Rossy de Palma
- Acting
- September 16, 1964 · Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
- Día de caza · Rosa
- La Tarara
- Bitter Christmas · Gabriela
- Pedro x Javis · Self
- Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
- Honeymoon Crasher · Gloria
- The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse · Moire
- Inside the Dream: Mugler · Self
- Dear Paris · Dolorès
- Escort Boys · Mimi
- 3 Days Max · Alba Suarez
- La Mesías · Laia Baró (mayor)
- Late Xou con Marc Giró · Self
- Têtàtête(s) · Self
- Carmen · Masilda
- Apaches: Gang of Paris · Sarah Bernardt
- El viaje de Julieta · Self
- The House · Brigida
- The Sweet Taste of Success · Rossy de Palma
- Rainbow
- Drag Race France · Self
- Cinco Tenedores · Jueza
- Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After · Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
- El refugio
- Parallel Mothers · Elena
- Do You Do You Saint-Tropez · Carmen
- Drag Race España · Self
- LOL - Last One Laughing Spain · Self
- Carrément craignos · Héléna
- La Noche D · Self
- Little Birds · Contessa Mandrax
- A Mermaid in Paris · Rossy
- The Rodriguez and the Beyond · Doctora Pilar
- My Brother Chases Dinosaurs · Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
- I Miss You · Rosaura
- Despite Everything · Inés
- For the Ones We Loved · Artémis
- La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català · Self
- Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic · Self
- ¡Ay, Carmen! · Self
- Lo Siguiente · Self
- Le vieux juif Blonde · Voyante
- Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show · Self
- Black Is Beltza · Ruth Abramson (Voice)
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- Bailando con las estrellas · Self
- Maestros de la costura · Invitada
- La resistencia · Invitada
- Brillantissime · Charline
- The Exchange · Dómina
- Toc Toc · Ana María
- Madame · Maria
- Lord, Give Me Patience · María Ramos
- The White Princess · Isabella I of Castile
- Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez · Self
- En tu cabeza · Milagros (Vecina)
- Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas · Self
- 10 Years with Bebe · Self
- Julieta · Marian
- Stranded · Mercè
- Spy Time · Madre de Katia
- Just a Little Chemistry · Bárbara Sullivan
- French Cinema Mon Amour · Self
- Graziella · Graziella
- Anchored · Palmira
- The Material Boy · Self
- Do Not Disturb · Maria
- Love of My Loves · Carmina
- Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! · Self
- Planeta Calleja · Self
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart · Luna (Voice)
- Three Many Weddings · Madre de Ruth
- Me resbala · Self
- I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long · Lola
- &Me · Edurne's Mother
- Run a way · La benemérita
- Bright Spin · Amie de Patrick
- Danse avec les stars · Self
- Miss Tacuarembo · Patricia Peinado