Alba Flores
Alba González Villa (born October 27, 1986), known professionally as Alba Flores, is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her roles as Saray Vargas in the prison crime drama series Vis a Vis (2015–2019) and Nairobi in the heist series Money Heist (2017–2021).
Also recorded as Alba González Villa
Alba Flores

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- Name
- Alba Flores
- Birth Name
- Alba González Villa
- Born
- 27 October 1986
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Occupation
- Actress
- Full name
- Alba González Villa.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Teachers
- Juan Carlos Corazza.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Alba González Villa (born October 27, 1986), known professionally as Alba Flores, is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her roles as Saray Vargas in the prison crime drama series Vis a Vis (2015–2019) and Nairobi in the heist series Money Heist (2017–2021).
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Key facts
• Name — Alba Flores • Birth Name — Alba González Villa • Born — 27 October 1986 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2003–present • Father — Antonio Flores • Relatives — * Lola Flores (grandmother) • Lolita Flores (aunt) • Rosario Flores (aunt) • Elena Furiase (cousin) • Quique Sánchez Flores (second uncle)
Early life
Early life
Flores is the daughter of musician and composer Antonio Flores and Ana Villa, a theatrical producer. Her family consists of Romani performers, musicians, and actors: She is the granddaughter of Lola Flores, known as "La Faraona" ("The Pharaoh"), niece of singers Lolita Flores and Rosario Flores, and cousin of actress Elena Furiase. Her paternal grandfather, Antonio González, el Pescaílla referred to as "El Pescaílla" was also a Spanish singer and guitarist, and is considered to be one of the fathers of Catalan Rumba. She is Romani. Her father composed a song dedicated for her entitled "Alba". She was nine years old when her father died. Flores studied dramatic interpretation from the age of 13, with secondary training in piano performance. Her early roles on stage included Luna de miel en Hiroshima (Honeymoon in Hiroshima) (2005) and the Romani version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007).
2005–2014: Career beginnings
2005–2014: Career beginnings
In 2005, Alba made her film debut in Chus Gutiérrez's, El calentito, alongside Verónica Sánchez, Ruth Díaz, Macarena Gómez, Estíbaliz Gabilondo, and Lluvia Rojo. Her television debut was in an episode of the series the El comisario in 2006. In 2008, she landed a role in the Antenna 3 television series El síndrome de Ulises. That year, she performed in the musical theater production of Enamorados anónimos (Love Anonymous: The Copla Musical in Broadway) helmed by dance choreographer Blanca Li and music composer Javier Limón. In 2009, she recorded her father's song, "No Puedo Enamorarme de Ti (I cannot fall in love with you)", for the soundtrack of a movie by Roberto Santiago (director), Al final del camino, starring Malena Alterio and Fernando Tejero. She trained at the Corazza Acting Studio by the renowned acting coach Juan Carlos Corazza. She participated in the studio's 2011 theater play, Comedia Y Sueno (Comedia and Dream, the most beautiful lie). Beginning in 2013, she was cast as the protagonist's Moroccan servant, Jamila, in the Antena 3 series El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between), set in Spain and the Northern Protectorates in Morocco, following the Spanish Civil War. She then played an Indian woman in Vincente Ferrer, a television film based on the life of Spanish Missionary Vicente Ferrer. Filming took place in Anantapur, India. This was followed by an appearance in the TVE series Cuéntame as an important witness in a plot involving corrupt police.
