[3] She is the grandniece of Eduardo Ugarte, who was a collaborator of Luis Buñuel and who was married to a daughter of Carlos Arniches.

[9] She was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her role as Consuelo in the 2006 film Doghead directed by Santi Amodeo.

She then starred in Paper Castles (2009) along with Nilo Mur and Biel Durán, and in Lo contrario al amor (2010), alongside Hugo Silva.

In 2013, two years after shooting was finalized, El tiempo entre costuras premiered, the series based on the novel of the same name by writer María Dueñas.

Starring Ugarte as Sira, it achieved breaking viewing figures in Antena 3 by the closure of the series.