Adriana Barraza
Birthday: Born in 1956-03-05 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Deathday: Alive
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.
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CSI: Miami
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CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second....
ER
Character: Dolores Salazar
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room....
Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas
Character: Clara Domínguez
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Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Character: Self
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Silvana Sin Lana
Character: Trini
A high society woman loses everything and has to move with her three daughters, and her mom to a middle-class neighborhood....
Estocolmo
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"Stockholm: Lost Identity" narrates over 13 chapters with almost surgical detail the criminal, judicial and media research about the disappearance of a young woman by a network of trafficking. An attorney general, an undercover agent and a journalist will be immersed in a police plot that mixes suspense, drama and action where law and justice are two different sides of the same coin....
Imperio de Cristal
Character: Flora
Imperio de Cristal is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Televisa in 1994 with 124-episode from the plot to the main cast it was officially first launched on Monday, 29 August 1994 & ceased transmission on Friday, 17 February 1995 was aired runtime of 45-minutes with commercial on weekday at 21:00 to 22:00 CST/22:00 to 23:00 MST/23:00 to 00:00 PST....
Al otro Lado del Muro
Character: Carmen Rosales
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Diario de un Gigoló
Character: Minou
A male escort's life begins to unravel when he gets involved in a client's family affairs and breaks the cardinal rule of his work: Don't fall in love....
The Strain
Character: Guadalupe Elizalde
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself....
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Character: Adriana Barraza
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Dueños del Paraíso
Character: Irene Medrano
After Anastasia Cardona's drug lord husband is murdered she inherits his cocaine empire, and finds a life of wealth, power, violence, and betrayal....
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Character: Maria Vega
Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension....
Capadocia
Character: Silvia
Capadocia is a Mexican HBO Latin America television series. It started on March 2, 2008 and its second season was planned for 2010....
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Amores Perros
Character: Mama Octavio
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog....
Babel
Character: Amelia
In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world....
Bibi
Character: Licha Mendoza
After receiving the unexpected news of his father Ernesto’s death, Ben Solis is forced to return to the Texas countryside he used to call home....
Rage
Character: Anita de Los Angeles
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation....
Henry Poole Is Here
Character: Esperanza
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life....
Drag Me to Hell
Character: Shaun San Dena
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell....
Dark Blood
Character: Gloria Vera
A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners....
Where the Tracks End
Character: Georgina
Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico....
From Prada to Nada
Character: Aurelia Jimenez
Two spoiled Beverly Hills sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles....
Revolución
Character: Chayo
Made up of 10 short films, 'Revolucion' analyzes through the eyes of the directors what is the revolution today and what it means to the young minds of Mexico....
Te Presento a Laura
Character: Conchita
This is the story of 23-year-old Laura who lives in the largest city in the world and yet feels alone. She also knows the exact date in which she'll die: April 30. What Laura doesn't know is what she'll do from now till then, and thus she enrolls in a group of optimists, which she finds pathetic but fun. In that group she writes a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies, some that mean a lot and some that are a lot of fun. The first thing on her list is to save a life....
The First Night
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In the middle of a city facing a new century, a group of friends between the ages of 15 and 18 live out the adventures, deceptions and anxiety of "The First Night."...
Love on a Weekend
Character: Sofía
One city. Three days, three social classes, three love songs, human beings who coexist without touching one another, joined by mirages and hopes. Their struggles to survive are individual and secret; there are no winners or losers. The seeming order is maintained and a weekend begins....
Blue Beetle
Character: Nana Reyes
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab....
The Snitch Cartel
Character: La Abuela
The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"...
Cerro Bayo
Character: Marta
In a small town near the mountains of Argentina, Juana tries to commit suicide but ends up in a coma instead, to the great pain of her daughter Marta. Her other daughter Mercedes comes from Buenos Aires but is less interested in her mother's condition than in possibly getting her money. Marta's husband has a great offer for a piece of land owned by Juana, but can't do anything while she is in a coma....
