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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 16, 1964
Place of Birth
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Also Known As
- Rosa Elena García Echave
- 로시 드 팔마
- روسی د پالما
Rossy de Palma
0.5 Popularity
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
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Rosa
Día de caza
2025
0.0
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
5.5
Gloria
Honeymoon Crasher
2025
7.0
Moire
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025
9.0
Self
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024
5.8
Dolorès
Dear Paris
2024
6.7
Mimi
Escort Boys
2023
5.4
Alba Suarez
3 Days Max
2023
7.4
Laia Baró (mayor)
The Messiah
2023
0.0
Invitada
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023
Credits
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Día de caza
as Rosa
2025
0.0
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
0.0
Honeymoon Crasher
as Gloria
2025
5.5
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
as Moire
2025
7.0
Inside the Dream: Mugler
as Self
2024
9.0
Dear Paris
as Dolorès
2024
5.8
Escort Boys
as Mimi
2023
6.7
3 Days Max
as Alba Suarez
2023
5.4
The Messiah
as Laia Baró (mayor)
2023
7.4
Late Xou con Marc Giró
as Invitada
2023
0.0
Têtàtête(s)
as Self - Guest
2023
0.0
Carmen
as Masilda
2023
6.1
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Sarah Bernardt
2023
6.1
El viaje de Julieta
as Self
2023
0.0
The House
as Brigida
2022
6.1
The Sweet Taste of Success
as Rossy de Palma
2022
10.0
Rainbow
2022
5.6
Drag Race France
as Self - Guest Judge
2022
8.3
Cinco Tenedores
as Jueza
2022
4.0
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
as Narradora (voz) / María / Mamen
2022
6.7
El refugio
2021
6.4
Parallel Mothers
as Elena
2021
6.8
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
as Carmen
2021
5.1
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
as Self
2021
7.4
Carrément craignos
as Héléna
2021
7.0
Little Birds
as Contessa Mandrax
2020
6.7
A Mermaid in Paris
as Rossy
2020
6.6
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
as Doctora Pilar
2019
5.5
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
2019
7.1
I Miss You
as Rosaura
2019
6.8
Despite Everything
as Inés
2019
6.0
À cause des filles…?
as Artémis
2019
4.1
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
as Self
2018
6.4
Lo Siguiente
as Self - Presenter
2018
2.0
¡Ay, Carmen!
as Self - Actress
2018
5.3
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
as Self
2018
0.0
Black Is Beltza
as Ruth Abramson (voice)
2018
5.9
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
6.8
Bailando con las estrellas
as Self - Contestant
2018
6.0
Maestros de la costura
as Invitada
2018
5.9
La resistencia
as Invitada
2018
6.0
Brillantissime
as Charline
2018
4.9
The Exchange
as Dómina
2017
5.1
Toc Toc
as Ana María
2017
7.1
Madame
as Maria
2017
5.9
Lord, Give Me Patience
as María Ramos
2017
6.3
The White Princess
as Isabella I of Castile
2017
7.8
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
as Self - Interviewee
2017
0.0
En tu cabeza
as Milagros (Vecina)
2016
5.2
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Self
2016
7.5
10 Years with Bebe
as self
2016
2.0
Julieta
as Marian
2016
7.0
Stranded
as Mercè
2015
4.8
Spy Time
as Madre de Katia
2015
5.6
Just a Little Chemistry
as Bárbara Sullivan
2015
5.5
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
2015
0.5
Graziella
as Graziella
2015
3.0
Anchored
as Palmira
2015
5.7
The Material Boy
as Self
2015
0.0
Do Not Disturb
as Maria
2014
5.3
Love of My Loves
as Carmina
2014
7.4
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
as Self
2014
0.0
Planeta Calleja
as Self - Guest
2014
0.0
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
as Luna (voice)
2014
7.2
Three Many Weddings
as Madre de Ruth
2013
6.0
Me resbala
as Self - Contestant
2013
6.2
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
as Lola
2013
6.6
&Me
as Edurne's Mother
2013
4.6
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Run a way
as La benemérita
2012
0.0
Bright Spin
as Amie de Patrick
2012
5.1
Danse avec les stars
as Self - Candidate
2011
6.1
Miss Tacuarembo
as Patricia Peinado
2010
5.8
Gigola
as Dominique
2010
3.5
No Pasaran
as Inès
2009
5.0
Broken Embraces
as Julieta
2009
7.1
La que se avecina
as María Luisa Romero
2007
8.1
Les Aristos
as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
2006
4.3
My Friends
as La mère de Marie
2006
4.5
Caterina e le sue figlie
as Estrella Toledo
2005
0.0
20 Centimeters
as La Frío
2005
5.2
Have You Met Claudia?
as Aldo's Claudia
2004
6.7
Double zéro
as Le Monocle
2004
4.9
People - Jet set 2
as Pilar
2004
3.4
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
as Myriam Bardem
2003
5.7
Dead Weight
as Pauline Reggio
2002
5.9
L'origine du monde
as The Sphynx
2001
0.0
The Mule
as La Colombienne
2000
5.5
The Damned Rib
as Margarita
1999
5.6
Nag la Bombe
as Leïla
1999
0.0
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Blind Woman
1999
5.7
Foul Play
as Concepcion Alibera
1998
7.0
Talk of Angels
as Elena
1998
5.7
Franchesca Page
as Veronica
1998
1.0
La Femme du cosmonaute
as Catherine
1997
3.8
Airbag
as Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
1997
6.5
A Body in the Woods
as Teniente Cifuentes
1996
6.1
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
5.0
Chicken Park
as Necrophilia
1996
3.3
De pé a pá
as Self
1996
3.0
Pastas Ardilla
as Rossy
1996
6.8
The Flower of My Secret
as Rosa
1995
6.8
Peggio di così si muore
as Myrna
1995
4.4
What's It All About
as Librarian
1995
5.0
Prêt-à-Porter
as Pilar
1994
5.2
Barcelona
as girl in party
1994
6.2
La Machine Mode
as Herself
1994
0.0
Kika
as Juana
1993
6.5
Rose rosse per una squillo
as Juliette
1993
1.0
Mutant Action
as Invitada de lujo
1993
6.3
Sam's Enough
as Chichi
1992
3.5
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
4.2
The Naked Target
as Dama 2
1992
4.8
The Family Jewels
as Donatella
1991
3.5
Madonna: Truth or Dare
as Self
1991
6.3
In The Rose Garden
as Rosy
1990
3.0
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
as Viuda de Prodini
1990
6.3
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
as Camello en Vespa
1990
6.9
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Marisa
1988
7.4
Law of Desire
as Locutora tele
1987
7.2
Second to Nun
as Madame Laduree
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0.0
Le vieux juif Blonde
as Voyante
N/A
0.0