
Actor · Director · 40 credits
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.

Koati
2025
Amaya (voice)

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
Maria Vega

Al otro Lado del Muro
2018
Carmen Rosales

Silvana Sin Lana
2016
Trini

Duenos Del Paraiso
2015
Irene Medrano

The Strain
2014
Guadalupe Elizalde

CSI: Miami
2002
Carmen Delko

Cómplices Al Rescate
2002
Director

Adventures in Time
2001
Director

Locura de Amor
2000
Director

Unforgettable
1999
Director

Vivo Por Elena
1998
Hilda

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
1997
Clara Domínguez

ER
1994
Dolores Salazar

Crystal Empire
1994
Flora