Adriana Barraza

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Adriana Barraza

Birth name	Adriana Barraza
Born	March 3, 1956 (age 51) Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Spouse(s)	?
Notable roles	Amelia in Babel (2006) Mama Octavio in Amores Perros (2000) Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (1985 - Present)

Nomination for Babel (2006)

Adriana Barraza (born March 3, 1956 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG and Broadcast Film Critics Association-nominated television and movie Mexican actress. Her two most recognizable films are Amores Perros and Babel, the latter of which she was nominated 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. She starred alongside Gael García Bernal in both films. She is best known as a veteran actress of Televisa telenovelas.

Adriana 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. In 1985, Barraza moved to Mexico City, because she was employed 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.

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.