
Adriana Barraza
Known for acting · Born 5 March 1956 · 70 · Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
71 credits
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.
Known for

Silvana Sin Lana
2016

Cómplices Al Rescate
2002

Babel
2006

Adventures in Time
2001

Unforgettable
1999

Cake
2014

Rambo: Last Blood
2019

Drag Me to Hell
2009

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020

Crystal Empire
1994

Locura de Amor
2000