Sonia 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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

CSI: Miami

Ghost Whisperer

Sex and the City

The Cosby Show

Warehouse 13

Brothers and Sisters

All Movies (59)

• The First Omen2024 · as Sister Silva
• Pictures of Ghosts2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Shotgun Wedding2022 · as Renata Ortiz
• A dama de todos2022 · as The Lady in Archive Footage
• Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fatima2020 · as Sister Lucia
• Bacurau no Mapa2019 · as Self
• The Jesus Rolls2019 · as Mother
• Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage2019 · as Self
• Bacurau2019 · as Domingas
• Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wonder2017 · as Grans
• Aquarius2016 · as Clara
• Emoticon2014 · as Sonia
• The Wine of Summer2013 · as Eliza
• Invisible World2013 · as Segment "Kreuko"
• The Ordained2013 · as Magalys
• Meddling Mom2013 · as Carmen Vega
• Feijoada Completa2012 · as Celeste
• An Invisible Sign2010 · as Mom
• Lope: The Outlaw2010 · as Paquita
• Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman2008 · as Self
• The Hottest State2007 · as Mrs. Garcia
• Bordertown2007 · as Teresa Casillas
• Sea of Dreams2006
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School2006 · as Tina
• Scene Stealers2004 · as Celia Crouch
• Testosterone2003 · as Pablo's mother
• Empire2002 · as Iris
• Posthumous Memories2001 · as Marcela
• Angel Eyes2001 · as Josephine Pogue
• The Judge2001 · as Lily Acosta
• Perfume2001 · as Irene Mancini
• From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter2000 · as Quixtla
• Money Play$1998 · as Irene
• Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997 · as Self
• Tieta of Agreste1996 · as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
• Two Deaths1996 · as Ana Puscasu
• The Burning Season1994 · as Regina de Carvalho
• Roosters1993 · as Juana Morales
• The Last Prostitute1991 · as Loah
• The Rookie1990 · as Liesl
• Moon Over Parador1988 · as Madonna
• The Milagro Beanfield War1988 · as Ruby Archuleta
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains1987 · as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
• Kiss of the Spider Woman1985 · as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
• Patriamada1985
• Gabriela1983 · as Gabriela
• I Love You1981 · as Maria
• Lady on the Bus1978 · as Solange
• Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands1976 · as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
• O Casal1975 · as Maria Lúcia
• Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável1974 · as Mestiça
• O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil1971
• Devil's Hour1971
• Cleo e Daniel1970 · as Sandra
• A Moreninha1970 · as Carolina, a Moreninha
• The Red Light Bandit1968 · as Victim (as Sonia Braga)
• Atenção: Perigo1967

All TV Shows (37)

• M.I.A.2026 · as Vida Rojas
• Marvel's Luke Cage2016 · as Soledad
• Tapas & Beijos2011 · as Helô Siqueira
• The Cariocas2010 · as Júlia
• Warehouse 132009 · as Alicia
• Royal Pains2009 · as Lorena Correia
• Donas de Casa Desesperadas2007 · as Alice Monteiro
• Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Gabriela Laurent
• Pages of Life2006 · as Tônia Werneck
• Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Estella de la Costa
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Dona Marta Cruz
• George Lopez2002 · as Emilina Palmero
• American Family2002 · as Berta Gonzalez
• Alias2001 · as Elena Derevko
• Family Law1999 · as Beatrice Valdez
• Força de um Desejo1999 · as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
• A Will of their Own1998 · as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz
• Sex and the City1998 · as Maria Diega Reyes
• Four Corners1998 · as Carlota Alvarez
• Moses1996 · as Zipporah
• Streets of Laredo1995 · as Maria Garza
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995 · as Esmeralda (voice)
• Noche de ronda1993 · as Self
• Law & Order1990 · as Helen
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
• The Cosby Show1984 · as Anna Maria Westlake
• Chega Mais1980 · as Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida)
• Dancin' Days1978 · as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
• Espelho Mágico1977 · as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)
• Saramandaia1976 · as Marcina Moreira
• Gabriela1975 · as Gabriela
• Fogo Sobre Terra1974 · as Brisa
• Vila Sésamo1972 · as Ana Maria
• Selva de Pedra1972 · as Flávia Moreno
• Irmãos Coragem1970 · as Lídia Siqueira
• A Menina do Veleiro Azul1969 · as Otília
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self