Adriana Barraza
Born March 05, 1956 (Age: 70)
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Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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.
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
My Penguin Friend
2024
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as Maria
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Age: 68
Blue Beetle
2023
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as Nana Reyes
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Age: 67
Monica
2023
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as Leticia
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Age: 67
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
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as María Beltrán
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Age: 63
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
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as Abuela Valerie
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Age: 63
The 33
2015
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as Marta
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Age: 59
Cake
2014
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as Silvana
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Age: 58
Good Day, Ramon
2013
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as Esperanza
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Age: 57
Thor
2011
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as Isabela Alvarez
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Age: 55
From Prada to Nada
2011
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as Aurelia Jimenez
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Age: 54
And Soon the Darkness
2010
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as Rosamaria
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Age: 53
Drag Me to Hell
2009
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as Shaun San Dena
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Age: 53
Henry Poole Is Here
2008
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as Esperanza
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Age: 52
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
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as Self
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Age: 51
Babel
2006
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as Amelia
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Age: 50
Amores Perros
2000
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as Mama Octavio
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Age: 44