Adriana Barraza
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1956-03-05 (68 years old)
Place of Birth Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Adriana Barraza
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
Actor
as Alma
as Maria
as Clemencia Ríos
as Nana Reyes
as Georgina
as Leticia
as Minou
as Amaya (voice)
as Lupita
as Gloria Vera
as Grandma Moreno
as Maria Vega
as María Beltrán
as Abuela Valerie
as Teresa
as Licha Mendoza
as Mercedes
as Carmen Rosales
as Doña Flor
as Abogada
as Trini
as Marta
as Mrs. Davis
as Jillian Parkman
as Irene Medrano
as Silvana
as Aida
as Guadalupe Elizalde
as Esperanza
as Magdalena
as Cornelia
as La Abuela
as Marta
as Isabela Alvarez
as Aurelia Jimenez
as Conchita
as Chayo
as Louisa Alvarez
as Rosamaria
as Sofía
as Anita de Los Angeles
as Shaun San Dena
as Esperanza
as Silvia
as Amelia
as Mama Octavio
as Self
as Adriana Barraza
as Clara Domínguez
as Madre Clara
as Dolores Salazar
as Flora
Director
as Action Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director