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Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian-American 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. 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), Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), Alias (2005), Aquarius (2016) and Bacurau (2019).
Birth Name
Sônia Maria Campos Braga
Born
Thursday, 08 June 1950
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The First Omen | Silvia / Sister Silva | 2024 |
Pictures of Ghosts | Self | 2023 |
Shotgun Wedding | Renata Ortiz | 2022 |
Fatima | Sister Lucia | 2020 |
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
The Jesus Rolls | Mother | 2019 |
Bacurau | Domingas | 2019 |
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
Wonder | Grans (as Sonia Braga) / Grans / Grandma | 2017 |
Las Reinas | Gabriella De La Reina | 2017 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The First Omen | Silvia / Sister Silva | 2024 |
Pictures of Ghosts | Self | 2023 |
Shotgun Wedding | Renata Ortiz | 2022 |
Fatima | Sister Lucia | 2020 |
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
The Jesus Rolls | Mother | 2019 |
Bacurau | Domingas | 2019 |
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
Wonder | Grans (as Sonia Braga) / Grans / Grandma | 2017 |
Las Reinas | Gabriella De La Reina | 2017 |
Luke Cage | Soledad | 2016 |
Aquarius | Clara | 2016 |
Emoticon ;) | Sonia | 2014 |
The Wine of Summer | Eliza | 2013 |
Meddling Mom | Carmen Vega | 2012 |
Invisible World | (segment "Kreoko") | 2011 |
The Cariocas | Júlia | 2010 |
An Invisible Sign | Mom | 2010 |
The Outlaw | Paquita | 2010 |
Warehouse 13 | Alicia | 2009 |
Royal Pains | Lorena Correia | 2009 |
The Hottest State | Mrs. Garcia | 2007 |
Bordertown | Teresa Casillas | 2007 |
Sea of Dreams | Nurka | 2006 |
Brothers & Sisters | Gabriela Laurent | 2006 |
Pages of life | Tônia Werneck | 2006 |
Ghost Whisperer | Estella de la Costa | 2005 |
Che Guevara | Celia | 2005 |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Tina | 2005 |
LatiNation | Self - Guest | 2004 |
Scene Stealers | Celia Crouch | 2004 |
Testosterone | Pablo's Mother | 2003 |
Empire | Iris | 2002 |
CSI: Miami | Dona Marta Cruz | 2002 |
George Lopez | Emilina Palmero | 2002 |
American Family | Berta Gonzalez | 2002 |
Alias | Elena Derevko | 2001 |
Posthumous Memories | Marcela | 2001 |
Angel Eyes | Josephine Pogue | 2001 |
The Judge | Lily Acosta | 2001 |
Perfume | Irene Mancini | 2001 |
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | Quixtla | 1999 |
Family Law | Beatrice Valdez | 1999 |
A Will of Their Own | Jessie Lopez de la Cruz | 1998 |
Money Play$ | Irene | 1998 |
Sex and the City | Maria Diega Reyes | 1998 |
Four Corners | Carmen Alvarez / Carlota Alvarez | 1998 |
Tieta of Agreste | Tieta | 1996 |
Two Deaths | Ana Puscasu | 1996 |
Streets of Laredo | Maria Garza | 1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Esmerelda | 1995 |
The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story | Regina de Carvalho | 1994 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
Roosters | Juana Morales | 1993 |
The Last Prostitute | Loah | 1991 |
Law & Order | Helen | 1990 |
The Rookie | Liesl | 1990 |
Tales from the Crypt | Sophie Wagner | 1989 |
Moon Over Parador | Madonna | 1988 |
The Milagro Beanfield War | Ruby Archuleta | 1988 |
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Emily Del Pino Pacheco | 1987 |
The 59th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1987 |
American Masters | Self - Actor | 1986 |
Kiss of the Spider Woman | Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman | 1985 |
The Cosby Show | Anna Maria Westlake | 1984 |
Patriamada | 1984 | |
Gabriela | Gabriela | 1983 |
Chega Mais | Gelly | 1980 |
Dancin' Days | Júlia Matos | 1978 |
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães / Dona Flor (Florípides) Guimarães | 1976 |
Saramandaia | Marcina | 1976 |
O Casal | Maria Lúcia | 1975 |
Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável | Mestiça | 1974 |
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil | Boy | 1971 |
Cleo e Daniel | Sandra | 1970 |
A Moreninha | Carolina, a Moreninha | 1970 |
The Red Light Bandit | Victim (as Sonia Braga) / Victim | 1968 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest (as Sonia Braga) | 1962 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Tieta of Agreste | 1996 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1995 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
1989 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
1986 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |