Rossy de Palma
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Rossy de Palma

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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.

Films Featuring Rossy de Palma

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

19906.8

Prêt-à-Porter

19945.2

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

19887.4

The Flower of My Secret

19956.8

Broken Embraces

20097.1

Kika

19936.4

Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show

2018

El refugio

20216.4

No Pasaran

20095.0

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

19995.6

Miss Tacuarembo

20105.8

Dead Weight

20025.8

Girlfriends

20064.4

Chicken Park

19963.3

Leave Your Hands on My Hips

20035.8

Les Aristos

20064.3

Talk of Angels

19985.5

Don Juan, My Dear Ghost

19906.2

Madonna: Truth or Dare

19916.2

Rose rosse per una squillo

19932.7

Apaches: Gang of Paris

20236.0

Peggio di così si muore

19954.8

The House

20226.0

Second to Nun

Rainbow

20225.5

Le vieux juif Blonde

2018

Aquí, el que no corre... vuela

19924.4

Three Many Weddings

20136.0

Foul Play

19987.0

A Body in the Woods

19965.8

&Me

20134.6

El viaje de Julieta

2023

I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long

20136.7

10 Years with Bebe

20162.3

Dear Paris

20245.5

Airbag

19976.6

Just a Little Chemistry

20155.4

Mutant Action

19936.3

Spy Time

20155.7

Do Not Disturb

20145.3

Double zéro

20044.8

3 Days Max

20235.4

Nag la Bombe

19997.0

Julieta

20167.0

The Family Jewels

19914.6

Franchesca Page

19983.0

La Femme du cosmonaute

19974.0

L'origine du monde

20017.0

Have You Met Claudia?

20046.7

The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse

20255.9

The Damned Rib

19995.9

Stranded

20154.8

Graziella

20152.3

Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

2014

People : Jet Set 2

20043.4

The Material Boy

2015

French Cinema Mon Amour

20155.2

Día de caza

2026

Run a way

Run a way

2012

Lord, Give Me Patience

20176.3

En tu cabeza

20165.2

The Exchange

20175.0

Toc Toc

20177.1

Madame

20175.9

The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics

19965.1

The Mule

20006.0

Brillantissime

20184.8

Gigola

20103.4

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

20147.2

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

20186.7

Law of Desire

19877.1

Love of My Loves

20147.4

In The Rose Garden

19904.7

¡Ay, Carmen!

20185.3

For the Ones We Loved

20194.0

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

20167.5

Despite Everything

20196.0

My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

20197.0

I Miss You

20196.7

The Rodriguez and the Beyond

20195.5

A Mermaid in Paris

20206.6

Carmen

20236.2

The Naked Target

19924.7

20 Centimeters

20055.3

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

20186.4

What's It All About

19955.2

Parallel Mothers

20216.8

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

20215.0

Black Is Beltza

20185.5

Sam's Enough

19924.8

Inside the Dream: Mugler

20249.0

The Sweet Taste of Success

202210.0

Bright Spin

20125.2

Honeymoon Crasher

20255.6

La Machine Mode

1994

Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta

2025

Bitter Christmas

20266.3

Becoming Capa

Becoming Capa

Fea

1994

La Tarara

2026