera
Where the Tracks End
Movie • 2023
Georgina
From Prada to Nada
Movie • 2011
Aurelia Jimenez
Revolución
Movie • 2010
Chayo
Te Presento a Laura
Movie • 2010
Conchita
The First Night
Movie • 1998
Mamá Bruno
Love on a Weekend
Movie • 2010
Sofía
Blue Beetle
Movie • 2023
Nana Reyes
The Snitch Cartel
Movie • 2011
La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
Movie • 2011
Marta
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
Movie • 2012
Cornelia
Good Day, Ramon
Movie • 2013
Esperanza
Hágase tu voluntad
Movie
Yefon
Movie • 2015
Jillian Parkman
The Treasure
Movie • 2023
Clemencia Ríos
Cake
Movie • 2014
Silvana
Night Has Settled
Movie • 2014
Aida
Wild Horses
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Davis
And Soon the Darkness
Movie • 2010
Rosamaria
The 33
Movie • 2015
Marta
Training Dad
Movie • 2015
My Penguin Friend
Movie • 2024
Maria
Thor
Movie • 2011
Isabela Alvarez
Everything Else
Movie • 2016
Doña Flor
Ley primera
Movie • 2017
Perros
Movie • 2016
Abogada
Burning Palms
Movie • 2010
Louisa Alvarez
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Movie • 2019
Abuela Valerie
Crazy About Work
Movie • 2018
Mercedes
Rambo: Last Blood
Movie • 2019
María Beltrán
Coyote Lake
Movie • 2019
Teresa
We Can Be Heroes
Movie • 2020
Grandma Moreno
Bingo Hell
Movie • 2021
Lupita
Koati
Movie • 2021
Amaya (voice)
Sucedió en un día
Movie • 2010
Monica
Movie • 2023
Leticia
Mariachi Gringo
Movie • 2012
Magdalena
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie • 2007
Self
Dark Obsession
Movie • 2023
Runner
Movie • 2026
Donna
The Follies
Movie • 2025
Irene
Cut Off
Movie • 2026
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Carmen Delko
ER
TV • 1994
Dolores Salazar
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
TV • 1997
Clara Domínguez
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
TV • 1997
Self
Silvana Sin Lana
TV • 2016
Trini
Estocolmo
TV • 2016
Crystal Empire
TV • 1994
Flora
Al otro Lado del Muro
TV • 2018
Carmen Rosales
Diary of a Gigolo
TV • 2022
Minou
The Strain
TV • 2014
Guadalupe Elizalde
La paloma
TV • 1995
Madre Clara
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
TV • 1997
Adriana Barraza
Duenos Del Paraiso
TV • 2015
Irene Medrano
El Gato
TV
Alma
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV • 2020
Maria Vega
Capadocia
TV • 2008
Silvia
Koati
TV • 2025
Amaya (voice)