10.0
10.0
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022
as Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma
Also known as: Rosa Elena García Echave
Acting
Born:September 16, 1964(age 61)
Birthplace:Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Nationality:Spain
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (94 movies)
10.0
10.0
Pedro x Javis
2025
7.5
7.5
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016
as Self
7.4
7.4
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
as Marisa
7.4
7.4
Love of My Loves
2014
as Carmina
7.2
7.2
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014
as Luna (voice)
7.1
7.1
Broken Embraces
2009
as Julieta
7.1
7.1
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019
as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
7.1
7.1
Law of Desire
1987
as Locutora tele
7.1
7.1
Toc Toc
2017
as Ana María
7.0
7.0
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025
as Moire
7.0
7.0
Foul Play
1998
as Concepcion Alibera
7.0
7.0
Julieta
2016
as Marian
6.8
6.8
Parallel Mothers
2021
as Elena
6.8
6.8
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990
as Camello en Vespa
6.8
6.8
The Flower of My Secret
1995
as Rosa
6.7
6.7
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
6.7
6.7
I Miss You
2019
as Rosaura
6.7
6.7
Have You Met Claudia?
2004
as Aldo's Claudia
6.5
6.5
A Mermaid in Paris
2020
as Rossy
6.5
6.5
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013
as Lola
6.4
6.4
Kika
1993
as Juana
6.4
6.4
El refugio
2021
6.4
6.4
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
as Self
6.3
6.3
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017
as María Ramos
6.3
6.3
Bitter Christmas
2026
as Gabriela
6.2
6.2
Mutant Action
1993
as Invitada de lujo
6.2
6.2
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991
as Self
6.1
6.1
Carmen
2023
as Masilda
6.0
6.0
The House
2022
as Brigida
6.0
6.0
Despite Everything
2019
as Inés
6.0
6.0
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990
as Viuda de Prodini
6.0
6.0
Three Many Weddings
2013
as Madre de Ruth
6.0
6.0
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
as Sarah Bernardt
5.9
5.9
Madame
2017
as Maria
5.8
5.8
The Damned Rib
1999
as Margarita
5.8
5.8
Dead Weight
2002
as Pauline Reggio
5.8
5.8
Miss Tacuarembo
2010
as Patricia Peinado
5.8
5.8
A Body in the Woods
1996
as Teniente Cifuentes
5.6
5.6
Spy Time
2015
as Madre de Katia
5.6
5.6
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003
as Myriam Bardem
5.6
5.6
Dear Paris
2024
as Dolorès
5.6
5.6
Black Is Beltza
2018
as Ruth Abramson (voice)
5.6
5.6
Honeymoon Crasher
2025
as Gloria
5.5
5.5
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
as Blind Woman
5.5
5.5
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019
as Doctora Pilar
5.5
5.5
The Mule
2000
as La Colombienne
5.5
5.5
Rainbow
2022
5.4
5.4
Talk of Angels
1998
as Elena
5.4
5.4
Just a Little Chemistry
2015
as Bárbara Sullivan
5.3
5.3
Do Not Disturb
2014
as Maria
5.3
5.3
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018
as Self - Actress
5.3
5.3
3 Days Max
2023
as Alba Suarez
5.2
5.2
En tu cabeza
2016
as Milagros (Vecina)
5.2
5.2
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Pilar
5.1
5.1
Bright Spin
2012
as Amie de Patrick
5.0
5.0
20 Centimeters
2005
as La Frío
5.0
5.0
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021
as Carmen
5.0
5.0
The Exchange
2017
as Dómina
5.0
5.0
No Pasaran
2009
as Inès
4.9
4.9
Brillantissime
2018
as Charline
4.9
4.9
Double zéro
2004
as Le Monocle
4.8
4.8
Stranded
2015
as Mercè
4.8
4.8
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
4.8
4.8
What's It All About
1995
as Librarian
4.4
4.4
Girlfriends
2006
as La mère de Marie
4.4
4.4
Peggio di così si muore
1995
as Myrna
4.3
4.3
Les Aristos
2006
as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
4.2
4.2
The Naked Target
1992
as Dama 2
4.1
4.1
À cause des filles…?
2019
as Artémis
4.0
4.0
&Me
2013
as Edurne's Mother
3.8
3.8
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997
as Catherine
3.7
3.7
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
3.5
3.5
Gigola
2010
as Dominique
3.4
3.4
People - Jet set 2
2004
as Pilar
3.3
3.3
Chicken Park
1996
as Necrophilia
3.0
3.0
Sam's Enough
1992
as Chichi
3.0
3.0
In The Rose Garden
1990
as Rosy
2.7
2.7
The Family Jewels
1991
as Donatella
2.3
2.3
10 Years with Bebe
2016
as self
2.3
2.3
Graziella
2015
as Graziella
1.0
1.0
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993
as Juliette
1.0
1.0
Franchesca Page
1998
as Veronica
0.5
0.5
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
as Self
El viaje de Julieta
2023
as Self
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014
as Self
Le vieux juif Blonde
TBA
as Voyante
Día de caza
2025
as Rosa
Nag la Bombe
1999
as Leïla
Run a way
2012
as La benemérita
The Material Boy
2015
as Self
Second to Nun
TBA
as Madame Laduree
L'origine du monde
2001
as The Sphynx
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