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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0658041
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266626
Facebook: https://facebook.com/RossydPalma
Instagram: https://instagram.com/rossydpalma
Filmography (Movies)
Bitter Christmas
Character:Gabriela
Release Date:20/03/2026
Día de caza
Character:Rosa
Release Date:17/09/2025
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
Character:
Release Date:14/06/2025
Honeymoon Crasher
Character:Gloria
Release Date:11/02/2025
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Character:Moire
Release Date:20/01/2025
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/2024
Dear Paris
Character:Dolorès
Release Date:12/06/2024
3 Days Max
Character:Alba Suarez
Release Date:25/10/2023
Carmen
Character:Masilda
Release Date:21/04/2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Character:Sarah Bernardt
Release Date:29/03/2023
El viaje de Julieta
Character:Self
Release Date:09/01/2023
The House
Character:Brigida
Release Date:16/11/2022
The Sweet Taste of Success
Character:Rossy de Palma
Release Date:15/11/2022
Rainbow
Character:
Release Date:18/09/2022
El refugio
Character:
Release Date:26/11/2021
Parallel Mothers
Character:Elena
Release Date:08/10/2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Character:Carmen
Release Date:14/07/2021
A Mermaid in Paris
Character:Rossy
Release Date:11/03/2020
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Character:Doctora Pilar
Release Date:31/10/2019
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Character:Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
Release Date:05/09/2019
I Miss You
Character:Rosaura
Release Date:27/07/2019
Despite Everything
Character:Inés
Release Date:16/03/2019
À cause des filles…?
Character:Artémis
Release Date:30/01/2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2018
¡Ay, Carmen!
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:29/10/2018
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2018
Black Is Beltza
Character:Ruth Abramson (voice)
Release Date:05/10/2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Character:
Release Date:19/05/2018
Brillantissime
Character:Charline
Release Date:17/01/2018
The Exchange
Character:Dómina
Release Date:31/12/2017
Toc Toc
Character:Ana María
Release Date:01/09/2017
Madame
Character:Maria
Release Date:17/08/2017
Lord, Give Me Patience
Character:María Ramos
Release Date:16/06/2017
En tu cabeza
Character:Milagros (Vecina)
Release Date:16/09/2016
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2016
10 Years with Bebe
Character:self
Release Date:29/04/2016
Julieta
Character:Marian
Release Date:08/04/2016
Stranded
Character:Mercè
Release Date:31/12/2015
Spy Time
Character:Madre de Katia
Release Date:04/09/2015
Just a Little Chemistry
Character:Bárbara Sullivan
Release Date:24/07/2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
Character:Self
Release Date:06/07/2015
Graziella
Character:Graziella
Release Date:03/06/2015
The Material Boy
Character:Self
Release Date:06/03/2015
Do Not Disturb
Character:Maria
Release Date:31/12/2014
Love of My Loves
Character:Carmina
Release Date:05/09/2014
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Character:Self
Release Date:19/08/2014
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Character:Luna (voice)
Release Date:29/01/2014
Three Many Weddings
Character:Madre de Ruth
Release Date:05/12/2013
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Character:Lola
Release Date:23/08/2013
&Me
Character:Edurne's Mother
Release Date:13/03/2013
Run a way
Character:La benemérita
Release Date:01/09/2012
Bright Spin
Character:Amie de Patrick
Release Date:14/03/2012
Miss Tacuarembo
Character:Patricia Peinado
Release Date:01/07/2010
Gigola
Character:Dominique
Release Date:06/06/2010
No Pasaran
Character:Inès
Release Date:15/07/2009
Broken Embraces
Character:Julieta
Release Date:18/03/2009
Les Aristos
Character:La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
Release Date:20/09/2006
Girlfriends
Character:La mère de Marie
Release Date:21/06/2006
20 Centimeters
Character:La Frío
Release Date:10/06/2005
Have You Met Claudia?
Character:Aldo's Claudia
Release Date:15/12/2004
Double zéro
Character:Le Monocle
Release Date:16/06/2004
People : Jet Set 2
Character:Pilar
Release Date:19/05/2004
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Character:Myriam Bardem
Release Date:03/08/2003
Dead Weight
Character:Pauline Reggio
Release Date:10/04/2002
L'origine du monde
Character:The Sphynx
Release Date:09/05/2001
The Mule
Character:La Colombienne
Release Date:02/04/2000
The Damned Rib
Character:Margarita
Release Date:04/12/1999
Nag la Bombe
Character:Leïla
Release Date:30/10/1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Character:Blind Woman
Release Date:29/04/1999
Foul Play
Character:Concepcion Alibera
Release Date:25/11/1998
Talk of Angels
Character:Elena
Release Date:30/10/1998
Franchesca Page
Character:Veronica
Release Date:28/06/1998
La Femme du cosmonaute
Character:Catherine
Release Date:17/12/1997
Airbag
Character:Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
Release Date:20/06/1997
A Body in the Woods
Character:Teniente Cifuentes
Release Date:08/11/1996
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1996
Chicken Park
Character:Necrophilia
Release Date:05/04/1996
The Flower of My Secret
Character:Rosa
Release Date:22/09/1995
Peggio di così si muore
Character:Myrna
Release Date:21/04/1995
What's It All About
Character:Librarian
Release Date:10/03/1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Character:Pilar
Release Date:23/12/1994
Barcelona
Character:girl in party
Release Date:29/07/1994
La Machine Mode
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
Kika
Character:Juana
Release Date:29/10/1993
Rose rosse per una squillo
Character:Juliette
Release Date:27/10/1993
Mutant Action
Character:Invitada de lujo
Release Date:03/02/1993
Sam's Enough
Character:Chichi
Release Date:01/04/1992
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
Character:
Release Date:25/03/1992
The Naked Target
Character:Dama 2
Release Date:24/01/1992
The Family Jewels
Character:Donatella
Release Date:20/05/1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/1991
In The Rose Garden
Character:Rosy
Release Date:21/09/1990
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Character:Viuda de Prodini
Release Date:24/08/1990
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Character:Camello en Vespa
Release Date:22/01/1990
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Character:Marisa
Release Date:25/03/1988
Law of Desire
Character:Locutora tele
Release Date:07/02/1987
Television Appearances
Pedro x Javis
Character:Self
Escort Boys
Character:Mimi
The Messiah
Character:Laia Baró (mayor)
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Character:Self - Guest
Têtàtête(s)
Character:Self - Guest
Drag Race France
Character:Self - Guest Judge
Cinco Tenedores
Character:Jueza
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Character:Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
Drag Race España
Character:Self - Guest Judge
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Character:Self
Carrément craignos
Character:Héléna
La Noche D
Character:Self - Guest
Little Birds
Character:Contessa Mandrax
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Character:Self (archive footage)
Lo Siguiente
Character:Self - Presenter
Bailando con las estrellas
Character:Self - Contestant
Maestros de la costura
Character:Invitada
La resistencia
Character:Invitada
The White Princess
Character:Isabella I of Castile
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Character:Self - Interviewee
Anchored
Character:Palmira
Planeta Calleja
Character:Self - Guest
Me resbala
Character:Self - Contestant
La que se avecina
Character:María Luisa Romero
Caterina e le sue figlie
Character:Estrella Toledo
De pé a pá
Character:Self
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