About
Sônia Braga
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | The First Omen | Actor | Sister Silva | 65 Fair |
| 2023 | Pictures of Ghosts | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Shotgun Wedding | Actor | Renata Ortiz | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | A dama de todos | Actor | The Lady in Archive Footage | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Fatima | Actor | Sister Lucia | 62 Fair |
| 2019 | Bacurau no Mapa | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Jesus Rolls | Actor | Mother | 56 Average |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Bacurau | Actor | Domingas | 71 Good |
| 2019 | Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Wonder | Actor | Grans | 79 Good |
| 2016 | Aquarius | Actor | Clara | 66 Fair |
| 2014 | Emoticon | Actor | Sonia | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Wine of Summer | Actor | Eliza | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Ordained | Actor | Magalys | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Meddling Mom | Actor | Carmen Vega | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Feijoada Completa | Actor | Celeste | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | As Cariocas | Actor | Júlia | 70 Good |
| 2010 | An Invisible Sign | Actor | Mom | 57 Average |
| 2010 | Lope | Actor | Paquita | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Donas de Casa Desesperadas | Actor | Alice Monteiro | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Bordertown | Actor | Teresa Casillas | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Sea of Dreams | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2006 | The Hottest State | Actor | Mrs. Garcia | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Pages of Life | Actor | Tônia Werneck | 68 Fair |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Actor | Tina | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Scene Stealers | Actor | Celia Crouch | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Testosterone | Actor | Pablo's mother | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Empire | Actor | Iris | 59 Average |
| 2002 | American Family | Actor | Berta Gonzalez | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Posthumous Memories | Actor | Marcela | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Angel Eyes | Actor | Josephine Pogue | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Judge | Actor | Lily Acosta | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Perfume | Actor | Irene Mancini | 58 Average |
| 1999 | From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | Actor | Quixtla | 54 Average |
| 1998 | A Will of their Own | Actor | Jessie Lopez De La Cruz | 69 Fair |
| 1998 | Money Play$ | Actor | Irene | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Four Corners | Actor | Carlota Alvarez | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Tieta of Agreste | Actor | Tieta | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Two Deaths | Actor | Ana Puscasu | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Moses | Actor | Zepporah | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Moses | Actor | Zippora | 60 Fair |
| 1995 | Streets of Laredo | Actor | Maria Garza | 67 Fair |
| 1994 | The Burning Season | Actor | Regina de Carvalho | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Roosters | Actor | Juana Morales | 58 Average |
| 1991 | The Last Prostitute | Actor | Loah | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Actor | Liesl | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Moon Over Parador | Actor | Madonna | 58 Average |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Actor | Ruby Archuleta | 59 Average |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Actor | Emily Del Pino Pacheco | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Actor | Leni Lamaison / Marta | 63 Fair |
| 1984 | Patriamada | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1983 | Gabriela | Actor | Gabriela | 58 Average |
| 1981 | I Love You | Actor | Maria | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Dancin' Days | Actor | Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina | 70 Good |
| 1978 | Lady on the Bus | Actor | Solange | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Actor | Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães | 60 Fair |
| 1976 | Saramandaia | Actor | Marcina | 70 Good |
| 1975 | O Casal | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1975 | Gabriela | Actor | Gabriela | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Fogo Sobre Terra | Actor | Brisa | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1972 | Selva de Pedra | Actor | Flávia Moreno | 69 Fair |
| 1971 | O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1971 | Devil's Hour | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1970 | Cleo e Daniel | Actor | Sandra | 58 Average |
| 1970 | A Moreninha | Actor | Carolina, a Moreninha | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Red Light Bandit | Actor | Victim (as Sonia Braga) | 60 Fair |
Production |
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| 1998 | For All - O Trampolim da Vitória | Production | Associate Producer | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Tieta of Agreste | Production | Co-Producer | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Lady on the Bus | Production | Associate Producer | 58 Average |