Actor profile

Adriana Barraza

5th March 1956 Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico Acting

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.

45 Movies 17 TV Shows 1 In Production 67 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Follies poster

The Follies 13th November 2025 as Irene

My Penguin Friend poster

My Penguin Friend 7th August 2024 as Maria

The Treasure poster

The Treasure 1st September 2023 as Clemencia Ríos

Dark Obsession poster

Dark Obsession 28th August 2023

Blue Beetle poster

Blue Beetle 16th August 2023 as Nana Reyes

Where the Tracks End poster

Where the Tracks End 26th May 2023 as Georgina

Monica poster

Monica 6th March 2023 as Leticia

Koati poster

Koati 22nd October 2021 as Amaya (voice)

Bingo Hell poster

Bingo Hell 1st October 2021 as Lupita

Dark Blood poster

Dark Blood 5th September 2021 as Gloria Vera

We Can Be Heroes poster

We Can Be Heroes 25th December 2020 as Grandma Moreno

Rambo: Last Blood poster

Rambo: Last Blood 18th September 2019 as María Beltrán

Dora and the Lost City of Gold poster

Dora and the Lost City of Gold 8th August 2019 as Abuela Valerie

Coyote Lake poster

Coyote Lake 2nd August 2019 as Teresa

Bibi poster

Bibi 20th July 2019 as Licha Mendoza

Crazy About Work poster

Crazy About Work 16th November 2018 as Mercedes

Ley primera poster

Ley primera 9th March 2017

Everything Else poster

Everything Else 21st October 2016 as Doña Flor

Perros poster

Perros 24th July 2016 as Abogada

Training Dad poster

Training Dad 25th September 2015

The 33 poster

The 33 6th August 2015 as Marta

Wild Horses poster

Wild Horses 5th June 2015 as Mrs. Davis

Yefon poster

Yefon 16th January 2015 as Jillian Parkman

Cake poster

Cake 7th September 2014 as Silvana

Night Has Settled poster

Night Has Settled 1st February 2014 as Aida

Good Day, Ramon poster

Good Day, Ramon 21st October 2013 as Esperanza

Mariachi Gringo poster

Mariachi Gringo 3rd October 2012 as Magdalena

The Secret of the Jade Medallion poster

The Secret of the Jade Medallion 2nd March 2012 as Cornelia

The Snitch Cartel poster

The Snitch Cartel 11th November 2011 as La Abuela

Cerro Bayo poster

Cerro Bayo 17th August 2011 as Marta

Thor poster

Thor 21st April 2011 as Isabela Alvarez

From Prada to Nada poster

From Prada to Nada 28th January 2011 as Aurelia Jimenez

Te Presento a Laura poster

Te Presento a Laura 29th October 2010 as Conchita

Revolución poster

Revolución 16th July 2010 as Chayo

Burning Palms poster

Burning Palms 23rd April 2010 as Louisa Alvarez

And Soon the Darkness poster

And Soon the Darkness 25th February 2010 as Rosamaria

Love on a Weekend poster

Love on a Weekend 22nd January 2010 as Sofía

Sucedió en un día poster

Sucedió en un día 1st January 2010

Rage poster

Rage 24th September 2009 as Anita de Los Angeles

Drag Me to Hell poster

Drag Me to Hell 27th May 2009 as Shaun San Dena

Henry Poole Is Here poster

Henry Poole Is Here 15th August 2008 as Esperanza

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes poster

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes 30th September 2007 as Self

Babel poster

Babel 26th October 2006 as Amelia

Amores Perros poster

Amores Perros 16th June 2000 as Mama Octavio

The First Night poster

The First Night 27th March 1998 as Mamá Bruno

Una Familia Complicada poster

Una Familia Complicada 26th June 2026 as Telma Orozco de Navarro

Koati poster

Koati 13th November 2025 as Amaya (voice)

Diary of a Gigolo poster

Diary of a Gigolo 7th September 2022 as Minou

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels poster

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels 26th April 2020 as Maria Vega

Al otro Lado del Muro poster

Al otro Lado del Muro 21st February 2018 as Carmen Rosales

Estocolmo poster

Estocolmo 11th November 2016

Silvana Sin Lana poster

Silvana Sin Lana 19th July 2016 as Trini

Duenos Del Paraiso poster

Duenos Del Paraiso 19th January 2015 as Irene Medrano

The Strain poster

The Strain 13th July 2014 as Guadalupe Elizalde

Capadocia poster

Capadocia 2nd March 2008 as Silvia

CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami 23rd September 2002 as Carmen Delko

Vivo Por Elena poster

Vivo Por Elena 6th April 1998 as Hilda

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco 26th September 1997 as Self

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco 26th September 1997 as Adriana Barraza

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas poster

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas 6th January 1997 as Clara Domínguez

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Dolores Salazar

Crystal Empire poster

Crystal Empire 29th August 1994 as Flora

Runner poster

Coming soon

Runner 10th September 2026 as Donna