Portrait of Sônia Braga

Sônia Braga

Acting

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.

Born: June 8, 1950

Place of Birth: Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Filmography

2024
The First Omen

as Sister Silva

2022
Shotgun Wedding

as Renata Ortiz

2022
A dama de todos

as The Lady in Archive Footage

2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Fatima

as Sister Lucia

2019
2019
2019
Bacurau

as Domingas

2017
Wonder

as Grans

2016
2016
Aquarius

as Clara

2014
Emoticon

as Sonia

2013
2013
Invisible World

as Segment "Kreuko"

2013
Meddling Mom

as Carmen Vega

2012
2011
Tapas & Beijos

as Helô Siqueira

2010
As Cariocas

as Júlia

2010
2009
Warehouse 13

as Alicia

2009
Royal Pains

as Lorena Correia

2007
2007
The Hottest State

as Mrs. Garcia

2007
Bordertown

as Teresa Casillas

2006
Brothers and Sisters

as Gabriela Laurent

2006
Pages of Life

as Tônia Werneck

2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Estella de la Costa

2004
Scene Stealers

as Celia Crouch

2003
Testosterone

as Pablo's mother

2002
Empire

as Iris

2002
CSI: Miami

as Dona Marta Cruz

2002
George Lopez

as Emilina Palmero

2002
American Family

as Berta Gonzalez

2001
Alias

as Elena Derevko

2001
2001
Angel Eyes

as Josephine Pogue

2001
The Judge

as Lily Acosta

2001
Perfume

as Irene Mancini

1999
Family Law

as Beatrice Valdez

1999
Força de um Desejo

as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral

1998
A Will of their Own

as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz

1998
Money Play$

as Irene

1998
Sex and the City

as Maria Diega Reyes

1996
Tieta of Agreste

as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)

1996
Two Deaths

as Ana Puscasu

1996
Moses

as Zepporah

1995
Streets of Laredo

as Maria Garza

1994
The Burning Season

as Regina de Carvalho

1993
Roosters

as Juana Morales

1990
The Rookie

as Liesl

1990
Law & Order

as Helen

1989
Tales from the Crypt

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

1988
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War

as Ruby Archuleta

1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

as Emily Del Pino Pacheco

1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman

as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman

1984
The Cosby Show

as Anna Maria Westlake

1983
Gabriela

as Gabriela

1981
I Love You

as Maria

1980
Chega Mais

as Gelly

1978
Dancin' Days

as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina

1978
Especial Dancin' Days

as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina

1978
Lady on the Bus

as Solange

1977
Espelho Mágico

as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)

1976
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães

1976
Saramandaia

as Marcina Moreira

1975
Gabriela

as Gabriela

1974
1972
Vila Sésamo

as Ana Maria

1972
Selva de Pedra

as Flávia Moreno

1970
Irmãos Coragem

as Lídia Siqueira

1970
Cleo e Daniel

as Sandra

1970
A Moreninha

as Carolina, a Moreninha

1968
The Red Light Bandit

as Victim (as Sonia Braga)