Rossy de Palma
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.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
(Camello en Vespa)
Prêt-à-Porter
(Pilar)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(Marisa)
The Flower of My Secret
(Rosa)
Broken Embraces
(Julieta)
Kika
(Juana)
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
(Self)
El refugio
No Pasaran
(Inès)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
(Blind Woman)
Miss Tacuarembo
(Patricia Peinado)
Dead Weight
(Pauline Reggio)
My Friends
(La mère de Marie)
Chicken Park
(Necrophilia)
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
(Myriam Bardem)
Les Aristos
(La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm)
Talk of Angels
(Elena)
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
(Viuda de Prodini)
Madonna: Truth or Dare
(Self)
Rose rosse per una squillo
(Juliette)
Apaches: Gang of Paris
(Sarah Bernardt)
Pastas Ardilla
(Rossy)
Peggio di così si muore
(Myrna)
The House
(Brigida)
Rainbow
Le vieux juif Blonde
(Voyante)
Second to Nun
(Madame Laduree)
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
Three Many Weddings
(Madre de Ruth)
Foul Play
(Concepcion Alibera)
A Body in the Woods
(Teniente Cifuentes)
&Me
(Edurne's Mother)
El viaje de Julieta
(Self)
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
(Lola)
10 Years with Bebe
(self)
Dear Paris
(Dolorès)
Just a Little Chemistry
(Bárbara Sullivan)
Airbag
(Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía)
Mutant Action
(Invitada de lujo)
Spy Time
(Madre de Katia)
Do Not Disturb
(Maria)
Double zéro
(Le Monocle)
3 Days Max
(Alba Suarez)
Nag la Bombe
(Leïla)
Julieta
(Marian)
The Family Jewels
(Donatella)
Franchesca Page
(Veronica)
La Femme du cosmonaute
(Catherine)
L'origine du monde
(The Sphynx)
Do you know Claudia?
(Aldo's Claudia)
The Opera!
(Moire)
The Damned Rib
(Margarita)
Stranded
(Mercè)
Graziella
(Graziella)
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
(Self)
People - Jet set 2
(Pilar)
The Material Boy
(Self)
French Cinema Mon Amour
(Self)
Día de caza
Run a way
(La benemérita)
Lord, Give Me Patience
(María Ramos)
En tu cabeza
(Milagros (Vecina))
The Exchange
(Dómina)
Toc Toc
(Ana María)
Madame
(Maria)
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
The Mule
(La Colombienne)
Brillantissime
(Charline)
Gigola
(Dominique)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
(Luna (voice))
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Law of Desire
(Locutora tele)
Love of My Loves
(Carmina)
In The Rose Garden
(Rosy)
¡Ay, Carmen!
(Self - Actress)
À cause des filles…?
(Artémis)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
(Self)
Despite Everything
(Inés)
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
(Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores)
I Miss You
(Rosaura)
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
(Doctora Pilar)
A Mermaid in Paris
(Rossy)
Carmen
(Masilda)
The Naked Target
(Dama 2)
20 Centimeters
(La Frío)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
(Self)
What's It All About
(Librarian)
Parallel Mothers
(Elena)
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
(Carmen)
Black Is Beltza
(Ruth Abramson (voice))
Sam's Enough
(Chichi)
Lune de miel avec ma mère
Inside The Dream: Mugler
(Self)
The Sweet Taste of Success
(Rossy de Palma)
The White Princess
(Isabella I of Castile)
Carrément craignos
(Héléna)
Maestros de la costura
(Invitada)
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
(Self)
De pé a pá
(Self)
The One That Is Coming
(María Luisa Romero)
Anchored
(Palmira)
Drag Race France
(Self - Guest Judge)
The Messiah
(Laia Baró (mayor))
Me resbala
(Herself - Guest)
Cinco Tenedores
(Jueza)
Escort Boys
(Mimi)
Caterina e le sue figlie
(Estrella Toledo)
Bailando con las estrellas
(Concursante)
Planeta Calleja
(Self - Guest)
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
(Self - Interviewee)
Lo Siguiente
(Self - Presenter)
Little Birds
(Contessa Mandrax)
La resistencia
(Invitada)
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
(Narradora (voz) / María / Mamen)
Danse avec les stars
(Self - Candidate)
Têtàtête(s)
(Self - Guest)