Rossy de Palma
Acting
Born September 16, 1964 · 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.
Films (96)
Bitter Christmas
2026
Día de caza
2025
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
Honeymoon Crasher
2025
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
Dear Paris
2024
3 Days Max
2023
Carmen
2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
El viaje de Julieta
2023
The House
2022
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022
Rainbow
2022
El refugio
2021
Parallel Mothers
2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
A Mermaid in Paris
2020
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019
I Miss You
2019
Despite Everything
2019
À cause des filles…?
2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018
Black Is Beltza
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
Brillantissime
2018
The Exchange
2017
Toc Toc
2017
Madame
2017
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017
En tu cabeza
2016
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016
10 Years with Bebe
2016
Julieta
2016
Stranded
2015
Spy Time
2015
Just a Little Chemistry
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Graziella
2015
The Material Boy
2015
Do Not Disturb
2014
Love of My Loves
2014
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014
Three Many Weddings
2013
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013
&Me
2013
Run a way
2012
Bright Spin
2012
Miss Tacuarembo
2010
Gigola
2010
No Pasaran
2009
Broken Embraces
2009
Les Aristos
2006
Girlfriends
2006
20 Centimeters
2005
Have You Met Claudia?
2004
Double zéro
2004
People : Jet Set 2
2004
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003
Dead Weight
2002
L'origine du monde
2001
The Mule
2000
The Damned Rib
1999
Nag la Bombe
1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Foul Play
1998
Talk of Angels
1998
Franchesca Page
1998
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997
Airbag
1997
A Body in the Woods
1996
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
Chicken Park
1996
The Flower of My Secret
1995
Peggio di così si muore
1995
What's It All About
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
Barcelona
1994
La Machine Mode
1994
Kika
1993
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993
Mutant Action
1993
Sam's Enough
1992
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
The Naked Target
1992
The Family Jewels
1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
In The Rose Garden
1990
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
Law of Desire
1987