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Adriana Barraza

1956-03-05 (68 years old) in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico

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.

Movies

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My Penguin Friend
76 %|Aug 7, 2024
Family, Adventure, Drama
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The Treasure
0 %|Sep 1, 2023
Drama
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Dark Obsession
0 %|Aug 28, 2023
Thriller
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Blue Beetle
67.43 %|Aug 16, 2023
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
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Where the Tracks End
82 %|May 26, 2023
Drama, Comedy, Family
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Monica
58 %|May 12, 2023
Drama
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Koati
71 %|Oct 22, 2021
Animation
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Bingo Hell
46.980000000000004 %|Oct 1, 2021
Thriller, Horror
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Dark Blood
51 %|Sep 5, 2021
Crime, Drama
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We Can Be Heroes
60.12 %|Dec 25, 2020
Family, Action, Fantasy, Comedy
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Rambo: Last Blood
65 %|Sep 19, 2019
Action, Thriller, Drama
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
66 %|Aug 8, 2019
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Coyote Lake
61 %|Aug 2, 2019
Thriller, Drama
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Bibi
0 %|Jul 20, 2019
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Crazy About Work
77 %|Nov 16, 2018
Comedy
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Ley primera
0 %|Mar 9, 2017
Drama
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Everything Else
52 %|Oct 21, 2016
Drama
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Perros
50 %|Jul 24, 2016
Crime, Drama
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Training Dad
52 %|Sep 25, 2015
Drama
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The 33
63.89 %|Aug 6, 2015
Drama, History
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Wild Horses
49 %|Jun 5, 2015
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Yefon
30 %|Jan 16, 2015
Drama, History, Romance
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Cake
63 %|Sep 7, 2014
Drama
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Night Has Settled
51 %|Feb 1, 2014
Drama
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Good Day, Ramon
79 %|Oct 21, 2013
Drama
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Mariachi Gringo
66 %|Oct 3, 2012
Comedy, Romance
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The Secret of the Jade Medallion
44 %|Mar 2, 2012
Animation
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The Snitch Cartel
71 %|Nov 11, 2011
Drama, Crime
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Cerro Bayo
56 %|Aug 17, 2011
Drama, Comedy
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Thor
67.69999999999999 %|Apr 21, 2011
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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From Prada to Nada
54 %|Jan 28, 2011
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Te Presento a Laura
68 %|Oct 29, 2010
Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Revolución
51 %|Jul 16, 2010
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Burning Palms
52 %|Apr 23, 2010
Comedy, Thriller
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And Soon the Darkness
52 %|Feb 25, 2010
Mystery, Thriller
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Love on a Weekend
44 %|Jan 22, 2010
Drama, Romance
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Sucedió en un día
40 %|Jan 1, 2010
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Rage
35 %|Sep 24, 2009
Thriller, Drama
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Drag Me to Hell
64.35 %|May 27, 2009
Horror, Thriller
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Henry Poole Is Here
59 %|Aug 15, 2008
Comedy, Drama
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
0 %|Sep 30, 2007
Documentary
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Babel
71.76 %|Oct 26, 2006
Drama
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Amores Perros
76 %|Jun 16, 2000
Drama, Thriller
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The First Night
58 %|Mar 27, 1998
Comedy, Romance, Drama
actor
Hágase tu voluntad
0 %|Invalid Date

Series

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Diary of a Gigolo
79 %|Sep 7, 2022
Drama
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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
68.02 %|Apr 26, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Al otro Lado del Muro
28 %|Feb 21, 2018
Drama
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Estocolmo
40 %|Nov 11, 2016
Drama, Crime
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Silvana Sin Lana
77 %|Jul 19, 2016
Drama, Soap, Comedy
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Duenos Del Paraiso
53.33 %|Jan 19, 2015
Crime, Drama
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The Strain
74.78 %|Jul 13, 2014
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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Capadocia
82 %|Mar 2, 2008
Drama, Crime
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CSI: Miami
77.27000000000001 %|Sep 23, 2002
Drama, Mystery, Crime
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Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
60 %|Jan 6, 1997
Drama
actor
La paloma
0 %|Aug 14, 1995
Drama, Soap
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ER
78.13 %|Sep 19, 1994
Drama
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Crystal Empire
60 %|Aug 29, 1994
Drama
actor
El Gato
0 %|Invalid Date
Drama