Rossy de Palma
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
125
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
Girlfriends
Madame
Just a Little Chemistry
No Pasaran
Carmen
Dead Weight
Brillantissime
Foul Play
The Naked Target
Rainbow
¡Ay, Carmen!
&Me
Danse avec les stars
Lord, Give Me Patience
The White Princess
Miss Tacuarembo
Broken Embraces
Escort Boys
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Franchesca Page
La Noche D
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Spy Time
Kika
The Material Boy
Prêt-à-Porter
Do Not Disturb
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
3 Days Max
Bitter Christmas
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Planeta Calleja
Toc Toc
Drag Race España
L'origine du monde
Caterina e le sue figlie
Drag Race France
Talk of Angels
Airbag
Maestros de la costura
The Damned Rib
Gigola
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
De pé a pá
The House
Barcelona
Mutant Action
Me resbala
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Día de caza
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Little Birds
Graziella
Bright Spin
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Honeymoon Crasher
The Messiah
Pedro x Javis
Julieta
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Anchored
Têtàtête(s)
Parallel Mothers
Law of Desire
I Miss You
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
A Mermaid in Paris
The Flower of My Secret
Lo Siguiente
Despite Everything
Double zéro
A Body in the Woods
20 Centimeters
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
The Exchange
Apaches: Gang of Paris
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Cinco Tenedores
Three Many Weddings
Have You Met Claudia?
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Bailando con las estrellas
Chicken Park
What's It All About
El viaje de Julieta
À cause des filles…?
Les Aristos
Love of My Loves
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Carrément craignos
French Cinema Mon Amour
Black Is Beltza
Dear Paris
Stranded
El refugio
Run a way
Inside the Dream: Mugler
In The Rose Garden
Sam's Enough
En tu cabeza
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
The Sweet Taste of Success
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
The Family Jewels
Le vieux juif Blonde
Nag la Bombe
Rose rosse per una squillo
People : Jet Set 2
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Peggio di così si muore
La Machine Mode
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
La Femme du cosmonaute
The Mule
10 Years with Bebe
Second to Nun
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