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.
as Madame Laduree
as Rosa
as Gabriela
as Self(3 eps)
as Gloria
as Moire
as Self
as Dolorès
as Mimi(2 eps)
as Alba Suarez
as Laia Baró (mayor)(7 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Masilda
as Sarah Bernardt
as Self
as Brigida
as Rossy de Palma
as Self - Guest Judge(1 ep)
as Jueza(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice) / María / Mamen(6 eps)
as Elena
as Carmen
as Self - Guest Judge(1 ep)
as Self(6 eps)
as Héléna(9 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Contessa Mandrax(6 eps)
as Rossy
as Doctora Pilar
as Auntie Rock / Zia Dolores
as Rosaura
as Inés
as Artémis
as Self (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Self - Actress
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Voyante
as Ruth Abramson (voice)
as Self - Contestant(11 eps)
as Invitada(1 ep)
as Invitada(1 ep)
as Charline
as Dómina
as Ana María
as Maria
as María Ramos
as Isabella I of Castile(1 ep)
as Self - Interviewee(2 eps)
as Milagros (Vecina)
as Self
as self
as Marian
as Mercè
as Madre de Katia
as Bárbara Sullivan
as Self
as Graziella
as Palmira(8 eps)
as Self
as Maria
as Carmina
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Luna (voice)
as Madre de Ruth
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Edurne's Mother
as La benemérita
as Amie de Patrick
as Self - Candidate(1 ep)
as Patricia Peinado
as Dominique
as Inès
as Julieta
as María Luisa Romero(1 ep)
as La duchesse Maria de Malaga i Benidorm
as La mère de Marie
as Estrella Toledo(8 eps)
as La Frío
as Aldo's Claudia
as Le Monocle
as Pilar
as Myriam Bardem
as Pauline Reggio
as The Sphynx
as La Colombienne
as Margarita
as Leïla
as Blind Woman
as Concepcion Alibera
as Elena
as Veronica
as Catherine
as Carmiña, mujer de Pazos en una fotografía
as Teniente Cifuentes
as Necrophilia
as Self(1 ep)
as Rosa
as Myrna
as Librarian
as Pilar
as Self
as Juana
as Juliette
as Invitada de lujo
as Chichi
as Dama 2
as Donatella
as Self
as Rosy
as Viuda de Prodini
as Camello en Vespa
as Locutora tele