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.

Filmography

• M.I.A. — Vida Rojas
• 2024The First Omen — Sister Silva
• 2022A dama de todos — The Lady in Archive Footage
• 2022Shotgun Wedding — Renata Ortiz
• 2020Fatima — Sister Lucia
• 2019Bacurau — Domingas
• 2019The Jesus Rolls — Mother
• 2017Wonder — Grans
• 2016Aquarius — Clara
• Marvel's Luke Cage — Soledad
• 2014Emoticon — Sonia
• 2013Invisible World — Segment "Kreuko"
• 2013Meddling Mom — Carmen Vega
• 2013The Ordained — Magalys
• 2013The Wine of Summer — Eliza
• 2012Feijoada Completa — Celeste
• Tapas & Beijos — Helô Siqueira
• 2010An Invisible Sign — Mom
• 2010Lope: The Outlaw — Paquita
• The Cariocas — Júlia
• Royal Pains — Lorena Correia
• Warehouse 13 — Alicia
• 2007Bordertown — Teresa Casillas
• Donas de Casa Desesperadas — Alice Monteiro
• 2007The Hottest State — Mrs. Garcia
• Brothers and Sisters — Gabriela Laurent
• 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School — Tina
• Pages of Life — Tônia Werneck
• 2006Sea of Dreams — Nurka
• Ghost Whisperer — Estella de la Costa
• 2004Scene Stealers — Celia Crouch
• 2003Testosterone — Pablo's mother
• American Family — Berta Gonzalez
• CSI: Miami — Dona Marta Cruz
• 2002Empire — Iris
• George Lopez — Emilina Palmero
• Alias — Elena Derevko
• 2001Angel Eyes — Josephine Pogue
• 2001Perfume — Irene Mancini
• 2001Posthumous Memories — Marcela
• 2001The Judge — Lily Acosta
• 2000From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter — Quixtla
• Family Law — Beatrice Valdez
• Força de um Desejo — Baronesa Helena Silveira Sobral
• A Will of their Own — Jessie Lopez De La Cruz
• 1998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória — Associate Producer
• Four Corners — Carlota Alvarez
• 1998Money Play$ — Irene
• Sex and the City — Maria Diega Reyes
• Moses — Zipporah
• 1996Tieta of Agreste — Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta), Co-Producer
• 1996Two Deaths — Ana Puscasu
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Esmeralda (voice)
• Streets of Laredo — Maria Garza
• 1994The Burning Season — Regina de Carvalho
• 1993Roosters — Juana Morales
• 1991The Last Prostitute — Loah
• Law & Order — Helen
• 1990The Rookie — Liesl
• Tales from the Crypt — Sophie Wagner (segment "This'll Kill Ya")
• 1988Moon Over Parador — Madonna
• 1988The Milagro Beanfield War — Ruby Archuleta
• 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains — Emily Del Pino Pacheco
• 1985Kiss of the Spider Woman — Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
• 1985Patriamada
• The Cosby Show — Anna Maria Westlake
• 1983Gabriela — Gabriela
• 1981I Love You — Maria
• Chega Mais — Gelly (Maria Angélica Grimaldi Prado Almeida)
• Dancin' Days — Júlia de Souza Matos / Cristina
• 1978Lady on the Bus — Solange, Associate Producer
• Espelho Mágico — Cynthia Levy / Maria Jacinta Barbosa (Camila)
• 1976Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands — Dona Flor 'Florípides' Guimarães
• Saramandaia — Marcina Moreira
• Gabriela — Gabriela
• 1975O Casal — Maria Lúcia
• Selva de Pedra — Flávia Moreno
• Fogo Sobre Terra — Brisa
• 1974Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável — Mestiça
• Selva de Pedra — Flávia Medeiros Moreno
• Vila Sésamo — Ana Maria
• 1971Devil's Hour
• 1971O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
• 1970A Moreninha — Carolina, a Moreninha
• 1970Cleo e Daniel — Sandra
• Irmãos Coragem — Lídia Siqueira
• A Menina do Veleiro Azul — Otília
• 1968The Red Light Bandit — Victim (as Sonia Braga)
• 1967Atenção: Perigo

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2023Pictures of Ghosts — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Bacurau no Mapa — Self
• 2019Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage — Self
• 2008Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman — Self
• 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional — Self
• Noche de ronda — Self
• 1976Filmando Dona Flor — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self