Sonia Braga
Biography
Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress born on June 8, 1950, in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. Known in the database as Sonia Braga, she has ninety-eight known acting credits. She is recognized for her performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman from 1985 and Moon over Parador from 1988, both of which earned her Golden Globe Award nominations. She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, which was first released in 1976. Additionally, she received an Emmy Award nomination and a third Golden Globe Award nomination for her role in the 1994 television film The Burning Season. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her number twenty-four on its list of the twenty-five greatest actors of the twenty-first century.
Career overview
Sonia Braga, born Sônia Maria Campos Braga on June 8, 1950, in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, is a Brazilian actress with 98 known acting credits. Throughout her career, she has garnered significant international recognition and award nominations for her work in film and television.
Braga received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for her performance in Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, which was first released in 1976. She later earned Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985 and Moon over Parador in 1988. In 1994, she received an Emmy Award nomination and a third Golden Globe Award nomination for her role in the television film The Burning Season.
Further cementing her status in the entertainment industry, The New York Times ranked her number 24 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century in 2020.
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- M.I.A. (2026) as Vida Rojas
- The First Omen (2024) as Sister Silva
- Pictures of Ghosts (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Shotgun Wedding (2022) as Renata Ortiz
- A dama de todos (2022) as The Lady in Archive Footage
- Fatima (2020) as Sister Lucia
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Bacurau (2019) as Domingas
- The Jesus Rolls (2019) as Mother
- Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019) as Self
- Bacurau no Mapa (2019) as Self
- Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Wonder (2017) as Grans
- Marvel's Luke Cage (2016) as Soledad
- Aquarius (2016) as Clara
- Emoticon (2014) as Sonia
- Meddling Mom (2013) as Carmen Vega
- The Ordained (2013) as Magalys
- The Wine of Summer (2013) as Eliza
- Invisible World (2013) as Segment "Kreuko"
- Feijoada Completa (2012) as Celeste
- Tapas & Beijos (2011) as Helô Siqueira
- An Invisible Sign (2010) as Mom
- The Cariocas (2010) as Júlia
- Lope: The Outlaw (2010) as Paquita
- Warehouse 13 (2009) as Alicia
- Royal Pains (2009) as Lorena Correia
- Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman (2008) as Self
- Donas de Casa Desesperadas (2007) as Alice Monteiro
- Bordertown (2007) as Teresa Casillas
- The Hottest State (2007) as Mrs. Garcia
- Brothers and Sisters (2006) as Gabriela Laurent
- Pages of Life (2006) as Tônia Werneck
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006) as Tina
- Sea of Dreams (2006)
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Estella de la Costa
- Scene Stealers (2004) as Celia Crouch
- Testosterone (2003) as Pablo's mother
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Dona Marta Cruz
- George Lopez (2002) as Emilina Palmero
- American Family (2002) as Berta Gonzalez
- Empire (2002) as Iris
- Alias (2001) as Elena Derevko
- Posthumous Memories (2001) as Marcela
- Perfume (2001) as Irene Mancini
- Angel Eyes (2001) as Josephine Pogue
- The Judge (2001) as Lily Acosta
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) as Quixtla
- Força de um Desejo (1999) as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
- Family Law (1999) as Beatrice Valdez
- Sex and the City (1998) as Maria Diega Reyes
- Money Play$ (1998) as Irene
- A Will of their Own (1998) as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz
- Four Corners (1998) as Carlota Alvarez
- For All - O Trampolim da Vitória (1998) Associate Producer
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997) as Self
- Two Deaths (1996) as Ana Puscasu
- Moses (1996) as Zipporah
- Tieta of Agreste (1996) as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
- Tieta of Agreste (1996) Co-Producer
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Esmeralda (voice)
- Streets of Laredo (1995) as Maria Garza
- The Burning Season (1994) as Regina de Carvalho
- Noche de ronda (1993) as Self
- Roosters (1993) as Juana Morales
- The Last Prostitute (1991) as Loah
- Law & Order (1990) as Helen
- The Rookie (1990) as Liesl
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
- The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) as Ruby Archuleta
- Moon Over Parador (1988) as Madonna
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
- Patriamada (1985)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
- The Cosby Show (1984) as Anna Maria Westlake
- Gabriela (1983) as Gabriela
- I Love You (1981) as Maria
- Chega Mais (1980) as Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida)
- Dancin' Days (1978) as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
- Lady on the Bus (1978) as Solange
- Lady on the Bus (1978) Associate Producer
- Espelho Mágico (1977) as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)
- Saramandaia (1976) as Marcina Moreira
- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
- Gabriela (1975) as Gabriela
- Selva de Pedra (1975) as Flávia Moreno
- O Casal (1975) as Maria Lúcia
- Fogo Sobre Terra (1974) as Brisa
- Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável (1974) as Mestiça
- Selva de Pedra (1972) as Flávia Medeiros Moreno
- Vila Sésamo (1972) as Ana Maria
- Devil's Hour (1971)
- O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil (1971)
- Irmãos Coragem (1970) as Lídia Siqueira
- Cleo e Daniel (1970) as Sandra
- A Moreninha (1970) as Carolina, a Moreninha
- A Menina do Veleiro Azul (1969) as Otília
- The Red Light Bandit (1968) as Victim (as Sonia Braga)
- Atenção: Perigo (1967)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self