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Sonia Braga

Acting · Born June 8, 1950 · Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

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.

Movies with Sonia Braga

• Wonder (2017) — Grans
• The First Omen (2024) — Sister Silva
• Shotgun Wedding (2022) — Renata Ortiz
• The Rookie (1990) — Liesl
• Angel Eyes (2001) — Josephine Pogue
• From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) — Quixtla
• Fatima (2020) — Sister Lucia
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) — Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
• The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) — Ruby Archuleta
• Bordertown (2007) — Teresa Casillas
• Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) — Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
• Gabriela (1983) — Gabriela

TV shows with Sonia Braga

• Pages of Life (2006) — Tônia Werneck
• Irmãos Coragem (1970) — Lídia Siqueira
• Força de um Desejo (1999) — Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
• Selva de Pedra (1972) — Flávia Medeiros Moreno
• Dancin' Days (1978) — Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
• Alias (2001) — Elena Derevko
• Fogo Sobre Terra (1974) — Brisa
• Gabriela (1975) — Gabriela