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Sônia Braga is a Actor and Producer Brésil born on 8 june 1950 at Maringá (Bresil)
Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born 8 June 1950) is a Brazilian actress. Nominated for three Golden Globes and an Emmy Award, Braga is best known in the English-speaking world for her performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Moon Over Parador. Her television credits include Sex and the City, Alias, American Family and The Cosby Show.
Her niece, Alice Braga, has starred in several films such as City of God and I Am Legend with Will Smith and Blindness with Julianne Moore.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1968
The Red Light Bandit
Victim
1970
Cleo e Daniel
Sandra
1970
A Moreninha
Carolina
1971
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
Boy
1973
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Mestiça
1975
O Casal
Maria Lúcia
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor (Florípides) Guimarães
1978
Lady on the Bus
Solange
1981
I Love You
Maria
1983
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
Gabriela
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
Ruby Archuleta
1988
Moon over Parador
Madonna Mendez
1990
The Rookie
Liesl
1993
Roosters
Juana Morales
1994
The Burning Season
Regina de Carvalho
1995
Two Deaths
Ana Puscasu
1996
Tieta do Agreste
Tieta
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Quixtla
2001
Perfume
Irene Mancini
2001
Memórias Póstumas
Marcela
2001
Angel Eyes
Josephine Pogue
2002
Empire
Iris
2003
Testosterone
Pablo's Mother
2004
Amália Traïda
Amália Rodrigues
Short
2004
Scene Stealers
Celia Crouch
2005
Che Guevara
Celia
2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Tina
2006
Sea of Dreams
Nurka
2006
Bordertown
Teresa Casillas
2006
The Hottest State
Mrs. Garcia
2010
An Invisible Sign
Mom
2010
Lope
Paquita
2012
The Wine of Summer
(1985)
(Actress)
(1988)
(Actress)
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Birth name Sônia Maria Campos Braga
Nationality Bresil
Birth 8 june 1950 (74 years) at Maringá (Bresil)
Nationality Bresil
Birth 8 june 1950 (74 years) at Maringá (Bresil)
Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born 8 June 1950) is a Brazilian actress. Nominated for three Golden Globes and an Emmy Award, Braga is best known in the English-speaking world for her performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Moon Over Parador. Her television credits include Sex and the City, Alias, American Family and The Cosby Show.
Biography
During the 1980s, Braga had relationships with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, with actor Robert Redford and later, with director Clint Eastwood. She has no children.Her niece, Alice Braga, has starred in several films such as City of God and I Am Legend with Will Smith and Blindness with Julianne Moore.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1968
The Red Light Bandit
Victim
1970
Cleo e Daniel
Sandra
1970
A Moreninha
Carolina
1971
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
Boy
1973
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
Mestiça
1975
O Casal
Maria Lúcia
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor (Florípides) Guimarães
1978
Lady on the Bus
Solange
1981
I Love You
Maria
1983
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
Gabriela
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
Ruby Archuleta
1988
Moon over Parador
Madonna Mendez
1990
The Rookie
Liesl
1993
Roosters
Juana Morales
1994
The Burning Season
Regina de Carvalho
1995
Two Deaths
Ana Puscasu
1996
Tieta do Agreste
Tieta
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Quixtla
2001
Perfume
Irene Mancini
2001
Memórias Póstumas
Marcela
2001
Angel Eyes
Josephine Pogue
2002
Empire
Iris
2003
Testosterone
Pablo's Mother
2004
Amália Traïda
Amália Rodrigues
Short
2004
Scene Stealers
Celia Crouch
2005
Che Guevara
Celia
2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
Tina
2006
Sea of Dreams
Nurka
2006
Bordertown
Teresa Casillas
2006
The Hottest State
Mrs. Garcia
2010
An Invisible Sign
Mom
2010
Lope
Paquita
2012
The Wine of Summer
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The Jesus Rolls (2019)
Directed by John Turturro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Black comedy
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors John Turturro, Susan Sarandon, Audrey Tautou, Bobby Cannavale, Sônia Braga, Gloria Reuben
Roles Mother
Rating44%
Jesus et Petey, sont deux malfrats, bien décidés à donner son premier orgasme à une jeune femme. Une ancienne « reprise de justice » se joint à eux.
