Braganza was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Indian-Goan parents, and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario.
[1] She lived for many years in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, before moving to Toronto.
[3] Her various performances earned her the Montreal English Critics Circle Award as the Best Actress of 2003–04.
[4] She most recently starred as Gina Green in the Hollywood made-for-television film 10.5: Apocalypse, which was about a natural disaster to hit the United States; it starred Dean Cain and Beau Bridges.
She has also been on Canadian television with a featured role in the Stephen Surjik film Tripping the Wire, and on American television with a recurring role on the Independent Film Channel original series The Business.