Sonia Braga

Brazilian actress Sônia Braga (born Sônia Maria Campos Braga on June 8, 1950) guest stars in two Season 2 episodes of The Cosby Show as Anna Maria Westlake, Theo's math teacher, first, in the episode Mrs. Westlake (#12) then in the episode An Early Spring (#21). Sonia is perhaps best known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (first released in 1976). For the 1994 television film The Burning Season, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television and film credits also include Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), the ABC-TV series Alias (2005), Aquarius (2016) and Bacurau (2019).

Filmography

 * The Red Light Bandit (1968)
 * A Moreninha (1970)
 * Gabriela (1975)
 * Saramandaia (1976)
 * Chega Mais (1980)
 * Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
 * The Cosby Show (1986)
 * The Rookie (1990)
 * Tales from the Crypt (1992)
 * Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
 * From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000)
 * Sex and the City (2001)
 * Empire (2002)
 * George Lopez (2002)
 * Law & Order (2003)
 * CSI: Miami (2005)
 * Alias (2005)
 * Ghost Whisperer (2005)
 * Che Guevara (2005)
 * Brothers & Sisters (2010-2011)
 * Warehouse 13 (2014)
 * Royal Pains (2014)
 * Luke Cage (2016)
 * Las Reinas (2017)
 * Wonder (2017)
 * Bacurau (2019)
 * The Jesus Rolls (2019)
 * Fatima (2020)

Trivia

 * Aunt of Daniela Braga and Alice Braga.
 * Her father died when she was 8 years old.
 * Is the fifth of seven children.