2015–2019: Breakthrough with Vis a Vis
2015–2019: Breakthrough with Vis a Vis
From 2015 to 2019, she played Saray Vargas de Jesús, a Romani woman who initially faced a 5-year prison sentence for Assault in the prison crime drama series Vis a Vis (Locked Up). Considered a clever and thrilling breakout out hit by critics, the show gave Flores her first breakout role in television. For this, she received her first TV Award, a shared Onda Award for Best Female Performer in Fiction with the female cast of the series, a Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Award from the Spanish Actors Union Awards, and several other nominations. In 2017, Netflix bought Global streaming rights for the show. With a strong following, the show ran for a total of four seasons plus the spinoff fifth season Vis a vis: El Oasis (2020). Flores, who played an essential character on Vis a Vis, had a special guest appearance in the finale of El Oasis. In 2016, she performed in the Spanish theatrical production of La Rosa Tatuada by Tennessee Williams. In 2017, she played Políxena, the daughter of the King of Troy, in production of Troyanas, based on the tragedy written by Greek playwright Euripides about the Women of Troy after the end of Trojan War. It premiered on Mérida International Classical Theatre Festival. Flores was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award in Spanish Actors Union Awards for her performance.
2017–present: International recognition with La Casa de Papel
2017–present: International recognition with La Casa de Papel
• Illustration — Nairobi mural in Ehrenfeld, Cologne While working with Álex Pina in Vis a Vis, the producer asked her if she wanted to join his new show La Casa de Papel (Money Heist). She did not audition as Pina wrote a role for her as one of the bank robbers, nicknamed Nairobi, an expert in counterfeiting and forgery in charge of printing the money in Parts One and Two and overseeing the melting of gold in Parts Three and Four. After the series was cancelled after its one-season run, Netflix acquired the global streaming rights in 2017 and ordered additional seasons. Since then, it gained worldwide recognition, becoming Netflix's most viewed non-English series. It received critical praise and won several awards including best drama series at the International Emmy Awards. Her role as Nairobi brought her international recognition as well as several acting accolades, including winning an Iris Award for Best Actress. In 2017, Flores performed in the musical play "Drac Pack" co-written by her Vis a Vis co-star and friend Najwa Nimri. In 2020, she served as the Spanish narrator for the Netflix nature documentary Night on Earth. In 2021, she performed in the Spanish theatrical production of La excepción y la regla by German Playwright Bertolt Brecht, for which she was nominated for Best Theatre Actress by Fotogramas de Plata.
Personal life
Personal life
Flores is vegetarian and has campaigned on behalf of the Latin division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, saying that, "You have to leave the animals off the plate". In March 2022, she was among 151 international feminists who signed the Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto in solidarity with the Russian Feminist Anti-War Resistance.
Television
Television
• Year||Title||Role — Notes • 2006 — El comisario — Sohara — Episode: "Y dime tonta" • 2008 — El síndrome de Ulises — Arabia Salazar — Episode: "Volver" • 2013 — Vicente Ferrer — Shamira — TV movie • The Time in Between — Jamila — 5 episodes • 2014 — Cuéntame cómo pasó — La Chelo — Episode: "En la boca del lobo" • 2015–2019 — Vis a vis — Saray Vargas de Jesús — Main role; 40 episodes • 2017–2021 — Money Heist — Ágata Jiménez / Nairobi — Main role; 34 episodes • 2020 — Vis a vis: El Oasis — Saray Vargas de Jesús — Episode: "¿Quién era Zulema Zahir?" • 2021 — Maricón perdido — Lola • 2022 — Sagrada familia (Holy Family) — Caterina • Ulterior — Ada • Romancero — Tábata
Theater
Theater
