Adriana Barraza
Acting
1956-03-05 · Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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
TheatersRunner
2026 · Movie
Una Familia Complicada
2026 · Series
Koati
2025 · Series
The Follies
2025 · Movie
My Penguin Friend
2024 · Movie
The Treasure
2023 · Movie
Dark Obsession
2023 · Movie
Blue Beetle
2023 · Movie
Where the Tracks End
2023 · Movie
Monica
2023 · Movie
Diary of a Gigolo
2022 · Series
Koati
2021 · Movie
Bingo Hell
2021 · Movie
Dark Blood
2021 · Movie
We Can Be Heroes
2020 · Movie
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020 · Series
Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · Movie
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019 · Movie
Coyote Lake
2019 · Movie
Bibi
2019 · Movie
Crazy About Work
2018 · Movie
Al otro Lado del Muro
2018 · Series
Ley primera
2017 · Movie
Estocolmo
2016 · Series
Everything Else
2016 · Movie
Perros
2016 · Movie
Silvana Sin Lana
2016 · Series
Training Dad
2015 · Movie
The 33
2015 · Movie
Wild Horses
2015 · Movie
Duenos Del Paraiso
2015 · Series
Yefon
2015 · Movie
Cake
2014 · Movie
The Strain
2014 · Series
Night Has Settled
2014 · Movie
Good Day, Ramon
2013 · Movie
Mariachi Gringo
2012 · Movie
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
2012 · Movie
The Snitch Cartel
2011 · Movie
Cerro Bayo
2011 · Movie
Thor
2011 · Movie
From Prada to Nada
2011 · Movie
Te Presento a Laura
2010 · Movie
Revolución
2010 · Movie
Burning Palms
2010 · Movie
And Soon the Darkness
2010 · Movie
Love on a Weekend
2010 · Movie
Sucedió en un día
2010 · Movie
Rage
2009 · Movie
Drag Me to Hell
2009 · Movie
Henry Poole Is Here
2008 · Movie
Capadocia
2008 · Series
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007 · Movie
Babel
2006 · Movie
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
Cómplices Al Rescate
2002 · Series
Adventures in Time
2001 · Series
Amores Perros
2000 · Movie
Locura de Amor
2000 · Series
Unforgettable
1999 · Series
Vivo Por Elena
1998 · Series
The First Night
1998 · Movie
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997 · Series
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997 · Series
La paloma
1995 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Crystal Empire
1994 · Series
Hágase tu voluntad
Movie
Cut Off
Movie
El Gato
Series