Adriana Barraza

Adriana Barraza
Adriana Barraza, March 2009
Born	(1956-03-05) March 5, 1956 Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, acting coach, director
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Arnaldo Pipke (m. 2005)

Adriana Barraza (born March 5, 1956) is a Mexican film and television actress and director. She has been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Broadcast Film Critics Association and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also a veteran actress of Televisa telenovelas. Barraza is the third Mexican actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, in a year when ten Mexicans were nominated at the 79th Academy Awards.

Early life

Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico in Central Mexico, and has lived since 1974 with her Argentine husband in Chihuahua. While her spouse taught on the philosophy faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, she studied acting at the fine arts school, worked and raised her daughter.

Career

In 1985, Barraza moved to Mexico City, to work as a theater 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.

Her two most recognizable films are Amores Perros and Babel; the latter garnered her nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Online Film Critics Award, and a Chicago Film Critics Circle Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. She won in this category at the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards. This role has earned her wide acclaim and she was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, losing to Jennifer Hudson for her performance in Dreamgirls.

Barraza directed Locura de Amor (in which she also starred), Nunca Te Olvidare and El Manantial. She is also a professional acting coach and has worked with actors for a number of movies and television shows, including the American film Spanglish.

She currently works for Telemundo as an acting instructor to smooth out the accents of actors and actresses from all over Latin America, giving them a more Mexican lilt and sound. In 2007, Barraza was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Barraza appeared in the films Henry Poole Is Here, Drag Me to Hell, And Soon the Darkness. As 2011, Barraza's latest films include From Prada to Nada and Thor.

Filmography

List of film and television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Los cosas simples		(TV Movie)
1994	Imperio de Cristal	Flora	Pilot episode
1995	Bajo un mismo rostro	Elvira
	La paloma	Madre Clara
1996	La culpa	Trabajadora Social
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Clara Domínguez
1998	Vivo por Elena	Hilda 'La Machin'
	The First Night	Mamá de Bruno
1999	La paloma de Marsella
2000	Locura de amor	Soledad Retana
	Amores perros	Mama Octavio
2001	La segunda noche	Mama Lulu y Laura
1985–2003	Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real	Lupe	Appeared in 8 episodes from 1985–2006
2003	Clase 406	Mabel
2006	Babel	Amelia	ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast (shared with the rest of the cast) Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Cast (shared with the rest of the cast) San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
2007	...Y solo humo	Toña	short film
	ER	Dolores Salazar	episode: "Skye's the Limit
2008	Henry Poole Is Here	Esperanza Martinez
	Tiempo Final		episode: "Reality Show
	CSI: Miami	Carmen Delko	episode: The DeLuca Motel
2009	Rage	Anita de Los Angeles
	Drag Me to Hell	Shaun San Dena
	Tres piezas de amor en un fin de semana	Sofía
2010	Revolución	Chayo
	And Soon the Darkness	Rosamaria
	Sucedió en un día	Madre
	Burning Palms	Louisa Alvarez
	Cerro Bayo	Marta
	Te presento a Laura	Conchita
2011	From Prada to Nada	Aurelia Jimenez	Nominated – Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Thor	Isabella Alvarez
2012	El Cartel Delos Sapos	la abuela

Awards and nominations

2006 Academy Awards

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Babel

2006 Golden Globes

• Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Babel

2006 Screen Actors Guild Award

• Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel
• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Babel

2007 ALMA Award

• Won Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel

2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association

• Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel

2006 Online Film Critics

• Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel

2006 Chicago Film Critics Association

• Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel

2006 San Francisco Film Critics Circle

• Won Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel

2006 Gotham Awards

• Won Best Ensemble Cast for Babel

2006 About.com

• Won Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for Babel

External links

• Adriana Barraza at the Internet Movie Database