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Adriana Barraza

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.

Cast

Amores Perros

(Mama Octavio)

Babel

(Amelia)

Bibi

(Licha Mendoza)

Rage

(Anita de Los Angeles)

Henry Poole Is Here

(Esperanza)

Drag Me to Hell

(Shaun San Dena)

Dark Blood

(Gloria Vera)

Where the Tracks End

(Georgina)

From Prada to Nada

(Aurelia Jimenez)

Revolución

(Chayo)

Te Presento a Laura

(Conchita)

The First Night

Love on a Weekend

(Sofía)

Blue Beetle

(Nana Reyes)

The Snitch Cartel

(La Abuela)

Cerro Bayo

(Marta)

Dark Obsession

(Camila)

The Secret of the Jade Medallion

(Cornelia)

Good Day, Ramon

(Esperanza)

Hágase tu voluntad

Yefon

(Jillian Parkman)

The Treasure

(Clemencia Ríos)

Cake

(Silvana)

Night Has Settled

(Aida)

Wild Horses

(Mrs. Davis)

And Soon the Darkness

(Rosamaria)

The 33

(Marta)

Training Dad

My Penguin Friend

(Maria)

Thor

(Isabela Alvarez)

Everything Else

(Doña Flor)

Ley primera

Perros

(Abogada)

Burning Palms

(Louisa Alvarez)

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

(Abuela Valerie)

Crazy About Work

(Mercedes)

Rambo: Last Blood

(María Beltrán)

Coyote Lake

(Teresa)

21 Grams

(Heart Transplant Nurse (uncredited))

We Can Be Heroes

(Grandma Moreno)

Bingo Hell

(Lupita)

Koati

(Amaya (voice))

Sucedió en un día

Monica

(Leticia)

Mariachi Gringo

(Magdalena)

CSI: Miami

ER

(Dolores Salazar)

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas

(Clara Domínguez)

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

(Self)

Silvana Sin Lana

(Trini)

Estocolmo

Crystal Empire

(Flora)

Al otro Lado del Muro

(Carmen Rosales)

Diary of a Gigolo

(Minou)

The Strain

(Guadalupe Elizalde)

La paloma

(Madre Clara)

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

(Adriana Barraza)

Duenos Del Paraiso

(Irene Medrano)

El Gato

(Alma)

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

(Maria Vega)

Capadocia

(Silvia)