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.
Filmography
all 111
Movies 92
TV Shows 19
self 16
Voice 1
Escort Boys (2023)
3 days max (2023)
The Messiah (2023)
Carmen (2023)
Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023)
El viaje de Julieta (2023)
The House (2022)
Rainbow (2022)
Drag Race France (2022)
Cinco Tenedores (2022)
Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After (2022)
El refugio (2021)
Parallel Mothers (2021)
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez (2021)
LOL - Last One Laughing Spain (2021)
Carrément craignos (2021)
Little Birds (2020)
A Mermaid in Paris (2020)
The Rodriguez and the Beyond (2019)
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (2019)
I Miss You (2019)
Despite Everything (2019)
À cause des filles…? (2019)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic (2018)
¡Ay, Carmen! (2018)
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show (2018)
Black Is Beltza (2018)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Bailando con las estrellas (2018)
Maestros de la costura (2018)
La resistencia (2018)
Brillantissime (2018)
The Exchange (2017)
Toc Toc (2017)
Madame (2017)
Lord, Give Me Patience (2017)
The White Princess (2017)
En tu cabeza (2016)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas (2016)
10 Years with Bebe (2016)
Julieta (2016)
Stranded (2015)
Spy Time (2015)
Just a Little Chemistry (2015)
French Cinema Mon Amour (2015)
Graziella (2015)
Anchored (2015)
The Material Boy (2015)
Do Not Disturb (2014)
Love of My Loves (2014)
Planeta Calleja (2014)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014)
Three Many Weddings (2013)
Me Resbala (2013)
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long (2013)
&Me (2013)
Run a way (2012)
Le monde à ses pieds (2011)
Danse avec les stars (2011)
Miss Tacuarembo (2010)
Gigola (2010)
No Pasaran (2009)
Broken Embraces (2009)
La que se avecina (2007)
Les Aristos (2006)
My Friends (2006)
Caterina e le sue figlie (2005)
20 Centimeters (2005)
Tu la conosci Claudia? (2004)
Double zéro (2004)
People - Jet set 2 (2004)
Leave Your Hands on My Hips (2003)
Dead Weight (2002)
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (2001)
L'origine du monde (2001)
The Mule (2000)
The Damned Rib (1999)
Nag la Bombe (1999)
George Michael Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
Foul Play (1998)
Talk of Angels (1998)
Franchesca Page (1998)
La Femme du cosmonaute (1997)
Airbag (1997)
A Body in the Woods (1996)
The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics (1996)
Chicken Park (1996)
De pé a pá (1996)
Pastas Ardilla (1996)
The Flower of My Secret (1995)
Peggio di così si muore (1995)
What's It All About (1995)
Ready to Wear (1994)
Kika (1993)
Rose rosse per una squillo (1993)
Mutant Action (1993)
Sam's Enough (1992)
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela (1992)
The Naked Target (1992)
The Family Jewels (1991)
Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
In The Rose Garden (1990)
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost (1990)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Law of Desire (1987)
The Opera!
Second to Nun
Dear Paris
Le vieux juif Blonde
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1964-09-16 (59 years old)
Birth NameRosa Elena García Echave
Birth PlacePalma, Majorca, Spain
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known AsRosa Elena García Echave, 로시 드 팔마
AwardsChevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
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