Alba Flores

Alba Flores
Born Alba González Villa
(1986-10-27) October 27, 1986
Years active 2005–present
Parents
Relatives Lola Flores (grandmother)
Lolita Flores (aunt)
Rosario Flores (aunt)
Elena Furiase (cousin)

Alba González Villa, better known by her stage name Alba Flores (Madrid, October 27, 1986), is an actress, commonly known for her roles in Money Heist and Vis a Vis.

Biography

Alba Flores is the only daughter of the romani musician and composer Antonio Flores and Ana Villa, a theatrical producer.[1] She is also the granddaughter of Lola Flores, niece of the singers Lolita Flores and Rosario Flores,[2] and cousin of actress Elena Furiase.

Alba studied dramatic interpretation from the age of thirteen, with secondary training in piano performance. In her brief career as onstage, she performed in a number of roles, the most notable of these Luna de miel en Hiroshima (Honeymoon in Hiroshima) (2005), and the gypsy version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007).

In 2005, Alba made her cinematic debut with Chus Gutiérrez's El Calentito (the Warm),[3] with Verónica Sánchez, Ruth Díaz, Macarena Gómez, Estíbaliz Gabilondo, and Lluvia Rojo among other performers.

In television, she first participated in an episode of the series the El comisario the Commisar in 2006. In 2008, she landed a role in the Antenna 3 network series El síndrome de Ulises (the Ulysses Syndrome), and performed in the musical production of Enamorados anónimos.

In 2009, she recorded her father's theme song I cannot fall in love with you, for the soundtrack of a movie by Roberto Santiago, Al final del camino (At the End of the Road), starring Malena Alterio and Fernando Tejero as the protagonists.

Beginning in 2013, she was cast in a main role as the protagonist's Moroccan servant Jamila in the Antena 3 series El tiempo entre costuras (A Time in Between), set in Spain and the Northern Protectorates in Morocco, following the Spanish Civil War. This was followed by an appearance in the TVE series Cuéntame as an important witness in a plot involving corrupt police.[3]

In 2015 she became part of the series Vis a vis where she plays a character named Saray Vargas, a Romani girl who faces a 5-year prison sentence for homicide.[4][5]

Film/Cinema

YearMovieDirector
2005El calentitoChus Gutiérrez
2015La memoria del aguaMatías Bize

Television

YearSeriesRole
2006El comisarioEpisodic
2008El síndrome de UlisesEpisodic
2013El tiempo entre costurasJamila (supporting)
2013Vicente Ferrer (TV movie)Shamira (supporting)
2014Cuéntame cómo pasóChelo (Episodic)
2015 – presentVis a visSaray Vargas de Jesús (principal)
2017 – presentLa casa de papelÁgata Jiménez "Nairobi"

Awards

Ondas Awards
YearCategoryMovieResultRef.
2015Best Female Performer in Fiction (ex aequo female cast)Vis a vis (television series)Won[6]
Union of Actors Awards
YearCategoryMovieResultRef.
2015Best Supporting Actress in a Television SeriesVis a vis (television series)Nominated[7]
Feroz Awards
YearCategoryMovieResultRef.
2017Best Supporting Actress in a Television SeriesVis a vis (television series)Nominated[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Tokio & Nairobi, las actrices españolas que "la rompen" en La casa de papel". Infobae (in Spanish). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Naranjo, Pablo (13 February 2018). "Alba Flores, una actriz de raza que no se anda con tonterías". Chit Chat Post (in Spanish). Quokkers S.L. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Alba Flores y Álvaro Cervantes, Premio Actúa Joven Talento de la Fundación AISGE". Artezblai (in Spanish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Alba Flores, La Revelación de Vis a Vis". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Alba Flores es Saray: Vis a vis". Fox (in Spanish). Fox Networks Group España, S.L.U. 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Redondo, David (28 October 2015). "Las chicas de Vis a Vis y El ministerio del tiempo triunfan en los premios Ondas". Los 40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Los protagonistas de 'La casa de papel' copan las nominaciones de los Premios de la Unión de actores". Antena 3. Madrid: Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "'La casa de papel' arrasa en las nominaciones a los premios Feroz". Antena 3. Madrid: Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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