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Rossy de Palma
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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…
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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.
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Día de caza
Movie Rosa
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2026
La Tarara
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2026
Bitter Christmas
Movie Gabriela
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2025
Pedro x Javis
TV show Self
- 2025
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2025
Honeymoon Crasher
Movie Gloria
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2025
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Movie Moire
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2024
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Movie Self
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2024
Dear Paris
Movie Dolorès
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2023
Escort Boys
TV show Mimi
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2023
3 Days Max
Movie Alba Suarez
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2023
La Mesías
TV show Laia Baró (mayor)
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2023
Late Xou con Marc Giró
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Têtàtête(s)
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Carmen
Movie Masilda
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2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Movie Sarah Bernardt
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2023
El viaje de Julieta
Movie Self
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2022
The House
Movie Brigida
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2022
The Sweet Taste of Success
Movie Rossy de Palma
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2022
Rainbow
Movie
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2022
Drag Race France
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2022
Cinco Tenedores
TV show Jueza
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2022
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
TV show Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
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2021
El refugio
Movie
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2021
Parallel Mothers
Movie Elena
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2021
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Movie Carmen
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2021
Drag Race España
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2021
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
TV show Self
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2021
Carrément craignos
TV show Héléna
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2021
La Noche D
TV show Self - Guest
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2020
Little Birds
TV show Contessa Mandrax
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2020
A Mermaid in Paris
Movie Rossy
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2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Movie Doctora Pilar
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2019
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Movie Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
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2019
I Miss You
Movie Rosaura
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2019
Despite Everything
Movie Inés
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2019
For the Ones We Loved
Movie Artémis
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2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2018
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Movie Self
