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.

Most Known For

CSI: Miami

as Carmen Delko

ER

as Dolores Salazar

The Strain

as Guadalupe Elizalde

Thor

as Isabela Alvarez

Rambo: Last Blood

as María Beltrán

Blue Beetle

as Nana Reyes

Amores Perros

as Mama Octavio

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

as Maria Vega

We Can Be Heroes

as Grandma Moreno

Drag Me to Hell

as Shaun San Dena

Dark Blood

as Gloria Vera

Babel

as Amelia

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

as Abuela Valerie

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas

as Clara Domínguez

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

as Self

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

as Adriana Barraza

Yefon

as Jillian Parkman

Crystal Empire

as Flora

Duenos Del Paraiso

as Irene Medrano

The 33

as Marta