She became politically active with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1992 and served as Minister of Culture from 1993 to 1996 in the last government of Felipe González.

[citation needed] In 1996, Alborch was elected to the Congress of Deputies, representing Valencia.

[1] She chaired the Committee of Control of RTVE (the state radio and TV corporation) from 1996 until January 2000, and the Commission on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities[1] from May 2004 to January 2008 in the Congress.

[2] In addition to numerous television appearances as a politician, Alborch also played minor roles in the Spanish television series El círculo a primera hora, El primer café, and Los desayunos de TVE.

[citation needed] Alborch died on 24 October 2018 from cancer, aged 70.