Adriana Barraza

Adriana Barraza González is a Mexican actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Babel.

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Early life

Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia González Flores and Eduardo Barraza Carral, a farmer. Her mother died when she was ten years old from myocarditis, a heart condition. Barraza herself has experienced two heart attacks. She has a sister named María Eugenia Barraza and three brothers, Eduardo, Porfirio and José.

Career

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.
In 1985, Barraza moved to Mexico City, to work as a theatre director. Since 1985, Barraza has guest starred and directed the Mexican television show Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, alongside host Silvia Pinal. She has also been a part of the telenovela ensembles of Bajo un Mismo Rostro playing Elvira, La Paloma as Madre Clara and Imperio de Cristal as Flora. In 1997 she took on the role of Nurse Clara Dominguez in Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas.
Barraza directed Locura de Amor, Nunca Te Olvidare and El Manantial.
Barraza appeared in the films Henry Poole Is Here, Drag Me to Hell, And Soon the Darkness. In 2011, Barraza's latest films included From Prada to Nada and Thor. She had a recurring role as Guadalupe Elizalde, on the FX television series The Strain. In 2014 she starred in the film Cake opposite Jennifer Aniston.
She is also a professional acting coach and has worked with actors for a number of films and television shows, including the American film Spanglish. Barraza worked for Telemundo as an acting instructor, teaching accents to actors and actresses from all over Latin America, giving them a more Mexican lilt and sound appropriate for their character.

Personal life

She became pregnant at age 18 with her daughter, actress Carolina Valsagna. The father of her daughter is not known, as he abandoned her. Her first husband was Carlos Valsagna, whom she married in 1978, and he adopted her daughter and gave her his name. Her second husband is Arnaldo Pipke. Barraza studied acting through the Fine Arts School at Autonomous University of Chihuahua.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The First Night	Bruno's mother
1999	La paloma de Marsella	Felicia
2000	Amores perros	Octavio's mother
2001	La segunda noche	Lulú and Laura's mother
2006	Babel	Amelia
2007	...Y solo humo	Toña	Short film
2008	Henry Poole Is Here	Esperanza Martinez
2009	Rage	Anita de Los Ángeles
2009	Drag Me to Hell	Shaun San Dena
2009	Tres piezas de amor en un fin de semana	Sofía
2010	Revolución	Chayo
2010	And Soon the Darkness	Rosamaría
2010	Sucedió en un día	Madre
2010	Burning Palms	Louisa Álvarez
2010	Cerro Bayo	Marta
2010	Te presento a Laura	Conchita
2011	From Prada to Nada	Aurelia Jimenez
2011	Thor	Isabella Álvarez	Deleted scenes
2012	El Cartel de los Sapos	La abuela
2012	Mariachi Gringo	Magdalena
2013	Guten Tag, Ramón	Esperanza
2014	Cake	Silvana
2015	Wild Horses	Mrs. Davis
2016	Todo lo Demás	Doña Flor
2019	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Abuelita Valerie
2019	Coyote Lake	Teresa
2019	Rambo: Last Blood	Maria Beltran
2020	We Can Be Heroes	Anita Moreno
2021	Koati	Amaya	Voice role
2022	Monica	Leticia
2023	Dark Obsession	Camila
2023	Blue Beetle	Nana
2023	Where the Tracks End	Teacher Georgina
2024	My Penguin Friend	Maria
2025	The Follies
2026			Post-production
		Donna Zaldívar	Post-production

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985–2003	Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real	Lupe	Appeared in 8 episodes from 1985 to 2003
1993
1994–1995	Imperio de cristal	Flora	34 episodes
1995	Bajo un mismo rostro	Elvira	100 episodes
1995	La paloma	Madre Clara	3 episodes
1996	La culpa	Trabajadora Social	Special appearance
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Clara Domínguez	4 episodes
1998	Vivo por Elena	Hilda 'La Machín'	Episode: "#1.1"
1999	Nunca te olvidaré		92 episodes; Also director
2000	Locura de amor	Soledad Retana	Episode: "#1.1"; Also director
2001	Aventuras en el tiempo		104 episodes; Also director
2001	El Manantial		94 episodes; Also director
2002	Cómplices Al Rescate		128 episodes; Also director
2003	Clase 406	Mabel	3 episodes; special appearance
2007	ER	Dolores Salazar	Episode: "Skye's the Limit"
2008	Tiempo Final		Episode: "Reality Show"
2008	CSI: Miami	Carmen Delko	Episode: "The DeLuca Motel"
2014–2016	The Strain	Guadalupe Elizalde	8 episodes
2015	Dueños del paraíso	Irene Medrano	61 episodes
2016–2017	Silvana sin lana	Trinidad "Trini" Altamirano de Rivapalacios	116 episodes
2018	Al otro lado del muro	Carmen Rosales de Romero	60 episodes
2018	The Inmate	Guadelupe Mendoza	Episode: "#1.8"
2019	Snowfall	Mariela Villanueva	3 episodes
2020	Penny Dreadful: City of Angels	Maria Vega	10 episodes
2021	Bingo Hell	Lupita	Television film
2022	Diary of a Gigolo	Minou	10 episodes
		Alma	Post-production