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Adriana Barraza
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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 directi…
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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.
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The Follies
as Irene
My Penguin Friend
as Maria
The Treasure
as Clemencia Ríos
Dark Obsession
Blue Beetle
as Nana Reyes
Where the Tracks End
as Georgina
Monica
as Leticia
Koati
as Amaya (voice)
Bingo Hell
as Lupita
Dark Blood
as Gloria Vera
We Can Be Heroes
as Grandma Moreno
Rambo: Last Blood
as María Beltrán
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Abuela Valerie
Coyote Lake
as Teresa
Bibi
as Licha Mendoza
Crazy About Work
as Mercedes
Ley primera
Everything Else
as Doña Flor
Perros
as Abogada
Training Dad
The 33
as Marta
Wild Horses
as Mrs. Davis
Yefon
as Jillian Parkman
Cake
as Silvana
Night Has Settled
as Aida
Good Day, Ramon
as Esperanza
Mariachi Gringo
as Magdalena
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
as Cornelia
The Snitch Cartel
as La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
as Marta
Thor
as Isabela Alvarez
From Prada to Nada
as Aurelia Jimenez
Te Presento a Laura
as Conchita
Revolución
as Chayo
Burning Palms
as Louisa Alvarez
And Soon the Darkness
as Rosamaria
Love on a Weekend
as Sofía
Sucedió en un día
Rage
as Anita de Los Angeles
Drag Me to Hell
as Shaun San Dena
Henry Poole Is Here
as Esperanza
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
Babel
as Amelia
Amores Perros
as Mama Octavio
The First Night
as Mamá Bruno
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