Rossy de Palma
Born: 1964-09-16 in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Bitter Christmas as Gabriela
2025
- Honeymoon Crasher as Gloria
- Día de caza as Rosa
- The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse as Moire
- Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
- Pedro x Javis as Self
2024
- Dear Paris as Dolorès
- Inside the Dream: Mugler as Self
2023
- Escort Boys as Mimi
- Carmen as Masilda
- Apaches: Gang of Paris as Sarah Bernardt
- 3 Days Max as Alba Suarez
- El viaje de Julieta as Self
- The Messiah as Laia Baró (mayor)
- Late Xou con Marc Giró as Self - Guest
- Têtàtête(s) as Self - Guest
2022
- The House as Brigida
- Rainbow
- Drag Race France as Self - Guest Judge
- Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After as Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
- Cinco Tenedores as Jueza
- The Sweet Taste of Success as Rossy de Palma
2021
- El refugio
- Parallel Mothers as Elena
- Drag Race España as Self - Guest Judge
- Do You Do You Saint-Tropez as Carmen
- La Noche D as Self - Guest
- LOL - Last One Laughing Spain as Self
- Carrément craignos as Héléna
2020
- A Mermaid in Paris as Rossy
- Little Birds as Contessa Mandrax
2019
- Despite Everything as Inés
- À cause des filles…? as Artémis
- The Rodriguez and the Beyond as Doctora Pilar
- I Miss You as Rosaura
- My Brother Chases Dinosaurs as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
2018
- La resistencia as Invitada
- Brillantissime as Charline
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- ¡Ay, Carmen! as Self - Actress
- Black Is Beltza as Ruth Abramson (voice)
- Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self
- Bailando con las estrellas as Self - Contestant
- Lo Siguiente as Self - Presenter
- Maestros de la costura as Invitada
- Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show as Self
2017
- Toc Toc as Ana María
- Madame as Maria
- The White Princess as Isabella I of Castile
- Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez as Self - Interviewee
- Lord, Give Me Patience as María Ramos
- The Exchange as Dómina
2016
- Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas as Self
- En tu cabeza as Milagros (Vecina)
- Julieta as Marian
- 10 Years with Bebe as self
2015
- Just a Little Chemistry as Bárbara Sullivan
- Graziella as Graziella
- Spy Time as Madre de Katia
- The Material Boy as Self
- Stranded as Mercè
- Anchored as Palmira
- French Cinema Mon Amour as Self
2014
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart as Luna (voice)
- Do Not Disturb as Maria
- Planeta Calleja as Self - Guest
- Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Self
- Love of My Loves as Carmina
2013
- &Me as Edurne's Mother
- Me resbala as Self - Contestant
- I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long as Lola
- Three Many Weddings as Madre de Ruth
2012
- Bright Spin as Amie de Patrick
- Run a way as La benemérita
2010
- Gigola as Dominique
- Miss Tacuarembo as Patricia Peinado
2009
- No Pasaran as Inès
- Broken Embraces as Julieta
2007
- La que se avecina as María Luisa Romero
2006
- Girlfriends as La mère de Marie
- Les Aristos as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
2005
- Caterina e le sue figlie as Estrella Toledo
- 20 Centimeters as La Frío
2004
- Double zéro as Le Monocle
- People - Jet set 2 as Pilar
- Have You Met Claudia? as Aldo's Claudia
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
- The Damned Rib as Margarita
- Nag la Bombe as Leïla
1998
- Foul Play as Concepcion Alibera
- Talk of Angels as Elena
- Franchesca Page as Veronica
1997
- Airbag as Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
- La Femme du cosmonaute as Catherine
1996
- The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
- Chicken Park as Necrophilia
- De pé a pá as Self
- A Body in the Woods as Teniente Cifuentes
1995
- What's It All About as Librarian
- Peggio di così si muore as Myrna
- The Flower of My Secret as Rosa
1994
- Barcelona as girl in party
- Prêt-à-Porter as Pilar
- La Machine Mode as Self
1993
- Kika as Juana
- Mutant Action as Invitada de lujo
- Rose rosse per una squillo as Juliette
1992
- Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
- The Naked Target as Dama 2
- Sam's Enough as Chichi
1991
- Madonna: Truth or Dare as Self
- The Family Jewels as Donatella
1990
- Don Juan, My Dear Ghost as Viuda de Prodini
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! as Camello en Vespa
- In The Rose Garden as Rosy
1988
1987
- Law of Desire as Locutora tele