Rossy de Palma
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 11.175 |
| Birthday | 1964-09-16 |
| Place of Birth | Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain |
| Also Known As | Rosa Elena García Echave, 로시 드 팔마, |
1990
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
6.9/625
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1994
Prêt-à-Porter
5.2/218
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.
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1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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1995
The Flower of My Secret
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2009
Broken Embraces
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Broken Embraces
1993
Kika
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2018
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
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2021
El refugio
6.4/77
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2009
No Pasaran
5/5
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1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
5.7/29
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2010
Miss Tacuarembo
5.8/8
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2002
Dead Weight
5.8/376
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2006
My Friends
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Chicken Park
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2003
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
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2006
Les Aristos
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Talk of Angels
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Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
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1993
Rose rosse per una squillo
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Apaches: Gang of Paris
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1996
Pastas Ardilla
5.667/3
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1995
Peggio di così si muore
4.4/5
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The House
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Rainbow
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4.2/5
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2013
Three Many Weddings
6/182
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1998
Foul Play
7/3
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1996
A Body in the Woods
6.1/11
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2013
&Me
4.6/5
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El viaje de Julieta
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6.6/56
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2016
10 Years with Bebe
2/2
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Dear Paris
6/12
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Airbag
6.505/96
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2015
Just a Little Chemistry
5.5/43
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1993
Mutant Action
6.2/172
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2015
Spy Time
5.6/211
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2014
Do Not Disturb
5.298/359
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2004
Double zéro
4.89/296
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3 Days Max
5.3/174
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Nag la Bombe
0/0
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Julieta
7/863
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1991
The Family Jewels
3.5/2
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1998
Franchesca Page
1/1
The story follows the adventures of Rita Page, an aspiring showgirl in Las Vegas and his daughter Franchesca completely talentless, in their relentles...
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1997
La Femme du cosmonaute
3.8/3
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2001
L'origine du monde
0/0
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2004
Have You Met Claudia?
6.7/1010
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2025
The Opera!
0/0
Modern version of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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1999
The Damned Rib
5.5/14
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2015
Stranded
4.88/50
The last train travel of the year from Barcelona to Madrid, suddenly stops by a voltage drop in the middle of nowhere during a fierce snowstorm. Becau...
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2015
Graziella
3/2
A soulful examination of two defeated middle-aged characters who aren't sure that life holds the possibility of a second act.
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2014
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
0/0
Produced in 2014, this documentary about the making of TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! features interviews with director Pedro Almodóvar; actors Antonio Bande...
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2004
People - Jet set 2
3.4/43
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2015
The Material Boy
0/0
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2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
0.5/1
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Día de caza
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Día de caza
2012
Run a way
0/0
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2017
Lord, Give Me Patience
6.3/195
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2016
En tu cabeza
5.2/17
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2017
The Exchange
5.1/26
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2017
Toc Toc
7.108/1215
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2017
Madame
5.9/299
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Madame
1996
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
5/14
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2000
The Mule
5.5/4
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The Mule
2018
Brillantissime
4.9/136
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Brillantissime
2010
Gigola
3.7/14
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2014
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
7.2/713
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2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
6.8/1012
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1987
Law of Desire
7.18/294
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2014
Love of My Loves
7.4/65
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1990
In The Rose Garden
3/1
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2018
¡Ay, Carmen!
5.3/3
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2019
À cause des filles…?
4/27
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2016
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
7.5/3
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2019
Despite Everything
6/420
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2019
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
7.1/292
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My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019
I Miss You
6.9/24
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I Miss You
2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
5.5/44
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The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2020
A Mermaid in Paris
6.609/193
A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
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2023
Carmen
6.245/55
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1992
The Naked Target
4.8/5
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The Naked Target
2005
20 Centimeters
5.1/28
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20 Centimeters
2018
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
6.4/5
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1995
What's It All About
5/10
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2021
Parallel Mothers
6.8/937
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2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
5.1/176
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2018
Black Is Beltza
5.8/16
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1992
Sam's Enough
3.5/2
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2024
Inside The Dream: Mugler
8.5/2
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2022
The Sweet Taste of Success
10/1
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2012
Bright Spin
5.1/9
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