Sônia Braga

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-06-08 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Sônia Braga

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.

Acting

2022

A dama de todos

as The Lady in Archive Footage

2007

Bordertown

as Teresa Casillas

2003

Testosterone

as Pablo's mother

2001

Angel Eyes

as Josephine Pogue

1985

Kiss of the Spider Woman

as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman

1990

The Rookie

as Liesl

1988

1988

The Milagro Beanfield War

as Ruby Archuleta

2004

Scene Stealers

as Celia Crouch

1983

Gabriela

as Gabriela

1976

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães

2001

Perfume

as Irene Mancini

1996

2010

2001

1998

Money Play$

as Irene

1978

Lady on the Bus

as Solange

1981

I Love You

as Maria

1970

A Moreninha

as Carolina, a Moreninha

1996

Two Deaths

as Ana Puscasu

2001

The Judge

as Lily Acosta

1994

The Burning Season

as Regina de Carvalho

2014

Emoticon

as Sonia

1993

Roosters

as Juana Morales

2024

The First Omen

as Sister Silva

1968

The Red Light Bandit

as Victim (as Sonia Braga)

1975

O Casal

as Maria Lúcia

1970

Cleo e Daniel

as Sandra

2012

2013

2007

The Hottest State

as Mrs. Garcia

2013

The Ordained

as Magalys

2016

Aquarius

as Clara

1987

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

2019

2017

Wonder

as Grans

2002

Empire

as Iris

2020

Fatima

as Sister Lucia

2019

Bacurau

as Domingas

2013

Meddling Mom

as Carmen Vega

2019

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Shotgun Wedding

as Renata Ortiz

Production

1978

Lady on the Bus

as Associate Producer

1996

Tieta of Agreste

as Co-Producer

1998

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