Bacurau (2019)
, 2h12Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Western
Actors Sônia Braga, Udo Kier
Roles Domingas
Rating73%
Dans le petit village de Bacurau du Sertão, dans la région du Nordeste, des villageois font face à des événements très étranges.
Wonder (2017)
, 1h53Directed by Stephen Chbosky
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Izabela Vidovic, Mandy Patinkin, Danielle Rose Russell
Roles Grans
Rating79%
August « Auggie » Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) est un garçon né avec une malformation faciale appelée le syndrome de Treacher Collins qui l'a empêché jusqu'à présent d'aller normalement à l'école du fait des nombreuses opérations chirurgicales qu'il a subies pendant son enfance. Et c'est sa mère qui a assuré un enseignement à la maison. Enfant intelligent et passionné par les sciences, il se prépare à intégrer sa première année de middle school (au Canada, équivalent à la fin de l'école primaire et au début du secondaire; en France au CM2 et à la dernière année de primaire) dans une école privée de son quartier, Beecher Prep. Avec l'aide de ses parents (Julia Roberts et Owen Wilson) et de sa sœur (Izabela Vidovic), il doit surmonter moqueries, mises à l'écart et méchancetés d'autres élèves, mais réussira à se faire accepter.
Aquarius (2016)
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Actors Sônia Braga, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão
Roles Clara
Rating74%
Recife, 1980. Clara, qui vient de réchapper d'un cancer du sein, organise la fête d'anniversaire de sa tante âgée de 70 ans.
The Wine of Summer (2013)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sônia Braga, Ethan Peck, Elsa Pataky, Najwa Nimri, Marcia Gay Harden, Kelsey Chow
Roles Eliza
Rating52%
James (Peck), at the age of 27 quits his law career in pursuit of his childhood dream of becoming an actor. While studying acting under the tutelage of Shelley (Harden), he becomes engrossed in Carlo Lucchesi's play, Tinto de Verano, which is set in Spain. James’ girlfriend Brit (Chow) leaves him, and he spontaneously flies to Spain, where he encounters the playwright Lucchesi (Wells) at a bookstore in Barcelona. Lucchesi is in a relationship with a much younger woman, Veronica (Pataky), but still nurtures an old love for his long lost muse, Eliza (Braga), a novelist, who happens to be visiting her son, Nico (Talvola) a trumpet player who also lives in Barcelona. In the golden backdrop of Spain, these characters find their fates intertwined.
Meddling Mom (2013)
, 1h25Directed by Patricia Cardoso
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sônia Braga, Mercedes Renard, Saundra Santiago, Rafael Amaya, Tony Plana, Rose Abdoo
Roles Carmen Vega
Rating46%
Carmen est fière de marier sa fille Yolanda et s'inquiète que son aînée, Ally, ne soit toujours pas mariée. Elle tente alors tous les stratagèmes pour faire rencontrer de séduisants célibataires à son architecte de fille et invite ainsi le beau Pablo. Carmen et la mère de Pablo organisent un rendez-vous galant entre les deux jeunes gens, qui ne provoque pourtant pas de coup de foudre attendu par les mères entremetteuses
An Invisible Sign (2010)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jessica Alba, J. K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Bailee Madison, Sônia Braga, Sophie Nyweide
Roles Mom
Rating53%
Mona Gray (Jessica Alba) systematically withdraws from life into a world of mathematics after a mysterious mental illness leaves her father (John Shea) incapacitated and a shell of his former self. Forced by her mother to move out on her own, Mona gets a job as a math teacher at an elementary school. There she discovers she has an unorthodox talent for teaching and finds herself thrust back into life again, with children to care for, and a reason to live. Mona takes special interest in one of her students, Lisa Venus (Sophie Nyweide), whose mother is dying of cancer. When fellow teacher Ben Smith (Chris Messina) shows romantic interest in her, Mona reverts to some of her old self-destructive impulses. Eventually, Mona discovers her value in the love she shows her students, and Ben's patience is finally rewarded as the two find love in each other.
Lope (2010)
, 1h46Directed by Andrucha Waddington
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Alberto Ammann, Antonio de la Torre, Luis Tosar, Sônia Braga
Roles Paquita
Rating59%
Biopic of the poet and playwright Lope de Vega. Set in 1588, Lope is a young soldier who has just arrived in Madrid from the war. The city is still under construction and he, like many others, still does not know which path to follow. While struggling with his restlessness and ambition, two women come into his life. One, a liberal and successful businesswoman who can help Lope with his career, and the other, an aristocrat who ends up being his true lover.
