Ursula Corbero: Money Heist’s Tokyo and a fan favourite

Ursula Corbero Delgado, born August 11, 1989, is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her roles as Ruth in the Antena 3 series Physics or Chemistry (2008), Margarita de Austria en Isabel (2011), Esther Salinas in the series La embajada and Tokyo in the Money Heist (2017).

At 13-years-old, she began acting professionally. She made her debut as Maria in Mirall trencat in 2002. After a couple of years, she appeared as Sara in Ventdelplà in 2005-06, and in Countdown in 2007. In 2008, she portrayed the role of Manuela Portillo in The Boarding School (2007). It was during this time that she began working on Physics or Chemistry (2008). In that series, Corbero’s character Ruth Gomez suffered from bulimia. Although the series always found itself in controversy, her acting in the series has been critically acclaimed.

Her role in Physics and Chemistry earned her a Kapital Award and a Top Glamour Award, among other honors.

Apart from TV series, Ursula, who was raised in Barcelona, has also appeared in several movies such as XP3D, Quien mató a Bambi? and Perdiendo el norte alongside the actors Blanca Suárez and Yon González.

In 2015, she got her first main role in Cómo sobrevivir a una despedida. Riding on her performance, she announced herself as Spain’s one of the best comedy actors.

For Money Heist (2017), she received a nomination for Best Actress in a TV series at the Premios Feroz. The series was first aired in Spain but then was made global.

The following year, she got her first dramatic role by Julio Medem in ‘The Tree of Blood’. In the thriller, Ursula essays the role of Rebecca, who is a mysterious woman and along with her husband, discover secrets from her family

The 32-year-old actor also took part in 2017’s Proyecto tiempo: La Llave.

Since 2016, she has been in a relationship with actor Chino Darin, who she met on the set of La embajada (2016).