Sonia Braga as Quixtla
"Prequel" to the first From Dusk Till Dawn is set in Mexico in the early 1900's which begins with the escape of Johnny Madrid, a dangerous local outlaw, from the gallows who then kidnaps his hangman's beautiful daughter, Esmeralda, with a little help from Reece, a female outlaw from the U.S. With the hangman and a local posse on their trail, Johnny meets with his gang who all rob a stagecoach which contains American author Ambrose Bierce along with newlywed couble John and Mary Newlie. As night falls, all parties coindicently seek shelter in an isolated inn/whorehouse which is run by vampires led by the high priestess Quixtla who targets Esmeralda, since Esmeralda is revealed to be the half-human, half-vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium, whom the vampires want as their heir in which all the humans must join forces if they are to survive the night from the vicious blood-suckers.
Biography for Sonia Braga
Date of birth
8 June 1950
Maring�, Paran�, Brazil
Birth Name
S�nia Maria Campos Braga
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Trivia
Known as the "Brizilian Bombshell".
Was involved for some years with Robert Redford.
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Sexy, smoldering actress who rose to stardom in her native country through work on a series of lavish soap operas for the Brazilian network TV Globo. She was featured in the films A Moreninha (1969), Captain Bandiera vs. Dr. Moura Brasil (1970) and The Couple (1974), but it wasn't until her role as a woman with two lovers-her husband, who is alive, and her ex-husband, who is a ghost-in Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1978), that she gained international attention. Braga was the main attraction in Lady on the Bus (1978), I Love You (1981) and Gabriela (1983, a remake of one of the soaps in which she performed) and she made her Englishlanguage debut in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) playing three roles: Raul Julia's girlfriend, a French chanteuse, and the title character. Her subsequent American efforts-The Milagro Beanfield War, Moon Over Parador (both 1988), and The Rookie (1990)-have not come close to unleashing the sensuality she has demonstrated, clothed and unclothed, in her previous work. Most recently, she appeared in Roosters (1995) with Edward James Olmos.
Olga del Volga (2003)
"American Family" (2002) TV Series .... Berta Gonzalez
Empire (2002) .... Iris
Angel Eyes (2001) .... Josephine Pogue
Judge, The (2001) (TV) .... Lily Acosta
... aka Steve Martini's The Judge (2001) (TV) (USA: complete title)
Perfume (2001) .... Irine
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000) (archive footage) (uncredited) .... Herself (at Cannes)
... aka � l'ombre d'Hollywood (2000) (Canada: French title)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) .... Quixtla
Mem�rias P�stumas (1999) .... Marcela
... aka Posthumous Memories (1999) (International: English title)
"For�a de Um Desejo" (1999) TV Series .... Helena Silveira Sobral
"Will of Their Own, A" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Jessica Lopez de la Cruz
"Four Corners" (1998/I) TV Series .... Carlota Alvarez
Money Plays (1997) (TV) .... Irene
Tieta do Agreste (1996) .... Tieta
... aka Tieta (1996)
... aka Tieta of Agreste (1996)
"Streets of Laredo" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Maria Garza
... aka "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" (1995) (mini)
Two Deaths (1995) .... Ana Puscasu
Burning Season, The (1994) (TV) .... Regina de Catrvalho
Roosters (1993) .... Juana
Last Prostitute, The (1991) (TV) .... Loah
Rookie, The (1990) .... Liesl
Moon Over Parador (1988) .... Madonna
Milagro Beanfield War, The (1988) .... Ruby Archuleta, Owner Ruby's Body Shop
59th Annual Academy Awards, The (1987) (TV) .... Herself (presenter)
Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) .... Emily Del Pino Pacheco/Roberts
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) .... Leni Lamaison/Marta/Spider Woman
... aka Beijo da Mulher Aranha, O (1985) (Brazil)
... aka Beso de la mujer ara�a, El (1985) (Argentina)
Gabriela (1983) .... Gabriela
Eu Te Amo (1981) .... Maria
... aka I Love You (1981)
"Chega Mais" (1980) TV Series .... Gelly
Dama do Lota��o, A (1978) .... Solange
... aka Lady on the Bus (1978)
"Dancin' Days" (1978) TV Series .... J�lia Matos
"Espelho M�gico" (1977) TV Series .... Cinthia Levy/Camila
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976) .... Dona Flor (Floripides) Guimaraes
... aka Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) (USA)
"Saramandaia" (1976) TV Series .... Marcina
Casal, O (1975) .... Maria L�cia
"Gabriela" (1975) TV Series .... Gabriela
... aka "Gabriela Cravo e Canela" (1975)
"Fogo Sobre Terra" (1974) TV Series .... Brisa
Mesti�a, a Escrava Indom�vel (1973) .... Mesti�a
"Vila S�samo" (1972) TV Series .... Ana Maria
"Selva de Pedra" (1972) TV Series .... Fl�via
Capit�o Bandeira Contra o Doutor Moura Brazil, O (1971)
Cl�o e Daniel (1970) .... Sandra
Moreninha, A (1970) .... Carolina, a Moreninha
"Irm�os Coragem" (1970) TV Series .... L�dia
Bandido da Luz Vermelha, O (1969) .... Victim
... aka Red Light Bandit, The (1969) (International: English title)