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Sonia Braga
Sonia Braga

Sonia Braga

ActingBorn June 8, 1950 (age 76)Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Biography

Sônia Maria Campos Braga (born June 8, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She's known for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). She was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award for her role in for the 1994 television film The Burning Season. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Filmography

2026
M.I.A.

as Vida Rojas

TV
2024
The First Omen

as Sister Silva

Movie
2023
Pictures of Ghosts

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Shotgun Wedding

as Renata Ortiz

Movie
2022
A dama de todos

as The Lady in Archive Footage

Movie
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
Fatima

as Sister Lucia

Movie
2019Movie
2019Movie
2019
Bacurau

as Domingas

Movie
2019Movie
2017
Wonder

as Grans

Movie
2016TV
2016
Aquarius

as Clara

Movie
2014
Emoticon

as Sonia

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Invisible World

as Segment "Kreuko"

Movie
2013
The Ordained

as Magalys

Movie
2013
Meddling Mom

as Carmen Vega

Movie
2012Movie
2011
Tapas & Beijos

as Helô Siqueira

TV
2010
The Cariocas

as Júlia

TV
2010Movie
2010Movie
2009
Warehouse 13

as Alicia

TV
2009
Royal Pains

as Lorena Correia

TV
2007TV
2007
The Hottest State

as Mrs. Garcia

Movie
2007
Bordertown

as Teresa Casillas

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Brothers and Sisters

as Gabriela Laurent

TV
2006
Pages of Life

as Tônia Werneck

TV
2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Estella de la Costa

TV
2004
Scene Stealers

as Celia Crouch

Movie
2003
Testosterone

as Pablo's mother

Movie
2002
Empire

as Iris

Movie
2002
CSI: Miami

as Dona Marta Cruz

TV
2002
George Lopez

as Emilina Palmero

TV
2002
American Family

as Berta Gonzalez

TV
2001
Alias

as Elena Derevko

TV
2001Movie
2001
Angel Eyes

as Josephine Pogue

Movie
2001
The Judge

as Lily Acosta

Movie
2001
Perfume

as Irene Mancini

Movie
1999
Family Law

as Beatrice Valdez

TV
1999
Força de um Desejo

as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral

TV
1998
A Will of their Own

as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz

TV
1998
Money Play$

as Irene

Movie
1998
Sex and the City

as Maria Diega Reyes

TV
1998
Four Corners

as Carlota Alvarez

TV
1996
Tieta of Agreste

as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)

Movie
1996
Two Deaths

as Ana Puscasu

Movie
1996
Moses

as Zipporah

TV
1995
Streets of Laredo

as Maria Garza

TV
1994
The Burning Season

as Regina de Carvalho

Movie
1993TV
1993
Roosters

as Juana Morales

Movie
1991Movie
1990
The Rookie

as Liesl

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Helen

TV
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")

TV
1988Movie
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War

as Ruby Archuleta

Movie
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

Movie
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman

as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman

Movie
1985Movie
1984
The Cosby Show

as Anna Maria Westlake

TV
1983
Gabriela

as Gabriela

Movie
1981
I Love You

as Maria

Movie
1980
Chega Mais

as Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida)

TV
1978
Dancin' Days

as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina

TV
1978
Lady on the Bus

as Solange

Movie
1977
Espelho Mágico

as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)

TV
1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães

Movie
1976
Saramandaia

as Marcina Moreira

TV
1975
O Casal

as Maria Lúcia

Movie
1975
Gabriela

as Gabriela

TV
1974TV
1974Movie
1972
Vila Sésamo

as Ana Maria

TV
1972
Selva de Pedra

as Flávia Moreno

TV
1971Movie
1970
Irmãos Coragem

as Lídia Siqueira

TV
1970
Cleo e Daniel

as Sandra

Movie
1970
A Moreninha

as Carolina, a Moreninha

Movie
1969TV
1968
The Red Light Bandit

as Victim (as Sonia Braga)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 8, 1950
Place of BirthMaringá, Paraná, Brazil
Popularity1.4