Adriana Barraza

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-03-05 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

Adriana Barraza

Biography

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

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • ER

    ER

  • The Strain

    The Strain

  • Thor

    Thor

  • We Can Be Heroes

    We Can Be Heroes

  • Drag Me to Hell

    Drag Me to Hell

  • Babel

    Babel

  • Amores Perros

    Amores Perros

  • Dark Blood

    Dark Blood

  • Rambo: Last Blood

    Rambo: Last Blood

  • Cerro Bayo

    Cerro Bayo

  • Monica

    Monica

  • Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

  • Blue Beetle

    Blue Beetle

  • Yefon

    Yefon

  • Revolución

    Revolución

  • Runner

    Runner

  • Cut Off

    Cut Off

  • Good Day, Ramon

    Good Day, Ramon

  • Burning Palms

    Burning Palms

  • Dark Obsession

    Dark Obsession

  • Diary of a Gigolo

    Diary of a Gigolo

  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold

    Dora and the Lost City of Gold

  • Henry Poole Is Here

    Henry Poole Is Here

  • Bibi

    Bibi

  • My Penguin Friend

    My Penguin Friend

  • Al otro Lado del Muro

    Al otro Lado del Muro

  • Koati

    Koati

  • Night Has Settled

    Night Has Settled

  • Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas

    Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas

  • Rage

    Rage

  • Capadocia

    Capadocia

  • The 33

    The 33

  • Duenos Del Paraiso

    Duenos Del Paraiso

  • Love on a Weekend

    Love on a Weekend

  • Crystal Empire

    Crystal Empire

  • Cake

    Cake

  • Silvana Sin Lana

    Silvana Sin Lana

  • Perros

    Perros

  • Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

  • Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

    Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

  • The Follies

    The Follies

  • Estocolmo

    Estocolmo

  • Ley primera

    Ley primera

  • From Prada to Nada

    From Prada to Nada

  • Where the Tracks End

    Where the Tracks End

  • La paloma

    La paloma

  • Koati

    Koati

  • Wild Horses

    Wild Horses

  • And Soon the Darkness

    And Soon the Darkness

  • El Gato

    El Gato

  • The Snitch Cartel

    The Snitch Cartel

  • Bingo Hell

    Bingo Hell

  • Te Presento a Laura

    Te Presento a Laura

  • The First Night

    The First Night

  • Coyote Lake

    Coyote Lake

  • Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

    Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

  • Crazy About Work

    Crazy About Work

  • Mariachi Gringo

    Mariachi Gringo

  • Training Dad

    Training Dad

  • The Treasure

    The Treasure

  • Everything Else

    Everything Else

  • Sucedió en un día

    Sucedió en un día

  • Hágase tu voluntad

    Hágase tu voluntad

  • The Secret of the Jade Medallion

    The Secret of the Jade Medallion