Adriana Barraza

Adriana Barraza

Born 1956-03-05 (age 70) Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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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.

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Known For

Thor
Thor

2011

as Isabela Alvarez

Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle

2023

as Nana Reyes

Runner
Runner

2026

as Donna

Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo: Last Blood

2019

as María Beltrán

Drag Me to Hell
Drag Me to Hell

2009

as Shaun San Dena

Babel
Babel

2006

as Amelia

Amores Perros
Amores Perros

2000

as Mama Octavio

Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2019

as Abuela Valerie

We Can Be Heroes
We Can Be Heroes

2020

as Grandma Moreno

Koati
Koati

2021

as Amaya (voice)

Cake
Cake

2014

as Silvana

The 33
The 33

2015

as Marta

Dark Obsession
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
My Penguin Friend
My Penguin Friend

2024

as Maria

Crazy About Work
Crazy About Work

2018

as Mercedes

From Prada to Nada
From Prada to Nada

2011

as Aurelia Jimenez

The Follies
The Follies

2025

as Irene

The Snitch Cartel
The Snitch Cartel

2011

as La Abuela