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