Sônia Braga

Personal Info

Birthday

June 8, 1950

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Also Known As

Соня Брага

Sonia Braga

Sônia María Campos Braga

Sonia Maria Campos Braga

سونیا براگا

Sônia Braga

Biography

Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She's known for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). She was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award for her role in for the 1994 television film The Burning Season. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Known For

Law & Order

CSI: Miami

Ghost Whisperer

Sex and the City

The Cosby Show

Brothers and Sisters

Tales from the Crypt

Warehouse 13

Filmography

2024
The First Omen
as Sister Silva
2023
Pictures of Ghosts
as Self
2022
Shotgun Wedding
as Renata Ortiz
A dama de todos
as The Lady in Archive Footage
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Fatima
as Sister Lucia
2019
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
The Jesus Rolls
as Mother
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
Bacurau
as Domingas
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Wonder
as Grans
2016
Aquarius
as Clara
2014
Emoticon
as Sonia
2013
The Wine of Summer
as Eliza
The Ordained
as Magalys
Meddling Mom
as Carmen Vega
2012
Feijoada Completa
as Celeste
2010
An Invisible Sign
as Mom
Lope: The Outlaw
as Paquita
2008
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Self
2007
The Hottest State
as Mrs. Garcia
Bordertown
as Teresa Casillas
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Tina
2004
Scene Stealers
as Celia Crouch
2003
Testosterone
as Pablo's mother
2002
Empire
as Iris
2001
Posthumous Memories
as Marcela
Angel Eyes
as Josephine Pogue
The Judge
as Lily Acosta
Perfume
as Irene Mancini
2000
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
as Quixtla
1998
Money Play$
as Irene
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1996
Tieta of Agreste
as Tieta
Two Deaths
as Ana Puscasu
1994
The Burning Season
as Regina de Carvalho
1993
Roosters
as Juana Morales
1991
The Last Prostitute
as Loah
1990
The Rookie
as Liesl
1988
Moon Over Parador
as Madonna
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Ruby Archuleta
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
1983
Gabriela
as Gabriela
1981
I Love You
as Maria
1978
Lady on the Bus
as Solange
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
1975
O Casal
as Maria Lúcia
1970
Cleo e Daniel
as Sandra
A Moreninha
as Carolina, a Moreninha
1968
The Red Light Bandit
as Victim (as Sonia Braga)