Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 16, 1964
Place of Birth
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Credits
127 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
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
The Messiah
Laia Baró (mayor)
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest
Têtàtête(s)
Self - Guest
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 - Guest Judge
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 - Guest Judge
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Self
Carrément craignos
Héléna
La Noche D
Self - Guest
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 (archive footage)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
Lo Siguiente
Self - Presenter
¡Ay, Carmen!
Self - Actress
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 - Contestant
Maestros de la costura
Invitada
La resistencia
Invitada
Brillantissime
Charline
The Exchange
Dómina