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.

Known For

La resistencia

La que se avecina

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

Escort Boys

Danse avec les stars

The White Princess

Drag Race España

Drag Race France

All Movies (101)

• Día de caza2026 · as Rosa
• La Tarara2026
• Bitter Christmas2026 · as Gabriela
• Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta2025
• Honeymoon Crasher2025 · as Gloria
• The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse2025 · as Moire
• Inside the Dream: Mugler2024 · as Self
• Dear Paris2024 · as Dolorès
• 3 Days Max2023 · as Alba Suarez
• Carmen2023 · as Masilda
• Apaches: Gang of Paris2023 · as Sarah Bernardt
• El viaje de Julieta2023 · as Self
• The House2022 · as Brigida
• The Sweet Taste of Success2022 · as Rossy de Palma
• Rainbow2022
• El refugio2021
• Parallel Mothers2021 · as Elena
• Do You Do You Saint-Tropez2021 · as Carmen
• A Mermaid in Paris2020 · as Rossy
• The Rodriguez and the Beyond2019 · as Doctora Pilar
• My Brother Chases Dinosaurs2019 · as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
• I Miss You2019 · as Rosaura
• Despite Everything2019 · as Inés
• For the Ones We Loved2019 · as Artémis
• Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic2018 · as Self
• ¡Ay, Carmen!2018 · as Self - Actress
• Le vieux juif Blonde2018 · as Voyante
• Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show2018 · as Self
• Black Is Beltza2018 · as Ruth Abramson (voice)
• The Man Who Killed Don Quixote2018
• Brillantissime2018 · as Charline
• The Exchange2017 · as Dómina
• Toc Toc2017 · as Ana María
• Madame2017 · as Maria
• Lord, Give Me Patience2017 · as María Ramos
• En tu cabeza2016 · as Milagros (Vecina)
• Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas2016 · as Self
• 10 Years with Bebe2016 · as self
• Julieta2016 · as Marian
• Stranded2015 · as Mercè
• Spy Time2015 · as Madre de Katia
• Just a Little Chemistry2015 · as Bárbara Sullivan
• French Cinema Mon Amour2015 · as Self
• Graziella2015 · as Graziella
• The Material Boy2015 · as Self
• Do Not Disturb2014 · as Maria
• Love of My Loves2014 · as Carmina
• Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!2014 · as Self
• Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart2014 · as Luna (voice)
• Three Many Weddings2013 · as Madre de Ruth
• I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long2013 · as Lola
• &Me2013 · as Edurne's Mother
• Run a way2012 · as La benemérita
• Bright Spin2012 · as Amie de Patrick
• Miss Tacuarembo2010 · as Patricia Peinado
• Gigola2010 · as Dominique
• No Pasaran2009 · as Inès
• Broken Embraces2009 · as Julieta
• Les Aristos2006 · as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
• Girlfriends2006 · as La mère de Marie
• 20 Centimeters2005 · as La Frío
• Have You Met Claudia?2004 · as Aldo's Claudia
• Double zéro2004 · as Le Monocle
• People : Jet Set 22004 · as Pilar
• Leave Your Hands on My Hips2003 · as Myriam Bardem
• Dead Weight2002 · as Pauline Reggio
• L'origine du monde2001 · as The Sphynx
• The Mule2000 · as La Colombienne
• The Damned Rib1999 · as Margarita
• Nag la Bombe1999 · as Leïla
• The Loss of Sexual Innocence1999 · as Blind Woman
• Foul Play1998 · as Concepcion Alibera
• Talk of Angels1998 · as Elena
• Franchesca Page1998 · as Veronica
• La Femme du cosmonaute1997 · as Catherine
• Airbag1997 · as Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
• A Body in the Woods1996 · as Teniente Cifuentes
• The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics1996
• Chicken Park1996 · as Necrophilia
• The Flower of My Secret1995 · as Rosa
• Peggio di così si muore1995 · as Myrna
• What's It All About1995 · as Librarian
• Prêt-à-Porter1994 · as Pilar
• Barcelona1994 · as girl in party
• La Machine Mode1994 · as Self
• Fea1994
• Kika1993 · as Juana
• Rose rosse per una squillo1993 · as Juliette
• Mutant Action1993 · as Invitada de lujo
• Sam's Enough1992 · as Chichi
• Aquí, el que no corre... vuela1992
• The Naked Target1992 · as Dama 2
• The Family Jewels1991 · as Donatella
• Madonna: Truth or Dare1991 · as Self
• In The Rose Garden1990 · as Rosy
• Don Juan, My Dear Ghost1990 · as Viuda de Prodini
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!1990 · as Camello en Vespa
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988 · as Marisa
• Law of Desire1987 · as Locutora tele
• Second to Nun— · as Madame Laduree
• Becoming Capa—

All TV Shows (27)

• Pedro x Javis2025 · as Self
• Escort Boys2023 · as Mimi
• The Messiah2023 · as Laia Baró (mayor)
• Late Xou con Marc Giró2023 · as Self - Guest
• Têtàtête(s)2023 · as Self - Guest
• Drag Race France2022 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Cinco Tenedores2022 · as Jueza
• Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After2022 · as Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
• Drag Race España2021 · as Self - Guest Judge
• LOL - Last One Laughing Spain2021 · as Self
• Carrément craignos2021 · as Héléna
• La Noche D2021 · as Self - Guest
• Little Birds2020 · as Contessa Mandrax
• La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lo Siguiente2018 · as Self - Presenter
• Bailando con las estrellas2018 · as Self - Contestant
• Maestros de la costura2018 · as Invitada
• La resistencia2018 · as Invitada
• The White Princess2017 · as Isabella I of Castile
• Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez2017 · as Self - Interviewee
• Anchored2015 · as Palmira
• Planeta Calleja2014 · as Self - Guest
• Me resbala2013 · as Self - Contestant
• Danse avec les stars2011 · as Self - Candidate
• La que se avecina2007 · as María Luisa Romero
• Caterina e le sue figlie2005 · as Estrella Toledo
• De pé a pá1996 · as Self