Alba Flores recently took a significant step in a personal journey of healing, debuting as a singer with a performance of “Flores para Antonio” on the Spanish television program La Revuelta. The song, nominated for a Goya Award, is featured in the documentary of the same name, directed by Isaki Lacuesta and Elena Molina, which explores the life of her father, the late Spanish musician Antonio Flores.
Flores expressed her nervousness before the performance, stating, “I have nerves, I needed to mentally prepare myself, but you all give me confi,” according to reports. She was accompanied on stage by her cousin, guitarist Guillermo Furiase.
The documentary, which has already reached 100,000 viewers in cinemas, is also nominated for a Goya Award for Best Documentary. The film delves into the life of Antonio Flores, who passed away when Alba Flores was eight years old. Furiase described the experience of making the film as a “family therapy,” noting that it brought them to tears from the beginning.
Flores, who was born in Madrid in 1986, had never sung a song she had written before this performance. “Flores para Antonio” was composed from a fragment her father used to sing, combined with a melody she created as a seven-year-old, and later completed with the help of Silvia Pérez Cruz. She described the process as “liberating.” The song is nominated for Best Original Song at the 2026 Goya Awards.
The performance on La Revuelta was made even more special by the presence of Furiase, playing his father’s guitar. A lighthearted moment occurred during the program when Furiase’s mother, Lolita Flores, remarked that he was “more handsome” than Turkish actor Can Yaman, prompting a humorous response from Furiase.
Alba Flores’s career began with studies in drama and music at the age of 13, followed by six years of training before taking on her first stage role in Honeymoon in Hiroshima and a gypsy adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She made her film debut in 2005 with Chus Gutierrez’s El calentito and quickly gained recognition in Spanish television with roles in series like El comisario, El Síndrome de Ulises, and Enamorados anónimos.
She went on to appear in popular television series such as El tiempo entre costuras and Cuentame cómo pasó. However, it was her breakout role as Saray Vargas, a Roma gypsy prisoner in Locked Up, that brought her widespread recognition in Spain. This success led to a leading role as Nairobi in the internationally acclaimed series Money Heist, created by the same producer as Locked Up, Alex Pina.
As of , Flores was still filming the third season of Locked Up and preparing for the next season of Money Heist, according to information available in 2020.
Beyond her work in television and film, Flores has also appeared in projects such as the short film Malegro verte (2023) and the series Queer You Are. She was also part of the cast in the first season of the financial drama Devils (2020) and the science fiction anthology series Soulmates (2020).
The documentary Flores para Antonio, directed by Isaki Lacuesta and Elena Molina, is a Movistar Plus+ original. Lacuesta’s previous work includes Saturn Return, which was selected to represent Spain at the Oscars, as well as One Year, One Night and The Double Steps, for which he won two Golden Shells at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Molina previously directed the documentary Remember My Name and the non-fiction series La mano en el fuego and El robo del Códice.
