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Adriana Barraza

アドリアナ・バラッザ　/　あどりあな・ばらっざ

Television actor from Mexico

March 5, 1956 (age 70)　・　Toluca de Lerdo, State of Mexico, Mexico

State of Mexico
television actor
actor
film actor

My Take

Adriana Barraza is the kind of actress whose face does the heavy lifting before a single line lands. I first really registered her through Babel, where her Oscar-nominated supporting turn carried a quiet devastation that lingered long after the credits. Born in Toluca, she built a career across Mexican television and film before crossing over, and to me that grounding is exactly why her work reads as so lived-in rather than performed. She has also stepped behind the camera as a director, which tells me she thinks about the whole frame, not just her place in it. I find her one of the most reliably moving character actors working.

Overview

Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Babel (2006).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Adriana Barraza
Name (Japanese): アドリアナ・バラッザ
Reading: あどりあな・ばらっざ
Born: March 5, 1956 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Monkey
Origin: Toluca de Lerdo, State of Mexico, Mexico
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: television actor / actor / film actor / film director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Autonomous University of Chihuahua

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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