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Adriana Barraza Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1956-03-05

Birthplace:
Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Credits:
66 Total Roles

Adriana Barraza

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Runner MOVIE Donna
2026 Cut Off MOVIE Self
2025 The Follies MOVIE Irene
2025 Koati TV Amaya (voice)
2024 My Penguin Friend MOVIE Maria
2023 The Treasure MOVIE Clemencia Ríos
2023 Dark Obsession MOVIE Self
2023 Blue Beetle MOVIE Nana Reyes
2023 Where the Tracks End MOVIE Georgina
2023 Monica MOVIE Leticia

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