Rossy de Palma
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Second to Nun
Movie · as Madame Laduree
Becoming Capa
Movie
Ana no
Movie
Día de caza
Movie · as Rosa
Bitter Christmas
Movie · as Gabriela
La Tarara
Movie
Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
Movie
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Movie · as Moire
Honeymoon Crasher
Movie · as Gloria
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Movie
Pedro x Javis
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Dear Paris
Movie · as Dolorès
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Movie · as Self
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Movie · as Sarah Bernardt
El viaje de Julieta
Movie · as Self
3 Days Max
Movie · as Alba Suarez
Carmen
Movie · as Masilda
La Mesías
TV · as Laia Baró (mayor) · 7 eps
Escort Boys
TV · as Mimi · 2 eps
Têtàtête(s)
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Xou con Marc Giró
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The House
Movie · as Brigida
Rainbow
Movie
The Sweet Taste of Success
Movie · as Rossy de Palma
Drag Race France
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Cinco Tenedores
TV · as Jueza · 1 ep
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
TV · as Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen · 6 eps
El refugio
Movie
Parallel Mothers
Movie · as Elena
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Movie · as Carmen
Carrément craignos
TV · as Héléna · 9 eps
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
TV · as Self · 6 eps
La Noche D
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Drag Race España
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
A Mermaid in Paris
Movie · as Rossy
Little Birds
TV · as Contessa Mandrax · 6 eps
For the Ones We Loved
Movie · as Artémis
Despite Everything
Movie · as Inés
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Movie · as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
I Miss You
Movie · as Rosaura
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Movie · as Doctora Pilar
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Movie · as Self
Le vieux juif Blonde
Movie · as Voyante
Brillantissime
Movie · as Charline
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Movie
¡Ay, Carmen!
Movie · as Self - Actress
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
Movie · as Self
Black Is Beltza
Movie · as Ruth Abramson (voice)
Maestros de la costura
TV · as Invitada · 1 ep
Bailando con las estrellas
TV · as Self - Contestant · 11 eps
Lo Siguiente
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
La resistencia
TV · as Invitada · 1 ep
Lord, Give Me Patience
Movie · as María Ramos
The Exchange
Movie · as Dómina
Toc Toc
Movie · as Ana María
Madame
Movie · as Maria
The White Princess
TV · as Isabella I of Castile · 1 ep
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 2 eps
10 Years with Bebe
Movie · as self
Julieta
Movie · as Marian
En tu cabeza
Movie · as Milagros (Vecina)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Movie · as Self
Just a Little Chemistry
Movie · as Bárbara Sullivan
Spy Time
Movie · as Madre de Katia
Stranded
Movie · as Mercè
Graziella
Movie · as Graziella
The Material Boy
Movie · as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
Movie · as Self
Anchored
TV · as Palmira · 8 eps
Do Not Disturb
Movie · as Maria
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Movie · as Self
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Movie · as Luna (voice)
Love of My Loves
Movie · as Carmina
Planeta Calleja
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Three Many Weddings
Movie · as Madre de Ruth
&Me
Movie · as Edurne's Mother
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Movie · as Lola
Me resbala
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Run a way
Movie · as La benemérita
Bright Spin
Movie · as Amie de Patrick
Danse avec les stars
TV · as Self - Candidate · 1 ep
Miss Tacuarembo
Movie · as Patricia Peinado
Gigola
Movie · as Dominique
Broken Embraces
Movie · as Julieta
No Pasaran
Movie · as Inès
La que se avecina
TV · as María Luisa Romero · 1 ep
Girlfriends
Movie · as La mère de Marie
Les Aristos
Movie · as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
20 Centimeters
Movie · as La Frío
Caterina e le sue figlie
TV · as Estrella Toledo · 8 eps
Double zéro
Movie · as Le Monocle
Have You Met Claudia?
Movie · as Aldo's Claudia
People : Jet Set 2
Movie · as Pilar
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Movie · as Myriam Bardem
Dead Weight
Movie · as Pauline Reggio
L'origine du monde
Movie · as The Sphynx
The Mule
Movie · as La Colombienne
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Movie · as Blind Woman
Nag la Bombe
Movie · as Leïla
The Damned Rib
Movie · as Margarita
Talk of Angels
Movie · as Elena
Foul Play
Movie · as Concepcion Alibera
Franchesca Page
Movie · as Veronica
Airbag
Movie · as Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
La Femme du cosmonaute
Movie · as Catherine
Chicken Park
Movie · as Necrophilia
A Body in the Woods
Movie · as Teniente Cifuentes
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Movie
De pé a pá
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Flower of My Secret
Movie · as Rosa
Peggio di così si muore
Movie · as Myrna
What's It All About
Movie · as Librarian
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie · as Pilar
La Machine Mode
Movie · as Self
Fea
Movie
Kika
Movie · as Juana
Rose rosse per una squillo
Movie · as Juliette
Mutant Action
Movie · as Invitada de lujo
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
Movie
The Naked Target
Movie · as Dama 2
Sam's Enough
Movie · as Chichi
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Movie · as Self
The Family Jewels
Movie · as Donatella
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Movie · as Camello en Vespa
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Movie · as Viuda de Prodini
In The Rose Garden
Movie · as Rosy
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie · as Marisa
Law of Desire
Movie · as Locutora tele