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.
Fotos
Filme (102)
Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
2026
Día de caza
2026 · Rosa
La Tarara
2026
Bitteres Fest
2026 · Gabriela
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
Flitterwochen mit meiner Mutter
2025 · Gloria
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025 · Moire
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024 · Self
Paris Paradies
2024 · Dolorès
3 Days Max
2023 · Alba Suarez
Carmen
2023 · Masilda
Gangs of Paris
2023 · Sarah Bernardt
El viaje de Julieta
2023 · Self
La Maison - Haus der Lust
2022 · Brigida
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022 · Rossy de Palma
Rainbow
2022
El refugio
2021
Parallele Mütter
2021 · Elena
Mord in Saint-Tropez
2021 · Carmen
Eine Meerjungfrau in Paris
2020 · Rossy
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019 · Doctora Pilar
Mein Bruder, der Superheld
2019 · Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
I Miss You
2019 · Rosaura
Trotz allem
2019 · Inés
For the Ones We Loved
2019 · Artémis
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
2018 · Self
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018 · Self - Actress
Le vieux juif Blonde
2018 · Voyante
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018 · Self
Black Is Beltza
2018 · Ruth Abramson (voice)
Der Mann, der Don Quixote tötete
2018
Brillantissime
2018 · Charline
The Exchange
2017 · Dómina
Toc Toc - Eine obsessiv unterhaltsame Komödie
2017 · Ana María
La Madame
2017 · Maria
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017 · María Ramos
En tu cabeza
2016 · Milagros (Vecina)
Pedro Almodovar und seine Frauen
2016 · Self
10 Years with Bebe
2016 · self
Julieta
2016 · Marian
Stranded
2015 · Mercè
Spy Time
2015 · Madre de Katia
Just a Little Chemistry
2015 · Bárbara Sullivan
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015 · Self
Graziella
2015 · Graziella
The Material Boy
2015 · Self
Nur eine Stunde Ruhe!
2014 · Maria
Love of My Loves
2014 · Carmina
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014 · Self
Jack und das Kuckucksuhrherz
2014 · Luna (voice)
Drei Hochzeiten zu viel
2013 · Madre de Ruth
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013 · Lola
&Me
2013 · Edurne's Mother
Run a way
2012 · La benemérita
Bright Spin
2012 · Amie de Patrick
Miss Tacuarembo
2010 · Patricia Peinado
Gigola
2010 · Dominique
No Pasaran
2009 · Inès
Zerrissene Umarmungen
2009 · Julieta
Les Aristos
2006 · La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
Girlfriends
2006 · La mère de Marie
20 Centimeters
2005 · La Frío
Have You Met Claudia?
2004 · Aldo's Claudia
Double Zero - Die Doppelnullen
2004 · Le Monocle
Der Partykönig von Ibiza
2004 · Pilar
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003 · Myriam Bardem
Ball & Chain - Zwei Nieten und sechs Richtige
2002 · Pauline Reggio
L'origine du monde
2001 · The Sphynx
The Mule
2000 · La Colombienne
The Damned Rib
1999 · Margarita
Nag la Bombe
1999 · Leïla
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999 · Blind Woman
Abseits
1998 · Concepcion Alibera
Talk of Angels
1998 · Elena
Franchesca Page
1998 · Veronica
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997 · Catherine
Airbag
1997 · Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
A Body in the Woods
1996 · Teniente Cifuentes
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
Chicken Park
1996 · Necrophilia
Mein blühendes Geheimnis
1995 · Rosa
Toter geht's nicht
1995 · Myrna
What's It All About
1995 · Librarian
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Pilar
La Machine Mode
1994 · Self
Fea
1994
Kika
1993 · Juana
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993 · Juliette
Aktion Mutante
1993 · Invitada de lujo
Sam's Enough
1992 · Chichi
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
The Naked Target
1992 · Dama 2
The Family Jewels
1991 · Donatella
Im Bett mit Madonna
1991 · Self
In The Rose Garden
1990 · Rosy
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990 · Viuda de Prodini
Fessle mich!
1990 · Camello en Vespa
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 · Marisa
Law of Desire
1987 · Locutora tele
Second to Nun
· Madame Laduree
Becoming Capa
Ana no
Serien (27)
Pedro x Javis
2025 · Self
Escort Boys
2023 · Mimi
La Mesías
2023 · Laia Baró (mayor)
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023 · Self - Guest
Têtàtête(s)
2023 · Self - Guest
Drag Race France
2022 · Self - Guest Judge
Cinco Tenedores
2022 · Jueza
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
2022 · Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
Drag Race España
2021 · Self - Guest Judge
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
2021 · Self
Carrément craignos
2021 · Héléna
La Noche D
2021 · Self - Guest
Little Birds
2020 · Contessa Mandrax
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Lo Siguiente
2018 · Self - Presenter
Bailando con las estrellas
2018 · Self - Contestant
Maestros de la costura
2018 · Invitada
La resistencia
2018 · Invitada
The White Princess
2017 · Isabella I of Castile
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017 · Self - Interviewee
Anchored
2015 · Palmira
Planeta Calleja
2014 · Self - Guest
Me resbala
2013 · Self - Contestant
Danse avec les stars
2011 · Self - Candidate
La que se avecina
2007 · María Luisa Romero
Caterina e le sue figlie
2005 · Estrella Toledo
De pé a pá
1996 · Self