Sônia Braga

Biography

Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She's known for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). She was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award for her role in for the 1994 television film The Burning Season. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Most Known For

Law & Order

as Helen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

CSI: Miami

as Dona Marta Cruz

Sex and the City

as Maria Diega Reyes

Ghost Whisperer

as Estella de la Costa

The Cosby Show

as Anna Maria Westlake

Warehouse 13

as Alicia

Tales from the Crypt

as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

Brothers and Sisters

as Gabriela Laurent

Marvel's Luke Cage

as Soledad

Royal Pains

as Lorena Correia

Wonder

as Grans

Pages of Life

as Tônia Werneck

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Esmeralda (voice)

Family Law

as Beatrice Valdez

The Power of Desire

as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral

Irmãos Coragem

as Lídia Siqueira

Alias

as Elena Derevko

Fatima

as Sister Lucia

Gabriela

as Gabriela