Cast & creator
Rossy de Palma
Best known for La resistencia, La que se avecina, Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
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.
Also known as: Rosa Elena García Echave, روسی د پالما
101
film credits
27
television credits
128
1987–2026 · acting roles
5.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (128)
Showing 128 of 128 credits
La resistencia
Invitada
2018
La que se avecina
María Luisa Romero
2007
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee
2017
Drag Race España
Self - Guest Judge
2021
Danse avec les stars
Self - Candidate
2011
The White Princess
Isabella I of Castile
2017
De pé a pá
Self
1996
Escort Boys
Mimi
2023
Me resbala
Self - Contestant
2013
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest
2023
Drag Race France
Self - Guest Judge
2022
Planeta Calleja
Self - Guest
2014
Parallel Mothers
Elena
2021
Bitter Christmas
Gabriela
2026
La Noche D
Self - Guest
2021
Têtàtête(s)
Self - Guest
2023
Little Birds
Contessa Mandrax
2020
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After
Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen
2022
Lo Siguiente
Self - Presenter
2018
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Luna (voice)
2014
Broken Embraces
Julieta
2009
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Marisa
1988
Maestros de la costura
Invitada
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
Prêt-à-Porter
Pilar
1994
Law of Desire
Locutora tele
1987
Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
2026
Honeymoon Crasher
Gloria
2025
La Mesías
Laia Baró (mayor)
2023
Caterina e le sue figlie
Estrella Toledo
2005
The Flower of My Secret
Rosa
1995
Toc Toc
Ana María
2017
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage)
2019
Kika
Juana
1993
3 Days Max
Alba Suarez
2023
Anchored
Palmira
2015
Dead Weight
Pauline Reggio
2002
Julieta
Marian
2016
Bailando con las estrellas
Self - Contestant
2018
A Mermaid in Paris
Rossy
2020
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Camello en Vespa
1990
The House
Brigida
2022
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain
Self
2021
Madame
Maria
2017
Cinco Tenedores
Jueza
2022
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
1991
Pedro x Javis
Self
2025
I Miss You
Rosaura
2019
Carrément craignos
Héléna
2021
Despite Everything
Inés
2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
2018
Do Not Disturb
Maria
2014
Inside the Dream: Mugler
Self
2024
Spy Time
Madre de Katia
2015
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Blind Woman
1999Becoming Capa
Three Many Weddings
Madre de Ruth
2013
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
Carmen
2021
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
Moire
2025
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
2019
Dear Paris
Dolorès
2024
Carmen
Masilda
2023
People : Jet Set 2
Pilar
2004
La Tarara
2026
Brillantissime
Charline
2018
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
2015
Love of My Loves
Carmina
2014
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
2016
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Doctora Pilar
2019
Talk of Angels
Elena
1998
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Sarah Bernardt
2023
Double zéro
Le Monocle
2004
Mutant Action
Invitada de lujo
1993
The Family Jewels
Donatella
1991
For the Ones We Loved
Artémis
2019
Peggio di così si muore
Myrna
1995
Rainbow
2022
The Exchange
Dómina
2017
What's It All About
Librarian
1995
Have You Met Claudia?
Aldo's Claudia
2004
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
Myriam Bardem
2003
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Lola
2013
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
Viuda de Prodini
1990
El viaje de Julieta
Self
2023
Just a Little Chemistry
Bárbara Sullivan
2015
A Body in the Woods
Teniente Cifuentes
1996
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025
No Pasaran
Inès
2009
The Material Boy
Self
2015
20 Centimeters
La Frío
2005
Airbag
Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
1997
&Me
Edurne's Mother
2013
Black Is Beltza
Ruth Abramson (voice)
2018
Girlfriends
La mère de Marie
2006
The Damned Rib
Margarita
1999
In The Rose Garden
Rosy
1990
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
Self
2018
Les Aristos
La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
2006
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Self
2014
Le vieux juif Blonde
Voyante
2018
La Femme du cosmonaute
Catherine
1997
La Machine Mode
Self
1994
Chicken Park
Necrophilia
1996
L'origine du monde
The Sphynx
2001
¡Ay, Carmen!
Self - Actress
2018
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996
10 Years with Bebe
self
2016
Lord, Give Me Patience
María Ramos
2017
Rose rosse per una squillo
Juliette
1993
Día de caza
Rosa
2026
Stranded
Mercè
2015
El refugio
2021Run a way
La benemérita
2012
The Naked Target
Dama 2
1992
Fea
1994
Gigola
Dominique
2010
The Sweet Taste of Success
Rossy de Palma
2022
Second to Nun
Madame Laduree
Miss Tacuarembo
Patricia Peinado
2010
Sam's Enough
Chichi
1992
Franchesca Page
Veronica
1998
Graziella
Graziella
2015
Nag la Bombe
Leïla
1999
Foul Play
Concepcion Alibera
1998
Bright Spin
Amie de Patrick
2012
En tu cabeza
Milagros (Vecina)
2016
The Mule
La Colombienne
2000