Adriana Barraza
Acting
65 titles
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.
Filmography
Runner
2026
The Follies
2025
Koati
2025
My Penguin Friend
2024
The Treasure
2023
Dark Obsession
2023
Blue Beetle
2023
Where the Tracks End
2023
Monica
2023
Diary of a Gigolo
2022
Koati
2021
Bingo Hell
2021
Dark Blood
2021
We Can Be Heroes
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
Rambo: Last Blood
2019
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
Coyote Lake
2019
Bibi
2019
Crazy About Work
2018
Al otro Lado del Muro
2018
Ley primera
2017
Estocolmo
2016
Everything Else
2016
Perros
2016
Silvana Sin Lana
2016
Training Dad
2015
The 33
2015
Wild Horses
2015
Duenos Del Paraiso
2015
Yefon
2015
Cake
2014
The Strain
2014
Night Has Settled
2014
Good Day, Ramon
2013
Mariachi Gringo
2012
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
2012
The Snitch Cartel
2011
Cerro Bayo
2011
Thor
2011
From Prada to Nada
2011
Te Presento a Laura
2010
Revolución
2010
Burning Palms
2010
And Soon the Darkness
2010
Love on a Weekend
2010
Sucedió en un día
2010
Rage
2009
Drag Me to Hell
2009
Henry Poole Is Here
2008
Capadocia
2008
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
Babel
2006
CSI: Miami
2002
Amores Perros
2000
Vivo Por Elena
1998
The First Night
1998
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997
La paloma
1995
ER
1994
Crystal Empire
1994
Hágase tu voluntad
Cut Off
El Gato