Acting · Maringá, Paraná, Brazil · Born June 8, 1950
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.
TVM.I.A.
2026
as Vida Rojas
MovieThe First Omen
2024
as Sister Silva
MoviePictures of Ghosts
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieShotgun Wedding
2022
as Renata Ortiz
MovieA dama de todos
2022
as The Lady in Archive Footage
MovieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFatima
2020
as Sister Lucia
MovieBacurau no Mapa
2019
as Self
MovieThe Jesus Rolls
2019
as Mother
MovieRaúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Self
MovieBacurau
2019
as Domingas
MovieNeville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWonder
2017
as Grans
TVMarvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Soledad
MovieAquarius
2016
as Clara
MovieEmoticon
2014
as Sonia
MovieThe Wine of Summer
2013
as Eliza
MovieInvisible World
2013
as Segment "Kreuko"
MovieThe Ordained
2013
as Magalys
MovieMeddling Mom
2013
as Carmen Vega
MovieFeijoada Completa
2012
as Celeste
TVTapas & Beijos
2011
as Helô Siqueira
TVThe Cariocas
2010
as Júlia
MovieAn Invisible Sign
2010
as Mom
MovieLope: The Outlaw
2010
as Paquita
TVWarehouse 13
2009
as Alicia
TVRoyal Pains
2009
as Lorena Correia
MovieTangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
2008
as Self
TVDonas de Casa Desesperadas
2007
as Alice Monteiro
MovieThe Hottest State
2007
as Mrs. Garcia
MovieBordertown
2007
as Teresa Casillas
MovieSea of Dreams
2006
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Gabriela Laurent
TVPages of Life
2006
as Tônia Werneck
MovieMarilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Tina
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Estella de la Costa
MovieScene Stealers
2004
as Celia Crouch
MovieTestosterone
2003
as Pablo's mother
MovieEmpire
2002
as Iris
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Dona Marta Cruz
TVGeorge Lopez
2002
as Emilina Palmero
TVAmerican Family
2002
as Berta Gonzalez
TVAlias
2001
as Elena Derevko
MoviePosthumous Memories
2001
as Marcela
MovieAngel Eyes
2001
as Josephine Pogue
MovieThe Judge
2001
as Lily Acosta
MoviePerfume
2001
as Irene Mancini
MovieFrom Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
2000
as Quixtla
TVFamily Law
1999
as Beatrice Valdez
TVForça de um Desejo
1999
as Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
TVA Will of their Own
1998
as Jessie Lopez De La Cruz
MovieMoney Play$
1998
as Irene
TVSex and the City
1998
as Maria Diega Reyes
Four Corners
1998
as Carlota Alvarez
MovieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
MovieTieta of Agreste
1996
as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
MovieTwo Deaths
1996
as Ana Puscasu
TVMoses
1996
as Zipporah
TVStreets of Laredo
1995
as Maria Garza
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Esmeralda (voice)
MovieThe Burning Season
1994
as Regina de Carvalho
Noche de ronda
1993
as Self
MovieRoosters
1993
as Juana Morales
MovieThe Last Prostitute
1991
as Loah
MovieThe Rookie
1990
as Liesl
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Helen
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
MovieMoon Over Parador
1988
as Madonna
MovieThe Milagro Beanfield War
1988
as Ruby Archuleta
MovieThe Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Emily Del Pino Pacheco
MovieKiss of the Spider Woman
1985
as Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
MoviePatriamada
1985
TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Anna Maria Westlake
MovieGabriela
1983
as Gabriela
MovieI Love You
1981
as Maria
TVChega Mais
1980
as Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida)
TVDancin' Days
1978
as Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
MovieLady on the Bus
1978
as Solange
TVEspelho Mágico
1977
as Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)
MovieDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
as Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
TVSaramandaia
1976
as Marcina Moreira
TVSelva de Pedra
1975
as Flávia Moreno
O Casal
1975
as Maria Lúcia
TVGabriela
1975
as Gabriela
TVFogo Sobre Terra
1974
as Brisa
MovieMestiça, a Escrava Indomável
1974
as Mestiça
TVVila Sésamo
1972
as Ana Maria
TVSelva de Pedra
1972
as Flávia Medeiros Moreno
MovieO Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
1971
MovieDevil's Hour
1971
TVIrmãos Coragem
1970
as Lídia Siqueira
MovieCleo e Daniel
1970
as Sandra
MovieA Moreninha
1970
as Carolina, a Moreninha
TVA Menina do Veleiro Azul
1969
as Otília
MovieThe Red Light Bandit
1968
as Victim (as Sonia Braga)
MovieAtenção: Perigo
1967
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
