Adriana Barraza
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Adriana Barraza
Clemencia Ríos
... 2023
Camila
... 2023
Nana Reyes
... 2023
Georgina
... 2023
Leticia
... 2023
Amaya (voice)
... 2021
Lupita
... 2021
Gloria Vera
... 2021
Grandma Moreno
... 2020
María Beltrán
... 2019
Abuela Valerie
... 2019
Teresa
... 2019
Licha Mendoza
... 2019
Mercedes
... 2018
... 2017
Doña Flor
... 2016
Abogada
... 2016
... 2015
Marta
... 2015
Mrs. Davis
... 2015
Jillian Parkman
... 2015
Silvana
... 2014
Aida
... 2014
Esperanza
... 2013
Magdalena
... 2012
Cornelia
... 2012
La Abuela
... 2011
Marta
... 2011
Isabela Alvarez
... 2011
Aurelia Jimenez
... 2011
Conchita
... 2010
Chayo
... 2010
Louisa Alvarez
... 2010
Rosamaria
... 2010
Sofía
... 2010
... 2010
Anita de Los Angeles
... 2009
Shaun San Dena
... 2009
Esperanza
... 2008
Amelia
... 2006
Heart Transplant Nurse (uncredited)
... 2003
Mama Octavio
... 2000
... 1998
