Acting
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.
Filmography
Día de caza
Film · 2026
Bitter Christmas
Film · 2026
La Tarara
Film · 2026
Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
Film · 2026
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Film · 2025
Honeymoon Crasher
Film · 2025
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Film · 2025
Pedro x Javis
Series · 2025
Dear Paris
Film · 2024
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Film · 2024
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Film · 2023
El viaje de Julieta
Film · 2023
3 Days Max
Film · 2023
Carmen
Film · 2023
La Mesías
Series · 2023
Escort Boys
Series · 2023
Têtàtête(s)
Series · 2023
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Series · 2023
The House
Film · 2022
Rainbow
Film · 2022
The Sweet Taste of Success
Film · 2022
Drag Race France
Series · 2022
Cinco Tenedores
Series · 2022
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Series · 2022
El refugio
Film · 2021
Parallel Mothers
Film · 2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Film · 2021
Carrément craignos
Series · 2021
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Series · 2021
La Noche D
Series · 2021
Drag Race España
Series · 2021
A Mermaid in Paris
Film · 2020
Little Birds
Series · 2020
For the Ones We Loved
Film · 2019
Despite Everything
Film · 2019
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Film · 2019
I Miss You
Film · 2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Film · 2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Series · 2019
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Film · 2018
Le vieux juif Blonde
Film · 2018
Brillantissime
Film · 2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Film · 2018
¡Ay, Carmen!
Film · 2018
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
Film · 2018
Black Is Beltza
Film · 2018
Maestros de la costura
Series · 2018
Bailando con las estrellas
Series · 2018
Lo Siguiente
Series · 2018
La resistencia
Series · 2018
Lord, Give Me Patience
Film · 2017
The Exchange
Film · 2017
Toc Toc
Film · 2017
Madame
Film · 2017
The White Princess
Series · 2017
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Series · 2017
10 Years with Bebe
Film · 2016
Julieta
Film · 2016
En tu cabeza
Film · 2016
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Film · 2016
Just a Little Chemistry
Film · 2015
Spy Time
Film · 2015
Stranded
Film · 2015
Graziella
Film · 2015
The Material Boy
Film · 2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
Film · 2015
Anchored
Series · 2015
Do Not Disturb
Film · 2014
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Film · 2014
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Film · 2014
Love of My Loves
Film · 2014
Planeta Calleja
Series · 2014
Three Many Weddings
Film · 2013
&Me
Film · 2013
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Film · 2013
Me resbala
Series · 2013
Run a way
Film · 2012
Bright Spin
Film · 2012
Danse avec les stars
Series · 2011
Miss Tacuarembo
Film · 2010
Gigola
Film · 2010
Broken Embraces
Film · 2009
No Pasaran
Film · 2009
La que se avecina
Series · 2007
Girlfriends
Film · 2006
Les Aristos
Film · 2006
20 Centimeters
Film · 2005
Caterina e le sue figlie
Series · 2005
Double zéro
Film · 2004
Have You Met Claudia?
Film · 2004
People : Jet Set 2
Film · 2004
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Film · 2003
Dead Weight
Film · 2002
L'origine du monde
Film · 2001
The Mule
Film · 2000
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Film · 1999
Nag la Bombe
Film · 1999
The Damned Rib
Film · 1999
Talk of Angels
Film · 1998
Foul Play
Film · 1998
Franchesca Page
Film · 1998
Airbag
Film · 1997
La Femme du cosmonaute
Film · 1997
Chicken Park
Film · 1996
A Body in the Woods
Film · 1996
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Film · 1996
De pé a pá
Series · 1996
The Flower of My Secret
Film · 1995
Peggio di così si muore
Film · 1995
What's It All About
Film · 1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Film · 1994
La Machine Mode
Film · 1994
Fea
Film · 1994
Kika
Film · 1993
Rose rosse per una squillo
Film · 1993
Mutant Action
Film · 1993
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
Film · 1992
The Naked Target
Film · 1992
Sam's Enough
Film · 1992
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Film · 1991
The Family Jewels
Film · 1991
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Film · 1990
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Film · 1990
In The Rose Garden
Film · 1990
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Film · 1988
Law of Desire
Film · 1987
Second to Nun
Film
Becoming Capa
Film