Adriana Barraza Biography

Adriana Barraza 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 recollaboated with Iñárritu 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.
In her work as a professional acting coach she has worked with actors for a number of films and television shows including the American film Spanglish. Barraza worked for Telemundo as an acting instructor teaching accents to actors and actresses from all over Latin America giving them a more Mexican lilt and sound appropriate for their character.

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