Rossy de Palma
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-09-16 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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
La resistencia
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
La que se avecina
Escort Boys
Danse avec les stars
Drag Race Spain
The White Princess
De pé a pá
Kika
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
El refugio
The House
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
La Noche D
Girlfriends
Lo Siguiente
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Toc Toc
Me resbala
Planeta Calleja
Drag Race France
A Mermaid in Paris
What's It All About
Foul Play
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
À cause des filles…?
Sam's Enough
Honeymoon Crasher
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Les Aristos
Parallel Mothers
Airbag
Apaches: Gang of Paris
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Do Not Disturb
Peggio di così si muore
Rainbow
Black Is Beltza
Dear Paris
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Barcelona
People - Jet set 2
Little Birds
El viaje de Julieta
Madame
Carmen
The Naked Target
Chicken Park
Graziella
Just a Little Chemistry
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Gigola
Têtàtête(s)
The Messiah
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Broken Embraces
Bitter Christmas
The Material Boy
Law of Desire
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Lord, Give Me Patience
Despite Everything
Talk of Angels
Double zéro
Anchored
Brillantissime
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
&Me
Maestros de la costura
Dead Weight
Prêt-à-Porter
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
3 Days Max
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
La Machine Mode
In The Rose Garden
No Pasaran
Bailando con las estrellas
Spy Time
I Miss You
Julieta
La Femme du cosmonaute
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
Caterina e le sue figlie
The Mule
The Damned Rib
Rose rosse per una squillo
Bright Spin
Mutant Action
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Cinco Tenedores
Carrément craignos
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
L'origine du monde
¡Ay, Carmen!
The Sweet Taste of Success
The Flower of My Secret
The Family Jewels
Stranded
Three Many Weddings
Have You Met Claudia?
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Día de caza
Franchesca Page
A Body in the Woods
Pedro x Javis
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Miss Tacuarembo
20 Centimeters
En tu cabeza
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Run a way
10 Years with Bebe
French Cinema Mon Amour
Love of My Loves
The Exchange
Second to Nun
Nag la Bombe
Le vieux juif Blonde
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