• Year — Title — Author — Director • 2005 — Honeymoon in Hiroshima — Esteve Ferrer • 2007 — Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare — Tamzin Townsend • 2008 — Enamorados “Anonimos" — Olga Iglesias Durán — Blanca Li y Javier Limón • 2011 — Comedia Y Sueno — William Shakespeare, Federico García Lorca — Juan Carlos Corazza • 2016 — La Rosa Tatua — Tennessee Williams — Carme Portaceli • 2016 — Drac Pack — Najwa Nimri, Emilio Tomé y Carlos Dorrego — Fernando Soto • 2017 — Troyanas — Euripides, versión de Alberto Conejero — Carme Portaceli • 2019 — La excepción y la regla — |Bertolt Brecht — Catalina Lladó
Accolades
Accolades
• Year || Award || Category || Work || Result || class="unsortable"|Ref. References • 2015 — Ondas Awards — Best Female Performer in Fiction (ex aequo female cast) — Vis a vis • 2016 — 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series — Vis a vis • 2017 — |4th Feroz Awards — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series — Vis a vis • | 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series • 2018 — 21st Iris Awards — Best Actress — Vis a vis • |27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — |Best Supporting Actress in Theatre — Troyanas • |6th Feroz Awards — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series — Money Heist • |27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series • 2019 — |21st Iris Awards — Best Actress — Money Heist • |28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Lead Actress in a Television Series • |7th MiM Series Awards — Best Drama Actress • | Zapping Awards — Best Actress • |Fotogramas de Plata — Best Theatre Actress — La Excepcion Y La Regla • 2020 — 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Lead Actress in a Television Series — Money Heist • |7th Feroz Awards — Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series • |7th Platino Awards — | Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV series • | 2021 — 9th MiM Series Awards — Best Comedy Actress — Maricón Perdido • 2022 — 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role — Shock 2 (La tormenta y la guerra) • 2024 — 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards — Best Television Actress in a Minor Role — Romancero
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Alba González Villa. Her recorded language was Spanish. She was the child of Antonio Flores and Ana Villa. Other recorded relations include El Pescaílla, Lola Flores, Lolita Flores and Rosario Flores.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1986
Alba Flores born at Madrid.
Film
• Year||Title — Role||Director • 2005 — El calentito — Amaya — Chus Gutiérrez • 2006 — Los managers — Chica Casting — Fernando Guillén Cuervo • 2013 — Vicente Ferrer — Shamira — Agustín Crespi • 2015 — The Memory of Water — Carmen — Matías Bize • 2023 — Te estoy amando locamente (Love & Revolution) — Lole
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- 1.Tokio & Nairobi, las actrices españolas que "la rompen" en La casa de papel. Infobae. 28 January 2018.
- 2.Naranjo, Pablo. Alba Flores, una actriz de raza que no se anda con tonterías. Chit Chat Post. Quokkers S.L. 13 February 2018.
- 3."The Flores Saga:25 years without La Faraona". Elpais. May 15, 2020.
- 4.Solari, Di Ilaria. "Il matriarcato è già qui" parola di Alba Flores aka Nairobi la super star de La casa di carta 4. ELLE. 2020-04-01.
- 5.Davis, Arianna. Alba Flores Reveals "Money Heist's" Nairobi Wasn't in the Original Script. Oprah Magazine. 2020-04-02.
- 6.Nairobi de "La casa di carta": "Quando a scuola mi chiamavano zingara". VanityFair.it. 2018-07-02.
- 7.From Lola's death to Antonio's.
- 8.Kuranda Representatives. kurandaweb.com.
- 9.Alba Flores y Álvaro Cervantes, Premio Actúa Joven Talento de la Fundación AISGE. Artezblai. 14 November 2017.
- 10.Enamorados Anónimos el musical dela copla en Broadway. madridteatro.eu.
- 11.imdb.com. Al Final del Camino Music Department Crew.
- 12.The Corazza Study. estudiocorazza.com.
- 13.COMEDY AND DREAM. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIE. redescena.net.
- 14.Vicente Ferrer Movie. IMDB.
- 15.Redondo, David. Las chicas de Vis a Vis y El ministerio del tiempo triunfan en los premios Ondas. Los 40. 28 October 2015.
- 16.Spanish Actors Union (2017). IMDb.
- 17.Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Alba Flores, La Revelación de Vis a Vis. El Mundo. 25 June 2015.
- 18.Fox Networks Group España, S.L.U. Alba Flores es Saray: Vis a vis. Fox. 2015.
