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Adriana Barraza is a Actor Mexicaine born on 5 march 1956 at Toluca (Mexique)

Adriana Barraza

Adriana Barraza
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Nationality Mexique
Birth 5 march 1956 (68 years) at Toluca (Mexique)

Adriana Barraza (born March 5, 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, Iñárritu cast her again in his film Babel. For her performance in Babel she was nominated for the Golden Globe, Critics' Choice, SAG, and 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.

Biography

Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia (née González Flores), and Eduardo Carral Barraza, a farmer. Her mother died when she was ten years old from Myocarditis, a heart condition. Barraza herself has experienced two heart attacks. She has a sister named Maria Eugenia Barraza and three brothers, Eduardo, Porfirio, and Jose.

She became pregnant at age 18 with her daughter, actress Carolina Valsagna b. 1975. The father of her daughter is not known, as he abandoned her. Her first husband was Carlos Valsagna, who she married in 1978, and he adopted her daughter and gave her his name. Her second husband is Arnaldo Pipke. Barraza studied acting through the Fine Arts School at Autonomous University of Chihuahua.

Best films

Babel (2006)
(Actress)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Adriana Barraza (19 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2020We Can Be HeroesActressGrandma Moreno
2019Rambo: Last BloodActressMaría Beltrán
2019Dora and the Lost City of GoldActressAbuela Valerie
2015The 33ActressMarta
2015Wild HorsesActressMrs. Davis
2014CakeActressSilvana
2012Mariachi GringoActressMagdalena
2011ThorActressIsabela Alvarez
2011From Prada to NadaActressAurelia Jimenez
2011The Snitch CartelActressLa Abuela
2010And Soon the DarknessActressRosamaria
2010Burning PalmsActressLouisa Alvarez
2009Drag Me to HellActressShaun San Dena
2009RageActressAnita de Los Angeles
2008Henry Poole Is HereActressEsperanza
2006BabelActressAmelia
200321 GramsActressHeart Transplant Nurse (uncredited)
2000Amores PerrosActressMama Octavio
1998La primera noche de mi vidaActress