Bordertown (2007)
, 1h52Directed by Gregory Nava
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Serial killer films, Political films
Actors Jennifer Lopez, Martin Sheen, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Sônia Braga, Antonio Banderas, Maya Zapata
Roles Teresa Casillas
Rating60%
The opening titles explain that American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products.
The Hottest State (2006)
, 1h57Directed by Ethan Hawke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Michelle Williams, Glen Powell, Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney
Roles Mrs. Garcia
Rating59%
The film tells the story of a 20-year-old actor William (Mark Webber) who falls in love for the first time with an aspiring singer, Sarah (Catalina Sandino Moreno). As their love blossoms and languishes, young William reexamines himself and his relationship with his mother Jesse (Laura Linney) and estranged father Vince (Hawke himself).
, 1h43Directed by Randall Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Sean Astin, Mary Steenburgen, Marisa Tomei, Donnie Wahlberg
Roles Tina
Rating64%
Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) is a baker grieving his wife's recent death and living in a near catatonic state. Frank happens upon a car accident and meets the loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills (John Goodman). Steve is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena to meet a childhood friend and asks Frank to go in his place. Frank goes in search of Steve's friend and arrives at a ballroom dance class. As the film progresses the story moves back and forth through the timeline of Steve's childhood, the accident scene, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop.
Testosterone (2003)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors David Sutcliffe, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Sônia Braga, Jennifer Elise Cox, Davenia McFadden
Roles Pablo's mother
Rating53%
Dean Seagrave (David Sutcliffe) is a thirty-something graphic novelist living in L.A., and though he's found personal happiness with his hot, Argentinian boyfriend, Pablo (Antonio Sabato, Jr.), he can't surmount his writers' block slump following his successful debut graphic novel, Teenage Speed Freak. His life begins to unravel when his editor, Luise (Coolidge), gives him an ultimatum, and Pablo, the sexy boyfriend, goes out for cigarettes one night and never comes back. Lonely, depressed, and at the end of his rope, he flies to Argentina in search of closure, but the characters he discovers there – Pablo's secretive and controlling Mother (Sônia Braga), Pablo's ex-lover Marcos (Leonardo Brzezicki), and Marcos' enigmatic sister Sofia (Celina Font) – conspire to prevent him from reaching Pablo.
Empire (2002)
, 1h30Directed by Franc. Reyes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Sônia Braga, Delilah Cotto, Vincent Laresca
Roles Iris
Rating59%
Victor Rosa (Leguizamo) is a drug dealer in New York who sells a specific brand of heroin called "Empire". His territory is located in the South Bronx, where his other rivals all maintain an uneasy truce maintained because they all purchase their drugs from the same supplier, the drug lord La Colombiana (Isabella Rossellini). Victor is invited to a chic white collar party by his girlfriend Carmen (Delilah Cotto). The party is being thrown by her friend Trish (Denise Richards) and her boyfriend Jack (Sarsgaard), an investment banker. With a baby on the way, Vic decides to go straight, and begins to invest money with Jack, receiving significant returns. His friendship with Jack affords Vic a whole new lifestyle, and creates a rift between him and Carmen.
Angel Eyes (2001)
, 1h42Directed by Mark Canton, Elie Samaha, Luis Mandoki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto, Terrence Howard, Sônia Braga, Victor Argo
Roles Josephine Pogue
Rating57%
On a wet rainy night in Chicago, police officer Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez) is at the scene of a serious traffic accident holding the hand of one of the victims, pleading that he hold on and not give up. One year later, Sharon is frustrated with the men she dates, and has become estranged from her family for having her father arrested for beating her mother Josephine (Sonia Braga). Her father and brother, Larry (Jeremy Sisto), have never forgiven her, and her anger is affecting her police work.
Perfume (2001)
, 1h46Directed by Hunter Carson, Michael Rymer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes La mode
Actors Estella Warren, Jeff Goldblum, Mariel Hemingway, Carmen Electra, Omar Epps, Peter Gallagher
Roles Irene Mancini
Rating36%
Prior to a major show, the people involved find themselves embroiled in their own personal battles.