Rossy de Palma
Acting
1964-09-16 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersDía de caza
2026 · Movie
La Tarara
2026 · Movie
Bitter Christmas
2026 · Movie
Pedro x Javis
2025 · Series
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025 · Movie
Honeymoon Crasher
2025 · Movie
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025 · Movie
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024 · Movie
Dear Paris
2024 · Movie
Escort Boys
2023 · Series
3 Days Max
2023 · Movie
The Messiah
2023 · Series
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023 · Series
Têtàtête(s)
2023 · Series
Carmen
2023 · Movie
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023 · Movie
El viaje de Julieta
2023 · Movie
The House
2022 · Movie
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022 · Movie
Rainbow
2022 · Movie
Drag Race France
2022 · Series
Cinco Tenedores
2022 · Series
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
2022 · Series
El refugio
2021 · Movie
Parallel Mothers
2021 · Movie
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021 · Movie
Drag Race España
2021 · Series
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
2021 · Series
Carrément craignos
2021 · Series
La Noche D
2021 · Series
Little Birds
2020 · Series
A Mermaid in Paris
2020 · Movie
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019 · Movie
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019 · Movie
I Miss You
2019 · Movie
Despite Everything
2019 · Movie
For the Ones We Loved
2019 · Movie
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019 · Series
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018 · Movie
Lo Siguiente
2018 · Series
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018 · Movie
Le vieux juif Blonde
2018 · Movie
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018 · Movie
Black Is Beltza
2018 · Movie
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018 · Movie
Bailando con las estrellas
2018 · Series
Maestros de la costura
2018 · Series
La resistencia
2018 · Series
Brillantissime
2018 · Movie
The Exchange
2017 · Movie
Toc Toc
2017 · Movie
Madame
2017 · Movie
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017 · Movie
The White Princess
2017 · Series
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017 · Series
En tu cabeza
2016 · Movie
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016 · Movie
10 Years with Bebe
2016 · Movie
Julieta
2016 · Movie
Stranded
2015 · Movie
Spy Time
2015 · Movie
Just a Little Chemistry
2015 · Movie
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015 · Movie
Graziella
2015 · Movie
Anchored
2015 · Series
The Material Boy
2015 · Movie
Do Not Disturb
2014 · Movie
Love of My Loves
2014 · Movie
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014 · Movie
Planeta Calleja
2014 · Series
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014 · Movie
Three Many Weddings
2013 · Movie
Me resbala
2013 · Series
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013 · Movie
&Me
2013 · Movie
Run a way
2012 · Movie
Bright Spin
2012 · Movie
Danse avec les stars
2011 · Series
Miss Tacuarembo
2010 · Movie
Gigola
2010 · Movie
No Pasaran
2009 · Movie
Broken Embraces
2009 · Movie
La que se avecina
2007 · Series
Les Aristos
2006 · Movie
Girlfriends
2006 · Movie
Caterina e le sue figlie
2005 · Series
20 Centimeters
2005 · Movie
Have You Met Claudia?
2004 · Movie
Double zéro
2004 · Movie
People : Jet Set 2
2004 · Movie
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003 · Movie
Dead Weight
2002 · Movie
L'origine du monde
2001 · Movie
The Mule
2000 · Movie
The Damned Rib
1999 · Movie
Nag la Bombe
1999 · Movie
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999 · Movie
Foul Play
1998 · Movie
Talk of Angels
1998 · Movie
Franchesca Page
1998 · Movie
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997 · Movie
Airbag
1997 · Movie
A Body in the Woods
1996 · Movie
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996 · Movie
Chicken Park
1996 · Movie
De pé a pá
1996 · Series
The Flower of My Secret
1995 · Movie
Peggio di così si muore
1995 · Movie
What's It All About
1995 · Movie
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Movie
Fea
1994 · Movie
La Machine Mode
1994 · Movie
Kika
1993 · Movie
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993 · Movie
Mutant Action
1993 · Movie
Sam's Enough
1992 · Movie
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992 · Movie
The Naked Target
1992 · Movie
The Family Jewels
1991 · Movie
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991 · Movie
In The Rose Garden
1990 · Movie
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990 · Movie
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990 · Movie
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 · Movie
Law of Desire
1987 · Movie
Becoming Capa
Movie
Second to Nun
Movie