Runner2026
As Donna
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Adriana Barraza
Born
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 (48)
Thor2011
As Isabela Alvarez
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Blue Beetle2023
As Nana Reyes
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Rambo: Last Blood2019
As María Beltrán
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dora and the Lost City of Gold2019
As Abuela Valerie
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Drag Me to Hell2009
As Shaun San Dena
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Babel2006
As Amelia
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Amores Perros2000
As Mama Octavio
TMDb 7.6 / 10
We Can Be Heroes2020
As Grandma Moreno
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The 332015
As Marta
TMDb 6.4 / 10
My Penguin Friend2024
As Maria
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Cake2014
As Silvana
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Koati2021
As Amaya (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
And Soon the Darkness2010
As Rosamaria
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Ley primera2017
TMDb 1.0 / 10
From Prada to Nada2011
As Aurelia Jimenez
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Wild Horses2015
As Mrs. Davis
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Follies2025
As Irene
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes2007
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Burning Palms2010
As Louisa Alvarez
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Henry Poole Is Here2008
As Esperanza
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dark Blood2021
As Gloria Vera
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Bibi2019
As Licha Mendoza
Cut Off
Cut OffRelease date TBA
Where the Tracks End2023
As Georgina
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Night Has Settled2014
As Aida
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Snitch Cartel2011
As La Abuela
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Coyote Lake2019
As Teresa
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bingo Hell2021
As Lupita
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Monica2023
As Leticia
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Dark Obsession2023
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Hágase tu voluntad
Hágase tu voluntadRelease date TBA
Good Day, Ramon2013
As Esperanza
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Mariachi Gringo2012
As Magdalena
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Secret of the Jade Medallion2012
As Cornelia
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Perros2016
As Abogada
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Crazy About Work2018
As Mercedes
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Love on a Weekend2010
As Sofía
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Te Presento a Laura2010
As Conchita
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Yefon2015
As Jillian Parkman
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Training Dad2015
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Everything Else2016
As Doña Flor
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The First Night1998
As Mamá Bruno
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Treasure2023
As Clemencia Ríos
Rage2009
As Anita de Los Angeles
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Revolución2010
As Chayo
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Cerro Bayo2011
As Marta
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Sucedió en un día2010
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb