Rossy de Palma
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-09-16 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Rossy de Palma
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.
Acting
Le vieux juif Blonde
as Voyante
Second to Nun
as Madame Laduree
(2025)
Honeymoon Crasher
as Gloria
(2025)
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
as Moire
(2025)
Día de caza
as Rosa
(2024)
Dear Paris
as Dolorès
(2024)
Inside the Dream: Mugler
as Self
(2023)
3 Days Max
as Alba Suarez
(2023)
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Sarah Bernardt
(2023)
Carmen
as Masilda
(2023)
El viaje de Julieta
as Self
(2022)
The House
as Brigida
(2022)
(2022)
The Sweet Taste of Success
as Rossy de Palma
(2021)
Parallel Mothers
as Elena
(2021)
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
as Carmen
(2021)
(2020)
A Mermaid in Paris
as Rossy
(2019)
Despite Everything
as Inés
(2019)
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
(2019)
I Miss You
as Rosaura
(2019)
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
as Doctora Pilar
(2019)
À cause des filles…?
as Artémis
(2018)
(2018)
Brillantissime
as Charline
(2018)
(2018)
¡Ay, Carmen!
as Self - Actress
(2018)
Black Is Beltza
as Ruth Abramson (voice)
(2018)
(2017)
Toc Toc
as Ana María
(2017)
Madame
as Maria
(2017)
The Exchange
as Dómina
(2017)
Lord, Give Me Patience
as María Ramos
(2016)
Julieta
as Marian
(2016)
En tu cabeza
as Milagros (Vecina)
(2016)
10 Years with Bebe
as self
(2016)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Self
(2015)
Just a Little Chemistry
as Bárbara Sullivan
(2015)
Spy Time
as Madre de Katia
(2015)
Stranded
as Mercè
(2015)
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
(2015)
Graziella
as Graziella
(2015)
The Material Boy
as Self
(2014)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
as Luna (voice)
(2014)
Do Not Disturb
as Maria
(2014)
Love of My Loves
as Carmina
(2014)
(2013)
Three Many Weddings
as Madre de Ruth
(2013)
(2013)
&Me
as Edurne's Mother
(2012)
Bright Spin
as Amie de Patrick
(2012)
Run a way
as La benemérita
(2010)
Gigola
as Dominique
(2010)
Miss Tacuarembo
as Patricia Peinado
(2009)
Broken Embraces
as Julieta
(2009)
No Pasaran
as Inès
(2006)
My Friends
as La mère de Marie
(2006)
Les Aristos
as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
(2005)
20 Centimeters
as La Frío
(2004)
Double zéro
as Le Monocle
(2004)
Have You Met Claudia?
as Aldo's Claudia
(2004)
People - Jet set 2
as Pilar
(2003)
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
as Myriam Bardem
(2002)
Dead Weight
as Pauline Reggio
(2001)
L'origine du monde
as The Sphynx
(2000)
The Mule
as La Colombienne
(1999)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Blind Woman
(1999)
The Damned Rib
as Margarita
(1999)
Nag la Bombe
as Leïla
(1998)
Talk of Angels
as Elena
(1998)
Foul Play
as Concepcion Alibera
(1998)
Franchesca Page
as Veronica
(1997)
Airbag
as Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
(1997)
La Femme du cosmonaute
as Catherine
(1996)
Chicken Park
as Necrophilia
(1996)
(1996)
A Body in the Woods
as Teniente Cifuentes
(1996)
Pastas Ardilla
as Rossy
(1995)
The Flower of My Secret
as Rosa
(1995)
What's It All About
as Librarian
(1995)
Peggio di così si muore
as Myrna
(1994)
Prêt-à-Porter
as Pilar
(1994)
La Machine Mode
as Herself
(1993)
Kika
as Juana
(1993)
Mutant Action
as Invitada de lujo
(1993)
Rose rosse per una squillo
as Juliette
(1992)
The Naked Target
as Dama 2
(1992)
Sam's Enough
as Chichi
(1992)
(1991)
Madonna: Truth or Dare
as Self
(1991)
The Family Jewels
as Donatella
(1990)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
as Camello en Vespa
(1990)
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
as Viuda de Prodini
(1990)
In The Rose Garden
as Rosy
(1988)
(1987)
Law of Desire
as Locutora tele