Sonia Braga Filmography

The Hottest State

Actors: Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ethan Hawke, Laura Linney, Michelle Williams

Synopsis: Soon after relocating from Texas to New York in a bid to make the big time, a 21-year-old actor enters into a turbulent relationship with a struggling singer/songwriter in writer/director Ethan Hawke's screen adaptation of his own debut novel. William (Mark Webber) is an aspiring actor with dreams Read More

Bordertown

Actors: Maya Zapata, Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sonia Braga, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: The celebrated Latino director Gregory Nava (American Family) helmed, scripted, and co-produced (with star Jennifer Lopez) Bordertown - a suspense thriller with an A-list Hispanic cast. Lopez portrays Lauren Adrian, an American correspondent from a Chicago newspaper, who longs to cover the U.S. Read More

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Actors: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, John Goodman, Sean Astin

Synopsis: Randall Miller's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny. Robert Carlyle portrays Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving Read More

Che

Actors: Eduardo Noriega, Sonia Braga

Synopsis: Eduardo Noriega dons the beret of beloved Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in this biopic from director Josh Evans. The leader of the socialist revolt that would shake the entire world, Guevara gave birth to a legacy that would inspire idealists and revolutionaries for years to come. ~ Jason Read More

Testosterone

Synopsis: Plagued by memories of his mysteriously departed boyfriend, a man travels all the way to Argentina for some closure in this comedic thriller. TV's David Sutcliffe plays Dean, a comic book artist living in relative comfort in Los Angeles, until an accidental fire destroys his domicile. With no Read More

Law & Order: Genius

Actors: Fred Dalton Thompson

Synopsis: A cab driver is murdered, sending Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) on another clue-gathering expedition. The trail leads to a lost book, a brace of authors, and a onetime child prodigy. The story takes a bizarre twist when the suspect demands to be sentenced to death. And, oh Read More

Empire

Actors: John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca, Delilah Cotto

Synopsis: A man who has made good in an illegal business discovers going straight is a more complicated matter than he imagined in this urban drama. Victor Rosa (John Leguizamo) is a drug dealer who has made a small fortune selling a heroin-based drug cocktail he's concocted called "Empire." Victor doesn't Read More

Angel Eyes

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Sonia Braga, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Sisto

Synopsis: Jennifer Lopez stars in this gritty, emotional drama as police officer Sharon Pogue, who covers up a painful past with an anger that fuels her job performance in one of Chicago's toughest precincts. Although her partner Robby (Terrence Howard) is concerned about Sharon, she won't confide even in Read More

Perfume

Actors: Joanne Baron, Angela Bettis, Sonia Braga, D.W. Brown, Coolio

Synopsis: As a number of luminaries on the international fashion scene converge for a major show, their personal and professional crises come to a head in this comedy-drama. Lorenzo Mancini (Paul Sorvino) is an internationally famous designer who has learned he has only a short time to live. As Mancini Read More

Memorias Postumas

Actors: Reginaldo Farias, Vietia Rocha, Sonia Braga

Synopsis: A man who has just met his fate looks back on the life he's just completed in this historical comedy-drama based on a novel by Machado de Assis. 19th century tycoon Cubas (Reginaldo Faria) has just died, and his spirit takes a long look back on his life and his loves, as he courts a number of Read More

American Family [TV Series]

Actors: Edward James Olmos, Raquel Welch, Constance Marie, Sonia Braga, Esai Morales

Synopsis: Beyond the fact that it was seen on PBS, the dramatic series American Family bore no relation to the classic docudrama series of the 1970s. Created by filmmaker Gregory Nava, the series focused on a "typical" Latino family in East L.A., and as such was the only program on "regular" TV to feature Read More

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Actors: Ara Celi, Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks

Synopsis: An outlaw who recently defied death by escaping his noose is on the run with his gang and the daughter of his intended executioner in this prequel to the 1996 series original, From Dusk Til Dawn. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Money Plays

Actors: Roy Scheider, Sonia Braga, Elisabeth Lund

Synopsis: In this drama, a Vegas casino worker's love affair with a beautiful hooker turns dangerous when he allows her to draw him into a gambling scam. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Four Corners

Actors: Ann-Margret, Sonia Braga, Megan Ward, Raymond J. Barry, Kamar De Los Reyes

Synopsis: One of the most highly touted projects of the 1997-1998 TV season, Four Corners was introduced by CBS as a four-part miniseries, debuting February 24, 1998. Ann-Margret heads the cast as Amanda "Maggie" Wyatt, the headstrong widowed matriarch of a once-powerful California rancing family. Despite Read More

Two Deaths

Actors: Michael Gambon, Sonia Braga, Nickolas Grace, Patrick Malahide, Rade Serbedzija, Ion Caramitru, John Shrapnel

Synopsis: Amid the bloody tumult of Communist dictator Ceausescu in 1989 Romania, a hedonistic and morally sidetracked physician, Daniel Pavenic (Michael Gambon), attempts to hold his annual dinner for 12 of his closest friends. Only three such friends are willing to brave the dangerous war-torn streets to Read More

Tieta of Agreste

Crew: Co-producer

Synopsis: Based on a popular Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado, this lively drama slyly comments upon Brazilian society while telling a tale of reconciliation and subtle revenge had at the hands of the fast-living titular character, a woman who 26 years before was banished from her remote home village of Read More

