
Rossy de Palma
Born September 16, 1964 · Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Bitter Christmas

Parallel Mothers

Broken Embraces

Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente

Prêt-à-Porter

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Law of Desire

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Toc Toc

Madame

Kika

The Flower of My Secret

The House

Julieta

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

3 Days Max

Dead Weight

Honeymoon Crasher

A Mermaid in Paris

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

Three Many Weddings
TV Shows

Danse avec les stars

De pé a pá

The White Princess

Me resbala

Planeta Calleja

Late Xou con Marc Giró

Escort Boys

Drag Race France

La Noche D

Têtàtête(s)

Lo Siguiente

Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After

Maestros de la costura

Little Birds

La Mesías

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

Bailando con las estrellas

Anchored

Pedro x Javis

Caterina e le sue figlie

LOL - Last One Laughing Spain

Cinco Tenedores

Carrément craignos
More Movies

The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse

Despite Everything

Inside the Dream: Mugler

Dear Paris

My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Brillantissime

Spy Time

French Cinema Mon Amour

The Rodriguez and the Beyond

Do Not Disturb

I Miss You

Carmen

Have You Met Claudia?

Mutant Action

People : Jet Set 2

The Exchange

Apaches: Gang of Paris

La Tarara

La Femme du cosmonaute

Love of My Loves

Airbag

I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long

Just a Little Chemistry

For the Ones We Loved

Black Is Beltza

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

Talk of Angels

Don Juan, My Dear Ghost

Double zéro

Leave Your Hands on My Hips

A Body in the Woods

Aquí, el que no corre... vuela

20 Centimeters

What's It All About

In The Rose Garden

Rainbow

Stranded

The Material Boy

Girlfriends

El viaje de Julieta

The Family Jewels

Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show

L'origine du monde

No Pasaran

Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta

Peggio di così si muore

Le vieux juif Blonde

The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics

Chicken Park

The Damned Rib

Les Aristos

&Me

The Naked Target

Gigola

Lord, Give Me Patience

La Machine Mode

10 Years with Bebe

Rose rosse per una squillo

¡Ay, Carmen!

El refugio

En tu cabeza

Miss Tacuarembo

Second to Nun

Foul Play

Sam's Enough

Fea

Graziella

The Sweet Taste of Success

Franchesca Page

Día de caza

Bright Spin

Nag la Bombe




