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