Cast
Adriana Barraza
Acting
Cast
Adriana Barraza
Known for
Acting
Born
1956-03-05
From
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.
★6.6
MOVIE2023
Blue Beetle
as Nana Reyes
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Thor
as Isabela Alvarez
MOVIE2026
Runner
as Donna
★7.6
MOVIE2000
Amores Perros
as Mama Octavio
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Rambo: Last Blood
as María Beltrán
★7.2
MOVIE2006
Babel
as Amelia
★6.5
MOVIE2009
Drag Me to Hell
as Shaun San Dena
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Abuela Valerie
★5.9
MOVIE2020
We Can Be Heroes
as Grandma Moreno
★4.4
MOVIE2012
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
as Cornelia
★6.3
MOVIE2014
Cake
as Silvana
★6.4
MOVIE2015
The 33
as Marta
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Koati
as Amaya (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE2018
Crazy About Work
as Mercedes
★1.0
MOVIE2017
Ley primera
★3.9
MOVIE2010
Love on a Weekend
as Sofía
MOVIETBA
Cut Off
★7.2
MOVIE2011
The Snitch Cartel
as La Abuela
★5.4
MOVIE2011
From Prada to Nada
as Aurelia Jimenez
★1.0
MOVIE2023
Dark Obsession
★3.0
MOVIE2015
Yefon
as Jillian Parkman
MOVIE2019
Bibi
as Licha Mendoza
★7.9
MOVIE2013
Good Day, Ramon
as Esperanza
★7.4
MOVIE2024
My Penguin Friend
as Maria
★5.3
MOVIE2010
And Soon the Darkness
as Rosamaria
MOVIETBA
Hágase tu voluntad
★5.3
MOVIE2016
Everything Else
as Doña Flor
★6.3
MOVIE2025
The Follies
as Irene
★4.6
MOVIE2021
Bingo Hell
as Lupita
★10.0
MOVIE2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2008
Henry Poole Is Here
as Esperanza
★6.8
MOVIE2010
Te Presento a Laura
as Conchita
★5.8
MOVIE2015
Training Dad
★4.4
MOVIE2021
Dark Blood
as Gloria Vera
★6.5
MOVIE2012
Mariachi Gringo
as Magdalena
★3.7
MOVIE2016
Perros
as Abogada
★4.8
MOVIE2015
Wild Horses
as Mrs. Davis
★5.2
MOVIE2010
Burning Palms
as Louisa Alvarez
★6.0
MOVIE2019
Coyote Lake
as Teresa
★6.0
MOVIE1998
The First Night
as Mamá Bruno
★5.0
MOVIE2014
Night Has Settled
as Aida
★5.1
MOVIE2010
Revolución
as Chayo
★5.6
MOVIE2011
Cerro Bayo
as Marta
★3.5
MOVIE2010
Sucedió en un día
★8.0
MOVIE2023
Where the Tracks End
as Georgina
★5.6
MOVIE2023
Monica
as Leticia
★3.5
MOVIE2009
Rage
as Anita de Los Angeles
MOVIE2023
The Treasure
as Clemencia Ríos