Rossy de Palma
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
123
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 que se avecina
La resistencia
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Escort Boys
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
Toc Toc
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The House
People - Jet set 2
El refugio
Madame
Girlfriends
Just a Little Chemistry
Kika
Les Aristos
The White Princess
Drag Race España
Airbag
Carmen
Brillantissime
Mutant Action
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Rainbow
Dead Weight
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Barcelona
Apaches: Gang of Paris
&Me
Parallel Mothers
Bright Spin
Bitter Christmas
Double zéro
Dear Paris
No Pasaran
Gigola
Little Birds
Planeta Calleja
Graziella
Drag Race France
Foul Play
Me resbala
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Do Not Disturb
A Mermaid in Paris
Despite Everything
La Noche D
What's It All About
3 Days Max
Law of Desire
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
The Mule
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Lord, Give Me Patience
Spy Time
De pé a pá
À cause des filles…?
Prêt-à-Porter
Honeymoon Crasher
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Late Xou con Marc Giró
The Messiah
Broken Embraces
Têtàtête(s)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
¡Ay, Carmen!
Inside the Dream: Mugler
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
El viaje de Julieta
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
I Miss You
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Black Is Beltza
Bailando con las estrellas
The Flower of My Secret
Talk of Angels
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
L'origine du monde
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Maestros de la costura
The Naked Target
La Machine Mode
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
The Material Boy
Franchesca Page
In The Rose Garden
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Chicken Park
Have You Met Claudia?
Peggio di così si muore
Anchored
Lo Siguiente
Julieta
The Family Jewels
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
En tu cabeza
The Damned Rib
La Femme du cosmonaute
Caterina e le sue figlie
A Body in the Woods
Three Many Weddings
10 Years with Bebe
French Cinema Mon Amour
Cinco Tenedores
Pedro x Javis
Stranded
Love of My Loves
Rose rosse per una squillo
Carrément craignos
20 Centimeters
Día de caza
The Exchange
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Le vieux juif Blonde
The Sweet Taste of Success
Second to Nun
Nag la Bombe
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Sam's Enough
Miss Tacuarembo
Run a way
