Úrsula Corberó’s career has grown by leaps and bounds since she stepped into the shoes of Tokyo in Money Heist. After that, her name has resonated internationally like she had never done before. Interviews in the United States, special appearances at pop star concerts and important awards are some of the Catalan’s milestones.
“I dedicate it to myself for being so hardworking, so brave and so nice,” said the actress in her speech to collect the Ondas Award last November. A career that she started two decades ago and that would not have been possible without the support of her family, specifically her older sister, Mónica Delgado.
The interpreter of Ruth in Physics or Chemistry, a series that made her famous in Spain, was born into a humble family in Sant Pere de Vilamajor, a small municipality on the outskirts of Barcelona. With a carpenter father and a merchant mother, Úrsula Corberó’s life has not been full of luxuries as one might think seeing her current pace.
And it is not the first time that he talks about his childhood and about how hard his mother had it to get ahead. Still, the one she hasn’t talked much about is her older sister, since she wants to stay away from her. “My sister is not short either,” she said in a publication on International Women’s Day.
Among other things, the actress explained that Mónica “has worked non-stop all her life,” even going through very bad times “with a child to feed.” For this reason, Úrsula’s sister decided to raise all the money she could to train as a thanatopractor in search of a better life. Something that didn’t go well at all.
“But it turns out that women there were not well regarded and they gave him problems for everything. They never gave him a job, although he finished his internship with outstanding grades,” he added.
“The women of my life,” is how Úrsula Corberó addresses her mother and sister. And the person who hasn’t had it easy either is Esther Delgado. After becoming pregnant with Mónica at the age of 17, the actress’s mother became “the pest of the neighborhood.” With this, not only was she “left without friends,” but she was kicked out of school “even though she was a brilliant student” because she was “a bad example for other girls.”
A sad story that the only thing that did was give her more strength to move forward and pass it on to her daughters. So much so that, despite not having a driving license, he hitchhiked so he could take Úrsula to her advertising castings, and thus be able to give her the life she currently enjoys.
