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Sônia Braga

Brazilian-American actress · Brazil · On the map · Actors · Born 1950 · age 76 · also United States

Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award-nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.

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A life in dates

2026M.I.A.Series, Vida Rojas2024The First OmenFilm, Sister Silva2022Shotgun WeddingFilm, Renata Ortiz2019BacurauFilm, Domingas2017Platino Award for Best ActressAward2016AquariusFilm, Clara2014Platino Honorary AwardAward2011Tapas & BeijosSeries, Helô Siqueira2010An Invisible SignFilm, Mom2006Brothers and SistersSeries, Gabriela LaurentMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolFilm, 2006Tina2002CSI: MiamiSeries, Dona Marta CruzEmpireFilm, 2002Iris2000From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's DaughterFilm, Quixtla1999Family LawSeries, Beatrice Valdez1996Tieta of AgresteFilm, Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries, Esmeralda (voice)1990The RookieFilm, Liesl1989Tales from the CryptSeries, Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 ChainsFilm, Emily Del Pino Pacheco1983GabrielaFilm, Gabriela1978Dancin' DaysSeries, Júlia de Souza Matos / CristinaLady on the BusFilm, 1978Solange1972Selva de PedraSeries, Flávia Medeiros Moreno1968The Red Light BanditFilm, Victim (as Sonia Braga)1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1950Born8 June 1950

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Known for

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  • Wonder 2017
  • Pictures of Ghosts 2023
  • Bacurau 2019
  • The Red Light Bandit 1968
  • Aquarius 2016

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

101 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Awards

Platino Award for Best Actress2017
Platino Honorary Award2014

About this person

For the 1994 television film The Burning Season, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television and film credits include The Cosby Show (1986), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Rookie (1990), Angel Eyes (2001), Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), Alias (2005), Aquarius (2016), Bacurau (2019), and Fatima (2020). In 2020, The New York Times ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Country
Brazil
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76

In the same film or series as Sônia

Taj MahalAlso in The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)Melanie GriffithAlso in The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)Denise RichardsAlso in Empire (2002)Chris MessinaAlso in An Invisible Sign (2010)Cheech MarinAlso in Shotgun Wedding (2022)Udo KierAlso in Bacurau (2019)