Sônia Braga

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

Wonder

as Grans

Sex and the City

as Maria Diega Reyes

Marvel's Luke Cage

as Soledad

Ghost Whisperer

as Estella de la Costa

CSI: Miami

as Dona Marta Cruz

Shotgun Wedding

as Renata Ortiz

Bacurau

as Domingas

The First Omen

as Sister Silva

Tales from the Crypt

as Sophie Wagner

Warehouse 13

as Alicia