Streets of Laredo

Actors: James Garner, Alexis Cruz, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek

Synopsis: This miniseries follows the original Lonesome Dove miniseries, and both are based on the characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. Although much of the cast has changed from the original, the compelling saga is as satisfying as ever. The Western tale continues with the Read More

The Burning Season

Actors: Raul Julia

Synopsis: This highly acclaimed made-for-cable movie tells the real-life story of one man's battle to save his land. Raul Julia stars as Chico Mendes, the Brazilian union leader who rallied his people to rise up and fight the exploitation of the rainforest. Mendes called on the locals to protest land Read More

Roosters

Actors: Edward James Olmos, Sonia Braga, Maria Conchita Alonso, Danny Nucci, Sarah Lassez

Synopsis: Milcha Sanchez-Scott adapted her own play for this moving and poetic tale of family obsessions directed by Robert M. Young. Edward James Olmos stars as Gallo, the macho head of the Morales family. He has been in prison for the last seven years for murdering a man over a cockfight, but now he is Read More

The Last Prostitute

Actors: Sonia Braga

Synopsis: When a pair of teen-aged boys break away from their summer camp to lose their virginity to an infamous hooker (Sonia Braga), they discover that she's since gone straight to become a rancher. After hiring on as stable boys, they learn about the real meaning of love and sex. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Read More

The Rookie

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Tom Skerritt

Synopsis: In return for Warner Bros. greenlighting his pet project White Hunter, Black Heart (1990), Clint Eastwood directed and starred in this more commercial film, an action caper about a mismatched pair of auto theft cops. Eastwood is grizzled veteran detective Nick Pulovski, who's determined to bring Read More

Moon over Parador

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey

Synopsis: Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is all actor: Self-possessed, obsessive, vulnerable, and an addict for praise, his soul burns with "the craft." Having just finished a grade-Z straight-to-cable crime thriller in the fictional South American country of Parador, he gets the ultimate acting challenge Read More

The Milagro Beanfield War

Actors: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, John Heard, Chick Vennera

Synopsis: It's advisable to know from the beginning of The Milagro Beanfield War that "milagro" is the Spanish word for "miracle". The scene is a rundown Hispanic community in New Mexico, bordering a posh housing development. In full control of the local water rights, the powers-that-be are secure in the Read More

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Actors: Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Sonia Braga, James Keach, Elisha Cook, Jr.

Synopsis: This made-for-cable outing is a loose remake of the Paul Muni film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. Val Kilmer inhabits the Muni role of World War I vet Robert Elliot Burns, whose exploits following his escape from a Southern work camp are detailed in episodic fashion. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Read More

The Cosby Show: Mrs. Westlake

Synopsis: Sonia Braga guest stars as Mrs. Westlake, aka "The Dragon Lady", the mercilessly strict and demanding math teacher who has made Theo's life miserable in school. When Mrs. Westlake asks to meet Cliff (Bill Cosby), Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) is worried that he is flunking her class. But during a Read More

The Cosby Show: An Early Spring

Synopsis: When their math teacher Mrs. Westlake (Sonia Braga) goes to the hospital to have her baby, Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) and Cockroach (Carl Anthony Payne II) wonder if they will be spared an upcoming math test. The "answer" arrives in the form of a substitute teacher, leading to a surprisingly Read More

I Love You

Actors: Anémone, Eddy Mitchell, Christopher Lambert, Agnes Soral, Flora Barillaro

Synopsis: In another indictment of the flaws of our so-called civilization, this satire from the late director (Marco Ferreri) features (Christopher Lambert) as Michel, a miserable man who has failed at love and finds solace in a mechanical key holder. Michel has just been dumped by Barbara (Anemone) Read More

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Actors: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jose Lewgoy, Nuno Leal Maia

Synopsis: Political prisoner Valentin Arregui (Raul Julia) and homosexual pederast Luis Molina (William Hurt) share a Brazilian prison cell in this fantastical drama from the book by Manuel Puig. Sensitive and flamboyant, Molina helps pass the time by recounting memories from one of his favorite films, a Read More

Gabriela

Actors: Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart, Nelson Xavier

Synopsis: Gabriela was based on Jorge Armado's novel Gabriela, Clove and Cinammon, which also served as the source of a typically steamy Brazilian TV soap opera. Set in 1925 (when the novel was first published), the film stars Marcello Mastrioanni as Nacib, a bartender in the Bahian village of Parati. When Read More

Eu Te Amo

Crew: Producer

Actors: Sonia Braga, Paulo Cesar Pereio, Tarcisio Meira, Regina Case

Synopsis: This Brazilian erotic exercise stars Sonia Braga and Paulo Cesar Pereio as lovers who aren't in love. Attracted to each other's all-stops-out sexuality, Braga and Pereio use one another in every sense of the word. It is only at fadeout time that they learn to their surprise that they have Read More

A Dama do Lotacao

Actors: Sonia Braga, Nuno Leal Maia, Jorge Doria, Paulo Cesar Pereio, Paulo Villaca

Synopsis: In this sequel to Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Sonia Braga stars as a new wife who copes with her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on buses. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Actors: Sonia Braga, Jose Wilker, Mauro Mendonca, Dinorah Brillanti, Nelson Xavier

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Brazilian comedy follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sonia Braga) after she is left a widow by the death of her wild, irresponsible husband. (He died after another wanton night of carousing) Attempting to marry more wisely the second time Read More