Adriana Barraza
Biography
Adriana Barraza is a Mexican actress who first made her name behind the camera, directing episodes of Mexican telenovelas and coaching the actors in them before she began performing on screen in the 1990s. Born in Toluca, she moved to Mexico City in 1985 to work as a theater director and has guest starred in and directed the television show Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real. Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her in Amores perros, and she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Babel (2006). Her later films include Henry Poole Is Here (2008), Drag Me to Hell (2009), And Soon the Darkness (2010), From Prada to Nada (2011), Thor (2011) and Cake (2014), and she had a recurring role on the FX series The Strain. She is also a professional acting coach.
70years old
Turns 71 on March 5in 124 days
- Born Toluca de Lerdo
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 20 years2006 to 2026
Genres
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A change of course
Barraza began her career directing telenovela episodes, and she also coached the actors in them. In the 1990s she made the choice to act in front of the camera.
Early training
In Mexico, Barraza earned the nickname Master Barraza through her work with Mexican director Sergio Jiménez, called El Profe. Together they founded the Actors Workshop in Mexico City, where they taught and shaped their own take on Method acting.
Languages
Barraza worked as an acting instructor for Telemundo, where she taught accents to actors and actresses from across Latin America so they could sound more Mexican for their characters.
Adriana Barraza movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Adriana Barraza's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
14 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 14 worldwide figure; 5 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 5Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$449M42.2% of the total
- 2$135M12.7% of the total
- 3$131M12.3% of the total
- 4$121M11.3% of the total
- 5$92M8.6% of the total
- 6$91M8.6% of the total
- 7$28M2.6% of the total
- 8$6.4M0.6% of the total
$11.4 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total