She plays the glamorous but unsuspecting wife of Eddie Redmayne’s cold-blooded killer in Sky’s The Day Of The Jackal.
But Spanish actress Ursula Corbero is more used to handling the guns herself, having achieved international fame playing an armed thief.
The 35-year-old star may be familiar to some for her starring role in the Netflix series Money Heist as runaway robber Tokyo, who becomes embroiled in a series of sophisticated plots to extract billions of pounds from bank vaults.
The drama spanned five series and made Ms Corbero one of the most sought-after Spanish actresses in the world.
But her latest role, in the ten-part Sky series – based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth – looks set to make her an even bigger star.
The broadcaster announced last week that the drama had attracted three million viewers in its first week – one of the biggest launches in two years.
Eddie Redmayne isn’t the only marksman on The Day Of The Jackal, as his on-screen wife Ursula Cabero is just as used to wielding guns
Her latest role will make her an even bigger star after she shot to fame playing an armed thief
The Spaniard, who lives in Argentina, has been starring in television commercials since she was five, but only started speaking English seven years ago
Ms Corbero (pictured) plays Nuria, the wife of Eddie Redmayne’s The Jackal, who lives in luxury with their two-year-old son
Completely unaware of her husband’s nefarious career, she believes him to be a businessman whose job requires him to travel the world.
Ms Corbero plays Nuria, the wife of Eddie Redmayne’s The Jackal, who lives in luxury with the couple’s two-year-old child.
Completely unaware of her husband’s nefarious career, she believes him to be a businessman whose job requires him to travel the world.
Although it was quite a departure from her role in Money Heist, she has opened up about how she was drawn to the “very different” character, who must gradually face the truth.
‘I’m used to playing characters who are powerful from the start and I think Nuria finds her strength through the drama, so by the time she discovers the truth – that her husband is not who she thought he was – she begins to discover the power within themselves,” Ms. Corbero said in a recent interview with Square Mile magazine.
‘I thought: ‘That’s very human and inspiring as a woman.’
“Sometimes it’s more inspiring to see someone who is weak at first, but embraces all her strength to survive.”
She was born in Barcelona and lives in Argentina with her Argentinian actor boyfriend Chino Darin.
The pair have been together for eight years and regularly post photos of each other on their Instagram pages, where they have amassed 20 million followers.
Ms. Cabero said she was attracted to the “very different” character, who must gradually face the truth
She has been appearing in television commercials since she was five, but it wasn’t until seven years ago that she started speaking English
She first learned English for an audition for the television spin-off of the Guy Ritchie film Snatch
Redmayne wields a gun as the lone killer The Jackal
In a collection of images posted to celebrate his birthday, she wrote: “Te amo infinito (I love you forever).”
She has been appearing in television commercials since the age of five, but it was only seven years ago that she started speaking English – during an audition for the television spin-off of the Guy Ritchie film Snatch. “The first time I started speaking English was on set, where I was acting in English,” she admits.
‘I lied. I prepared the scene phonetically and sent the tape over and then they said the director and lead actor wanted to meet you, and I remember throwing up on the way to the meeting because I was so nervous and felt like a liar.”
But her rebellious attitude, it seems, has more than paid off.
“If you want me to play a rebellious character, you’re dealing with a rebellious actress,” she says.