Sonia Braga

Known for: Acting
Born: June 8, 1950, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Movies: 60

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.1

Wonder

2017

6.8

The First Omen

2024

6.2

Shotgun Wedding

2022

7.6

Bacurau

2019

5.9

The Rookie

1990

7.4

Aquarius

2016

6.1

Angel Eyes

2001

4.9

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

2000

6.3

Bordertown

2007

7.0

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985

Filmography

2024	The First Omen	Sister Silva
2023	Pictures of Ghosts	Self (archive footage)
2022	Shotgun Wedding	Renata Ortiz
2022	A dama de todos	The Lady in Archive Footage
2020	Babenco: Tell Me When I Die	Self (archive footage)
2020	Fatima	Sister Lucia
2019	Bacurau no Mapa	Self
2019	The Jesus Rolls	Mother
2019	Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage	Self
2019	Bacurau	Domingas
2019	Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos	Self (archive footage)
2017	Wonder	Grans
2016	Aquarius	Clara
2014	Emoticon	Sonia
2013	The Wine of Summer	Eliza
2013	Invisible World	Segment "Kreuko"
2013	The Ordained	Magalys
2013	Meddling Mom	Carmen Vega
2012	Feijoada Completa	Celeste
2010	An Invisible Sign	Mom
2010	Lope: The Outlaw	Paquita
2008	Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman	Self
2007	The Hottest State	Mrs. Garcia
2007	Bordertown	Teresa Casillas
2006	Sea of Dreams	Nurka
2006	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Tina
2004	Scene Stealers	Celia Crouch
2003	Testosterone	Pablo's mother
2002	Empire	Iris
2001	Posthumous Memories	Marcela
2001	Angel Eyes	Josephine Pogue
2001	The Judge	Lily Acosta
2001	Perfume	Irene Mancini
2000	From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter	Quixtla
1998	Money Play$	Irene
1997	Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional	Self
1996	Tieta of Agreste	Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
1996	Two Deaths	Ana Puscasu
1994	The Burning Season	Regina de Carvalho
1993	Roosters	Juana Morales
1991	The Last Prostitute	Loah
1990	The Rookie	Liesl
1988	Moon Over Parador	Madonna
1988	The Milagro Beanfield War	Ruby Archuleta
1987	The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains	Emily Del Pino Pacheco
1985	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
1985	Patriamada
1983	Gabriela	Gabriela
1981	I Love You	Maria
1978	Lady on the Bus	Solange
1976	Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands	Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
1976	Filmando Dona Flor	Self
1975	O Casal	Maria Lúcia
1974	Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável	Mestiça
1971	O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
1971	Devil's Hour
1970	Cleo e Daniel	Sandra
1970	A Moreninha	Carolina, a Moreninha
1968	The Red Light Bandit	Victim (as Sonia Braga)
1967	Atenção: Perigo

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