Adriana Barraza

Personal Info

Birthday

March 5, 1956

(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.

Known For

The Strain

Thor

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

Rambo: Last Blood

We Can Be Heroes

Blue Beetle

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Filmography

2024
My Penguin Friend
as Maria
2023
The Treasure
as Clemencia Ríos
Blue Beetle
as Nana Reyes
Where the Tracks End
as Georgina
Monica
as Leticia
2021
Koati
as Amaya (voice)
Bingo Hell
as Lupita
Dark Blood
as Gloria Vera
2020
We Can Be Heroes
as Grandma Moreno
2019
Rambo: Last Blood
as María Beltrán
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
as Abuela Valerie
Coyote Lake
as Teresa
Bibi
as Licha Mendoza
2018
Crazy About Work
as Mercedes
2016
Everything Else
as Doña Flor
Perros
as Abogada
2015
The 33
as Marta
Wild Horses
as Mrs. Davis
Yefon
as Jillian Parkman
2014
Cake
as Silvana
Night Has Settled
as Aida
2013
Good Day, Ramon
as Esperanza
2012
Mariachi Gringo
as Magdalena
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
as Cornelia
2011
The Snitch Cartel
as La Abuela
Cerro Bayo
as Marta
Thor
as Isabela Alvarez
From Prada to Nada
as Aurelia Jimenez
2010
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
2009
Rage
as Anita de Los Angeles
Drag Me to Hell
as Shaun San Dena
2008
Henry Poole Is Here
as Esperanza
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
2006
Babel
as Amelia
2000
Amores Perros
as Mama Octavio