Rossy de Palma
Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, de Palma broke the rules of beauty in 1988 when she starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and became a model and muse for designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Sybilla. Her status as an iconic fashion character was further cemented with her role in Robert Altman’s 1994 satirical fashion film Prêt-à-Porter. Today, she is a theater actress, charity spokesperson for the Ghanian Charity OrphanAid Africa, and the face of luxury ad campaigns. Born in Palma de Mallorca, she was originally a singer and dancer for the band Peor Imposible before being discovered by filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar at a café in Madrid in 1986. He cast her in roles based on her unique, Picassoesque appearance. She is best known for her roles in Almodóvar films like La ley del deseo (Law of Desire), Kika, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) and La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret). She acts in France and does modeling. She appeared in Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter as Pilar. In 2007, she released a perfume line under her name through the French cosmetics company Etat libre d'Orange. In 2009, she posed nude in an information campaign on breast cancer for the magazine Marie Claire. She currently lives in France with her two sons. She was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
128 acting credits
Acting · 128
La resistencia
2018
La que se avecina
2007
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
Bitter Christmas
2026
Escort Boys
2023
Danse avec les stars
2011
The White Princess
2017
Drag Race France
2022
Drag Race España
2021
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023
La Noche D
2021
De pé a pá
1996
Planeta Calleja
2014
Me resbala
2013
Little Birds
2020
The Messiah
2023
Parallel Mothers
2021
Broken Embraces
2009
The House
2022
Têtàtête(s)
2023
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
Toc Toc
2017
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Lo Siguiente
2018
3 Days Max
2023
Julieta
2016
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
2021
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
2022
Bailando con las estrellas
2018
Kika
1993
Honeymoon Crasher
2025
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
Anchored
2015
Caterina e le sue figlie
2005
Carmen
2023
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013
Pedro x Javis
2025
Maestros de la costura
2018
Madame
2017
The Flower of My Secret
1995
Cinco Tenedores
2022
Carrément craignos
2021
A Mermaid in Paris
2020
Airbag
1997
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
Barcelona
1994
Law of Desire
1987
Dead Weight
2002
Love of My Loves
2014
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
Graziella
2015
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
Three Many Weddings
2013
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
People : Jet Set 2
2004
Girlfriends
2006
Brillantissime
2018
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025
Despite Everything
2019
Black Is Beltza
2018
20 Centimeters
2005
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019
Just a Little Chemistry
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
I Miss You
2019
Rainbow
2022
Talk of Angels
1998
Mutant Action
1993
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019
Double zéro
2004
Chicken Park
1996
Do Not Disturb
2014
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017
Les Aristos
2006
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
Spy Time
2015
&Me
2013
Stranded
2015
Dear Paris
2024
Have You Met Claudia?
2004
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990
El refugio
2021
En tu cabeza
2016
For the Ones We Loved
2019
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
Bright Spin
2012
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
The Exchange
2017
The Damned Rib
1999
Gigola
2010
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
In The Rose Garden
1990
The Family Jewels
1991
L'origine du monde
2001
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997
La Machine Mode
1994
10 Years with Bebe
2016
What's It All About
1995
Foul Play
1998
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018
Peggio di così si muore
1995
No Pasaran
2009
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993
El viaje de Julieta
2023
Second to Nun
—
Sam's Enough
1992
The Material Boy
2015
The Naked Target
1992
Miss Tacuarembo
2010
Franchesca Page
1998
Le vieux juif Blonde
2018
A Body in the Woods
1996
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
Nag la Bombe
1999
Día de caza
2026
The Mule
2000
Becoming Capa
—
Run a way
2012
Fea
1994
La Tarara
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