Rossy de Palma
Biography
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.
Acting (95 movies)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
The Flower of My Secret
1995
Broken Embraces
2009
Kika
1993
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018
El refugio
2021
No Pasaran
2009
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Miss Tacuarembo
2010
Dead Weight
2002
Girlfriends
2006
Chicken Park
1996
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003
Les Aristos
2006
Talk of Angels
1998
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
Peggio di così si muore
1995
The House
2022
Rainbow
2022
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
Three Many Weddings
2013
Foul Play
1998
A Body in the Woods
1996
&Me
2013
El viaje de Julieta
2023
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013
10 Years with Bebe
2016
Dear Paris
2024
Just a Little Chemistry
2015
Airbag
1997
Mutant Action
1993
Spy Time
2015
Do Not Disturb
2014
Double zéro
2004
3 Days Max
2023
Nag la Bombe
1999
Julieta
2016
The Family Jewels
1991
Franchesca Page
1998
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997
L'origine du monde
2001
Have You Met Claudia?
2004
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025
The Damned Rib
1999
Stranded
2015
Graziella
2015
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
People - Jet set 2
2004
The Material Boy
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Día de caza
2025
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017
En tu cabeza
2016
The Exchange
2017
Toc Toc
2017
Madame
2017
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
The Mule
2000
Brillantissime
2018
Gigola
2010
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
Law of Desire
1987
Love of My Loves
2014
In The Rose Garden
1990
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
À cause des filles…?
2019
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016
Despite Everything
2019
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019
I Miss You
2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019
A Mermaid in Paris
2020
Carmen
2023
The Naked Target
1992
20 Centimeters
2005
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
What's It All About
1995
Parallel Mothers
2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
Black Is Beltza
2018
Sam's Enough
1992
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022
Bright Spin
2012
Honeymoon Crasher
2025
La Machine Mode
1994
Barcelona
1994
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
Pedro x Javis
2025
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