Rossy de Palma
Acting
Born 1964-09-16
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
127 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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La resistencia
La que se avecina
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Drag Race France
Drag Race España
Danse avec les stars
The White Princess
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Escort Boys
Planeta Calleja
Bitter Christmas
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
De pé a pá
Parallel Mothers
La Tarara
Prêt-à-Porter
Dead Weight
La Noche D
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Me resbala
Toc Toc
The House
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Broken Embraces
The Messiah
Law of Desire
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Madame
Little Birds
Têtàtête(s)
Kika
3 Days Max
Julieta
Pedro x Javis
A Mermaid in Paris
Lo Siguiente
Maestros de la costura
Honeymoon Crasher
Anchored
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Brillantissime
The Exchange
Double zéro
The Flower of My Secret
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Despite Everything
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Becoming Capa
Three Many Weddings
Dear Paris
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Do Not Disturb
Spy Time
The Material Boy
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Carmen
Bailando con las estrellas
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