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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 8, 1950
Place of Birth
Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Also Known As
- Соня Брага
- Sonia Braga
- Sônia María Campos Braga
- Sonia Maria Campos Braga
- سونیا براگا
Sônia Braga
2.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.8
Sister Silva
The First Omen
2024
8.0
Self
Pictures of Ghosts
2023
6.3
Renata Ortiz
Shotgun Wedding
2022
0.0
The Lady in Archive Footage
A dama de todos
2022
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
7.2
Sister Lucia
Fatima
2020
8.0
Self
Bacurau no Mapa
2019
4.4
Mother
The Jesus Rolls
2019
0.0
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
7.7
Domingas
Bacurau
2019
Credits
The First Omen
as Sister Silva
2024
6.8
Pictures of Ghosts
as Self
2023
8.0
Shotgun Wedding
as Renata Ortiz
2022
6.3
A dama de todos
as The Lady in Archive Footage
2022
0.0
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.0
Fatima
as Sister Lucia
2020
7.2
Bacurau no Mapa
as Self
2019
8.0
The Jesus Rolls
as Mother
2019
4.4
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
0.0
Bacurau
as Domingas
2019
7.7
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
as Self (archive footage)
2019
10.0
Wonder
as Grans
2017
8.1
Marvel's Luke Cage
as Soledad
2016
6.9
Aquarius
as Clara
2016
7.5
Emoticon
as Sonia
2014
2.0
The Wine of Summer
as Eliza
2013
5.6
Invisible World
as Segment "Kreuko"
2013
5.7
🎬
The Ordained
as Magalys
2013
1.0
Meddling Mom
as Carmen Vega
2013
4.3
Feijoada Completa
as Celeste
2012
0.0
Tapas & Beijos
as Helô Siqueira
2011
8.0
As Cariocas
as Júlia
2010
7.8
An Invisible Sign
as Mom
2010
5.2
Lope: The Outlaw
as Paquita
2010
5.3
Warehouse 13
as Alicia
2009
7.7
Royal Pains
as Lorena Correia
2009
6.8
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Self
2008
8.5
Donas de Casa Desesperadas
as Alice Monteiro
2007
0.0
The Hottest State
as Mrs. Garcia
2007
5.4
Bordertown
as Teresa Casillas
2007
6.3
Sea of Dreams
2006
5.3
Brothers and Sisters
as Gabriela Laurent
2006
7.1
Pages of Life
as Tônia Werneck
2006
6.6
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Tina
2006
5.9
Ghost Whisperer
as Estella de la Costa
2005
8.1
Scene Stealers
as Celia Crouch
2004
0.0
Testosterone
as Pablo's mother
2003
5.2
Empire
as Iris
2002
6.0
CSI: Miami
as Dona Marta Cruz
2002
7.7
George Lopez
as Emilina Palmero
2002
7.6
American Family
as Berta Gonzalez
2002
0.0
Alias
as Elena Derevko
2001
6.8
Posthumous Memories
as Marcela
2001
6.2
Angel Eyes
as Josephine Pogue
2001
6.1
The Judge
as Lily Acosta
2001
4.5
Perfume
as Irene Mancini
2001
4.7
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
as Quixtla
2000
4.9
Family Law
as Beatrice Valdez
1999
8.2
The Power of Desire
as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
1999
8.1
A Will of their Own
as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz
1998
7.0
Money Play$
as Irene
1998
4.4
Sex and the City
as Maria Diega Reyes
1998
7.4
🎬
Four Corners
as Carlota Alvarez
1998
5.0
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
0.0
Tieta of Agreste
as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
1996
6.7
Two Deaths
as Ana Puscasu
1996
5.0
Moses
as Zepporah
1996
6.5
Streets of Laredo
as Maria Garza
1995
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Esmeralda (voice)
1995
6.0
The Burning Season
as Regina de Carvalho
1994
6.1
🎬
Noche de ronda
as Self
1993
6.0
Roosters
as Juana Morales
1993
2.8
The Last Prostitute
as Loah
1991
3.2
The Rookie
as Liesl
1990
5.9
Law & Order
as Helen
1990
7.4
Tales from the Crypt
as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
1989
8.0
Moon Over Parador
as Madonna
1988
5.8
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Ruby Archuleta
1988
6.5
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
1987
6.6
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
1985
7.0
Patriamada
1985
4.0
The Cosby Show
as Anna Maria Westlake
1984
7.0
Gabriela
as Gabriela
1983
5.8
I Love You
as Maria
1981
5.4
Chega Mais
as Gelly
1980
4.0
Dancin' Days
as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
1978
8.2
Lady on the Bus
as Solange
1978
5.2
Espelho Mágico
as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)
1977
8.0
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
1976
6.8
Saramandaia
as Marcina Moreira
1976
9.0
🎬
O Casal
as Maria Lúcia
1975
0.0
Gabriela
as Gabriela
1975
9.8
Fogo Sobre Terra
as Brisa
1974
8.0
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável
as Mestiça
1974
0.0
Vila Sésamo
as Ana Maria
1972
8.0
Selva de Pedra
as Flávia Moreno
1972
9.3
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
1971
0.0
Devil's Hour
1971
5.0
Irmãos Coragem
as Lídia Siqueira
1970
10.0
Cleo e Daniel
as Sandra
1970
3.5
A Moreninha
as Carolina, a Moreninha
1970
4.0
🎬
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
as Otília
1969
0.0
The Red Light Bandit
as Victim (as Sonia Braga)
1968
7.7
Atenção: Perigo
1967
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5