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. 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.
Known For

CSI: Miami

ER

The Strain

Thor

Rambo: Last Blood

Blue Beetle

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

Diary of a Gigolo
All Movies (48)
- Runner2026 · as Donna
- The Follies2025 · as Irene
- My Penguin Friend2024 · as Maria
- The Treasure2023 · as Clemencia Ríos
- Dark Obsession2023
- Blue Beetle2023 · as Nana Reyes
- Where the Tracks End2023 · as Georgina
- Monica2023 · as Leticia
- Koati2021 · as Amaya (voice)
- Bingo Hell2021 · as Lupita
- Dark Blood2021 · as Gloria Vera
- We Can Be Heroes2020 · as Grandma Moreno
- Rambo: Last Blood2019 · as María Beltrán
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold2019 · as Abuela Valerie
- Coyote Lake2019 · as Teresa
- Bibi2019 · as Licha Mendoza
- Crazy About Work2018 · as Mercedes
- Ley primera2017
- Everything Else2016 · as Doña Flor
- Perros2016 · as Abogada
- Training Dad2015
- The 332015 · as Marta
- Wild Horses2015 · as Mrs. Davis
- Yefon2015 · as Jillian Parkman
- Cake2014 · as Silvana
- Night Has Settled2014 · as Aida
- Good Day, Ramon2013 · as Esperanza
- Mariachi Gringo2012 · as Magdalena
- The Secret of the Jade Medallion2012 · as Cornelia
- The Snitch Cartel2011 · as La Abuela
- Cerro Bayo2011 · as Marta
- Thor2011 · as Isabela Alvarez
- From Prada to Nada2011 · as Aurelia Jimenez
- Te Presento a Laura2010 · as Conchita
- Revolución2010 · as Chayo
- Burning Palms2010 · as Louisa Alvarez
- And Soon the Darkness2010 · as Rosamaria
- Love on a Weekend2010 · as Sofía
- Sucedió en un día2010
- Rage2009 · as Anita de Los Angeles
- Drag Me to Hell2009 · as Shaun San Dena
- Henry Poole Is Here2008 · as Esperanza
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes2007 · as Self
- Babel2006 · as Amelia
- Amores Perros2000 · as Mama Octavio
- The First Night1998 · as Mamá Bruno
- Hágase tu voluntad—
- Cut Off—
All TV Shows (18)
- Koati2025 · as Amaya (voice)
- Diary of a Gigolo2022 · as Minou
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels2020 · as Maria Vega
- Al otro Lado del Muro2018 · as Carmen Rosales
- Estocolmo2016
- Silvana Sin Lana2016 · as Trini
- Duenos Del Paraiso2015 · as Irene Medrano
- The Strain2014 · as Guadalupe Elizalde
- Capadocia2008 · as Silvia
- CSI: Miami2002 · as Carmen Delko
- Vivo Por Elena1998 · as Hilda
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco1997 · as Self
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco1997 · as Adriana Barraza
- Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas1997 · as Clara Domínguez
- La paloma1995 · as Madre Clara
- ER1994 · as Dolores Salazar
- Crystal Empire1994 · as Flora
- El Gato— · as Alma