Adriana Barraza

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Mar 05, 1956 (69 years old)

Adriana Barraza

Known For

My Penguin Friend
1h 38m
Movie 2024

My Penguin Friend

A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.

The Treasure
0h 21m
Movie 2023

The Treasure

After learning the last will of her son, Clemencia poses as a clairvoyant capable of tracking down and finding hidden treasures. In order to redeem the life of her son, she will have to convince Karime, a desperate and ambitious widow, that there is a treasure buried in her garden, a space that actually hides a dark secret. With the help of Don Felipe, a humble farmer, Clemencia digs hard and with each shovel he gets closer and closer to the sinister truth that ties his life to that of KARIME and Don Felipe: a truth that has been woven by the ruthless hands of organized crime.

Dark Obsession
1h 36m
Movie 2023

Dark Obsession

The story follows Anne, a painter who struggles with inner demons after being forced into a life of solitude when her husband leaves mysteriously.

Blue Beetle
2h 8m
Movie 2023

Blue Beetle

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.

Where the Tracks End
1h 35m
Movie 2023

Where the Tracks End

Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.

Monica
1h 53m
Movie 2023

Monica

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Diary of a Gigolo
0h 54m
TV Show 2022

Diary of a Gigolo

A male escort's life begins to unravel when he gets involved in a client's family affairs and breaks the cardinal rule of his work: Don't fall in love.

Koati
1h 32m
Movie 2021

Koati

Three unlikely heroes - Nachi, a free-spirited coati; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly and Pako, a hyperactive glass frog - embark on an adventure to stop wicked coral snake Zaina from destroying their rain forest homeland.

Bingo Hell
1h 25m
Movie 2021

Bingo Hell

In the barrio of Oak Springs lives a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita, keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know, their beloved bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.

Dark Blood
1h 23m
Movie 2021

Dark Blood

A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.

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.

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