- 19.The Tattooed Rose at The Maria Guerrero Theater. madrisesteatro.com.
- 20.Davis, Arianna. Alba Flores reveals La Casa de Papel/Money Heist creator wrote Nairobi's role for her. oprahmag.com. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. 2 April 2020.
- 21.Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U. El duro y aplaudido discurso de Belén Esteban tras recibir Sálvame un Premio Iris: "Darnos un premio es un milagro". El Mundo. 19 November 2019.
- 22.Marrón, Mireya. Alba, una Flores "abrumada" y con "miedo" a su fama mundial: "Intento lidiar con ello". Nius Diario. 5 June 2020.
- 23.Trojans, I sing of resistance and strength. abc. November 11, 2017.
- 24."Drac Pack" of Dreams and Vampires. abc. December 30, 2016.
- 25.Alba Flores on Instagram: "#LaTierradeNoche #Nightonearth Ya disponible en @netflixes 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇" cbignore. 2020.
- 26.Fotogramas de Plata, Spain (2019). Twitter Official Fotogramas Cine Account.
- 27.Alba Flores se hace vegetariana: "Hay que dejar los animales fuera del plato. elDiario. 18 May 2020.
- 28.Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto. Spectre Journal. 17 March 2022.
- 29.Hendl, Tereza. Towards accounting for Russian imperialism and building meaningful transnational feminist solidarity with Ukraine. Gender Studies. 26. 62-93. 2022.
- 30.Ashley Smith. Inside the Russian Resistance Against Putin’s War. Spectre Journal. June 23, 2022.
- 31.Russia's women are fighting back against the war in Ukraine. OpenDemocracy.net. 4 October 2022.
- 32.Alberto, Sisí Sánchez. ‘Te estoy amando locamente’ o cuando apelar a la memoria se demuestra luminoso, encantador y necesario. Vogue. 6 July 2023.
- 33.20minutos.es. Quién es quién en el reparto de 'Maricón perdido', la serie de Bob Pop para TNT. Cinemanía. 25 June 2021.
- 34.Netflix vuelve a juntar a Najwa Nimri y a Alba Flores en 'Sagrada familia', la nueva serie de Manolo Caro. El Periódico. 8 October 2021.
- 35.Lomas, María G. Alba Flores se embarca como protagonista y productora en la nueva serie 'Ulterior', de Manuel Burque y Álex Rodrigo. Ahora Qué Serie. 29 November 2022.
- 36.García Herráez, Silvia. "Romancero", del videoclip a una historia de terror basada en las tradiciones. Cadena COPE. 22 April 2023.
- 37.Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación. Los protagonistas de 'La casa de papel' copan las nominaciones de los Premios de la Unión de actores. Antena 3. 2 July 2018.
- 38.Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación. 'La casa de papel' arrasa en las nominaciones a los premios Feroz. Antena 3. 11 July 2018.
- 39.Atv Awards, Spain (2018). IMDb.
- 40.Feroz Awards, ES (2018). IMDb.
- 41.Spanish Actors Union (2018). IMDb.
- 42.Atv Awards, Spain (2019). El Mundo. November 19, 2019.
- 43.Spanish Actors Union (2019). IMDb.
- 44.Alba Flores, Pepe Viyuela y Paco Leon: entre los nominados de los Premios MiM series 2019. larazon.es.
- 45.Zapping Awards 2020. IMDB.
- 46.imdb.com. Spanish Actors Union – 2020 Awards.
- 47.Feroz Awards, ES (2020). Premios Feroz.
- 48.The PLATINO Awards for Best Female Supporting in Mini-series or TV series is Alba Flores. twitter.com/premiosPLATINO.
- 49.Aller, María. Premios Unión de Actores 2022: 'El buen patrón' arrasa entre los premiados. Fotogramas. 15 March 2022.
- 50.Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España. Escribiendo Cine. 4 February 2024.
- 51.Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA. Europa Press. 12 March 2024.
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