Sonia Braga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 8 June 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.
Known for
Acting 60
- 2024The First Omen as Sister Silva
- 2023Pictures of Ghosts as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Shotgun Wedding as Renata Ortiz
- 2022A dama de todos as The Lady in Archive Footage
- 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Fatima as Sister Lucia
- 2019Bacurau no Mapa as Self
- 2019The Jesus Rolls as Mother
- 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019Bacurau as Domingas
- 2019Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Wonder as Grans
- 2016Aquarius as Clara
- 2014Emoticon as Sonia
- 2013The Wine of Summer as Eliza
- 2013Invisible World as Segment "Kreuko"
- 2013The Ordained as Magalys
- 2013Meddling Mom as Carmen Vega
- 2012Feijoada Completa as Celeste
- 2010An Invisible Sign as Mom
- 2010Lope: The Outlaw as Paquita
- 2008Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman as Self
- 2007The Hottest State as Mrs. Garcia
- 2007Bordertown as Teresa Casillas
- 2006Sea of Dreams as Nurka
- 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Tina
- 2004Scene Stealers as Celia Crouch
- 2003Testosterone as Pablo's mother
- 2002Empire as Iris
- 2001Posthumous Memories as Marcela
- 2001Angel Eyes as Josephine Pogue
- 2001The Judge as Lily Acosta
- 2001Perfume as Irene Mancini
- 2000From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter as Quixtla
- 1998Money Play$ as Irene
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1996Tieta of Agreste as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
- 1996Two Deaths as Ana Puscasu
- 1994The Burning Season as Regina de Carvalho
- 1993Roosters as Juana Morales
- 1991The Last Prostitute as Loah
- 1990The Rookie as Liesl
- 1988Moon Over Parador as Madonna
- 1988The Milagro Beanfield War as Ruby Archuleta
- 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
- 1985Kiss of the Spider Woman as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
- 1985Patriamada
- 1983Gabriela as Gabriela
- 1981I Love You as Maria
- 1978Lady on the Bus as Solange
- 1976Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
- 1976Filmando Dona Flor as Self
- 1975O Casal as Maria Lúcia
- 1974Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável as Mestiça
- 1971O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
- 1971Devil's Hour
- 1970Cleo e Daniel as Sandra
- 1970A Moreninha as Carolina, a Moreninha
- 1968The Red Light Bandit as Victim (as Sonia Braga)
- 1967Atenção: Perigo
Production 3
- 1998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória · associate producer
- 1996Tieta of Agreste · co-producer
- 1978Lady on the Bus · associate producer