The Secret of the Jade Medallion
Character: Cornelia
It all begins when Grandpa Yólotl disappears. Matías, Claudio, Pato, Katy and loyal dog Duke uncover signs that will lead them to a great adventure, facing unimaginable creatures, astonishing characters – that once belonged to an ancient civilization, and a couple of rogue treasure hunters. The promise of their grandfather is the force that will guide these heroes, ready for anything, provided they always stay together and discover the secret of the jade medallion....
Good Day, Ramon
Character: Esperanza
After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable....
Yefon
Character: Jillian Parkman
An illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution....
The Treasure
Character: Clemencia Ríos
After learning the last will of her son, Clemencia poses as a clairvoyant capable of tracking down and finding hidden treasures. In order to redeem the life of her son, she will have to convince Karime, a desperate and ambitious widow, that there is a treasure buried in her garden, a space that actually hides a dark secret. With the help of Don Felipe, a humble farmer, Clemencia digs hard and with each shovel he gets closer and closer to the sinister truth that ties his life to that of KARIME an...
Cake
Character: Silvana
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide....
Night Has Settled
Character: Aida
In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a sixty-five-year-old Chilean woman named Aida. What was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage - diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences - quickly becomes skewed by an incomprehensible depression, and a house o...
Wild Horses
Character: Mrs. Davis
Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott’s estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy’s death - even putting her own life in jeopardy....
And Soon the Darkness
Character: Rosamaria
When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized....
The 33
Character: Marta
Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days....
Training Dad
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Widowed and in a professional decline, the legendary soccer player "Spider Salazar" lives lost in his own depression. His only inspiration is his daughter Tania, who can not stand to see her father in this state. With a lot of ingenuity and perseverance, Tania will help his father return to the field in order to restore his life....
My Penguin Friend
Character: Maria
A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them....
Thor
Character: Isabela Alvarez
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth....
Everything Else
Character: Doña Flor
After 35 years working as a clerk in a government office, Doña Flor has become such a cog, invisible to herself. Cloaked in solitude and routine, she has even suppressed the loss of her daughter who drowned years ago. As her retirement approaches the walls of bureaucracy that have sheltered her from her pain begin to crumble. Doña Flor’s sense of self begins to awaken in parallel with the country beginning to erupt from excessive violence and corruption....
Ley primera
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Perros
Character: Abogada
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Burning Palms
Character: Louisa Alvarez
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate...
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Character: Abuela Valerie
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization....
Crazy About Work
Character: Mercedes
Alicia is a workaholic executive who suddenly loses her job and her family. In her process of rebuilding, she associates with a neighbor and helps her in her business. This is how she manages to be the most successful businesswoman in the country. During this process, she tries to reconquer her husband, only to realize that in order to return with him, she will have to learn to balance work and family life....
Rambo: Last Blood
Character: María Beltrán
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her....
Coyote Lake
Character: Teresa
Two dangerous and unwanted guests threaten a young woman and her overbearing mother at a small bed-and-breakfast near the U.S.-Mexico border....
We Can Be Heroes
Character: Grandma Moreno
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet....
Bingo Hell
Character: Lupita
In the barrio of Oak Springs lives a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita, keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know, their beloved bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself....
Koati
Character: Amaya (voice)
Three unlikely heroes - Nachi, a free-spirited coati; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly and Pako, a hyperactive glass frog - embark on an adventure to stop wicked coral snake Zaina from destroying their rain forest homeland....
Sucedió en un día
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Monica
Character: Leticia
After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother....
Mariachi Gringo
Character: Magdalena
A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi singer. MARIACHI GRINGO is a musical tour-de-force exploring the reality of "following your dreams" across cultural, personal, social and geographical borders....
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Character: Self
The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges of filming a deeply interconnected narrative across four continents. Directed by Carlos Armella and Pedro González-Rubio, the documentary reveals Iñárritu’s commitment to authenticity and cultural sensitivity, from collaborating with local actors and communities to meticulously recreating environments. Through behind-the-scenes footage and the dir...
Dark Obsession
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The story follows Anne, a painter who struggles with inner demons after being forced into a life of solitude when her husband leaves mysteriously....