Rossy de Palma
Acting
Born: September 16, 1964 (age 62) · Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Highest Rated
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.
Photos (7)
Movies (86)
Parallel Mothers
Elena
Broken Embraces
Julieta
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Carmen
Honeymoon Crasher
Gloria
Bitter Christmas
Gabriela
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Marisa
Law of Desire
Locutora tele
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Camello en Vespa
Dear Paris
Dolorès
Prêt-à-Porter
Pilar
Kika
Juana
Brillantissime
Charline
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Luna (voice)
A Mermaid in Paris
Rossy
Double zéro
Le Monocle
The House
Brigida
The Flower of My Secret
Rosa
3 Days Max
Alba Suarez
Despite Everything
Inés
Madame
Maria
Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
2026
Dead Weight
Pauline Reggio
Julieta
Marian
Airbag
Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Doctora Pilar
Mutant Action
Invitada de lujo
Toc Toc
Ana María
For the Ones We Loved
Artémis
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Moire
Spy Time
Madre de Katia
Talk of Angels
Elena
Bright Spin
Amie de Patrick
Three Many Weddings
Madre de Ruth
&Me
Edurne's Mother
Carmen
Masilda
The Exchange
Dómina
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Blind Woman
Girlfriends
La mère de Marie
Just a Little Chemistry
Bárbara Sullivan
Do Not Disturb
Maria
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Sarah Bernardt
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Viuda de Prodini
What's It All About
Librarian
La Tarara
2026
Día de caza
Rosa
The Family Jewels
Donatella
20 Centimeters
La Frío
I Miss You
Rosaura
Stranded
Mercè
El refugio
2021
Lord, Give Me Patience
María Ramos
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Lola
Have You Met Claudia?
Aldo's Claudia
Gigola
Dominique
Rainbow
2022
People : Jet Set 2
Pilar
In The Rose Garden
Rosy
L'origine du monde
The Sphynx
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Myriam Bardem
En tu cabeza
Milagros (Vecina)
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
No Pasaran
Inès
Peggio di così si muore
Myrna
Love of My Loves
Carmina
A Body in the Woods
Teniente Cifuentes
Foul Play
Concepcion Alibera
Les Aristos
La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
Sam's Enough
Chichi
Black Is Beltza
Ruth Abramson (voice)
Franchesca Page
Veronica
The Damned Rib
Margarita
Rose rosse per una squillo
Juliette
Graziella
Graziella
La Femme du cosmonaute
Catherine
Le vieux juif Blonde
Voyante
Fea
1994
Chicken Park
Necrophilia
Miss Tacuarembo
Patricia Peinado
The Sweet Taste of Success
Rossy de Palma
The Naked Target
Dama 2
The Mule
La Colombienne
Nag la Bombe
Leïla
TV Shows (12)
La resistencia
Invitada · 1 eps
La que se avecina
María Luisa Romero · 1 eps
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen · 6 eps
Escort Boys
Mimi · 2 eps
The White Princess
Isabella I of Castile · 1 eps
La Mesías
Laia Baró (mayor) · 7 eps
Anchored
Palmira · 8 eps
Maestros de la costura
Invitada · 1 eps
Little Birds
Contessa Mandrax · 6 eps
Cinco Tenedores
Jueza · 1 eps
Caterina e le sue figlie
Estrella Toledo · 8 eps
Carrément craignos
Héléna · 9 eps
Self / Appearances (27)
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee · 2 eps
Drag Race España
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Danse avec les stars
Self - Candidate · 1 eps
De pé a pá
Self · 1 eps
Me resbala
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
La Noche D
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Drag Race France
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Planeta Calleja
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Pedro x Javis
Self · 3 eps
Lo Siguiente
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Têtàtête(s)
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Bailando con las estrellas
Self - Contestant · 11 eps
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Self · 6 eps
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
Self
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
El viaje de Julieta
Self
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self
10 Years with Bebe
self
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Self
¡Ay, Carmen!
Self - Actress
La Machine Mode
Self
The Material Boy
Self
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Self
