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.
Known for
La que se avecina
María Luisa Romero
Escort Boys
Mimi
Drag Race España
Self - Guest Judge
The White Princess
Isabella I of Castile
The Mule
La Colombienne
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
Drag Race France
Self - Guest Judge
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest
Dear Paris
Dolorès
Double zéro
Le Monocle
Dead Weight
Pauline Reggio
El refugio
Prêt-à-Porter
Pilar
No Pasaran
Inès
Just a Little Chemistry
Bárbara Sullivan
3 Days Max
Alba Suarez
La Noche D
Self - Guest
Barcelona
girl in party
The House
Brigida
Graziella
Graziella
Carmen
Masilda
¡Ay, Carmen!
Self - Actress
Planeta Calleja
Self - Guest
Airbag
Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
Mutant Action
Invitada de lujo
Toc Toc
Ana María
Me resbala
Self - Contestant
Kika
Juana
Les Aristos
La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
Bitter Christmas
Gabriela
Madame
Maria
The Messiah
Laia Baró (mayor)
&Me
Edurne's Mother
Honeymoon Crasher
Gloria
Gigola
Dominique
Girlfriends
La mère de Marie
Franchesca Page
Veronica
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Luna (voice)
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Carmen
Brillantissime
Charline
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Viuda de Prodini
Foul Play
Concepcion Alibera
Do Not Disturb
Maria
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Camello en Vespa
Rainbow
Lord, Give Me Patience
María Ramos
Little Birds
Contessa Mandrax
A Mermaid in Paris
Rossy
Broken Embraces
Julieta
I Miss You
Rosaura
L'origine du monde
The Sphynx
Love of My Loves
Carmina
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Self
Lo Siguiente
Self - Presenter
Maestros de la costura
Invitada
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
The Naked Target
Dama 2
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Marisa
Law of Desire
Locutora tele
Parallel Mothers
Elena
Anchored
Palmira
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
Têtàtête(s)
Self - Guest
Spy Time
Madre de Katia
Julieta
Marian
The Material Boy
Self
Bright Spin
Amie de Patrick
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage)
The Damned Rib
Margarita
The Exchange
Dómina
Black Is Beltza
Ruth Abramson (voice)
The Flower of My Secret
Rosa
Talk of Angels
Elena
Bailando con las estrellas
Self - Contestant
Día de caza
Rosa
Three Many Weddings
Madre de Ruth
Cinco Tenedores
Jueza
Despite Everything
Inés
Pedro x Javis
Self
Caterina e le sue figlie
Estrella Toledo
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Blind Woman
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Sarah Bernardt
Chicken Park
Necrophilia
Carrément craignos
Héléna
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self
20 Centimeters
La Frío
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Moire
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Lola
Stranded
Mercè
Le vieux juif Blonde
Voyante
Sam's Enough
Chichi
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Myriam Bardem
In The Rose Garden
Rosy
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Doctora Pilar
Have You Met Claudia?
Aldo's Claudia
En tu cabeza
Milagros (Vecina)
What's It All About
Librarian
10 Years with Bebe
self
À cause des filles…?
Artémis
Nag la Bombe
Leïla
Miss Tacuarembo
Patricia Peinado
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
La Machine Mode
Self
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Peggio di così si muore
Myrna
People : Jet Set 2
Pilar
A Body in the Woods
Teniente Cifuentes
The Sweet Taste of Success
Rossy de Palma
Rose rosse per una squillo
Juliette
Second to Nun
Madame Laduree
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
The Family Jewels
Donatella
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Self
El viaje de Julieta
Self
La Femme du cosmonaute
Catherine
Run a way
La benemérita
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
La resistencia
Invitada
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee
De pé a pá
Self