Rossy de Palma
| Rossy de Palma | |
|---|---|
 Rossy de Palma at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
Rosa Elena García Echave 16 September 1964 Palma, Majorca, Spain |
| Residence | France |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Children | 2 |
Rossy de Palma (born Rosa Elena García Echave; 16 September 1964) is a Spanish actress.
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
Theatre
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Le Chanteur de Mexico | Raymond Vincy & Jesus Maria de Arozamena | Fayçal Karoui | Théâtre du Châtelet |
| 2016 | The Threepenny Opera | Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill | Damiano Michieletto | Piccolo Teatro di Milano |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Law of Desire | Locutora tele | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Marisa | Pedro Almodóvar (2) | Nominated - Association of Latin Critics - Best Supporting Actress |
| 1989 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Drug Dealer | Pedro Almodóvar (3) | |
| Delirios de amor | Robertina | Ceesepe | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1990 | Don Juan, mi querido fantasma | Viuda de Prodini | Antonio Mercero | |
| Nel giardino delle rose | Luciano Martino | |||
| Alcune signore per bene | Donatella | Bruno Gaburro | ||
| Os outros feirantes | Hermelina | Xosé Cermeño | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1992 | Sam suffit | Chichi | Virginie Thévenet | |
| Los gusanos no llevan bufanda | Lady | Javier Elorrieta | ||
| Aquí, el que no corre... vuela | Ramón Fernández | |||
| 1993 | Acción mutante | A guest | Álex de la Iglesia | |
| Kika | Juana | Pedro Almodóvar (4) | Association of Latin Entertainment Critics for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Spanish Actors Union for Supporting Performance | |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Pilar | Robert Altman | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast |
| Chicken Park | Necrophelia Addams | Jerry Calà | ||
| Fea | Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso | |||
| Mejor no hables | Pedro Paz | Short | ||
| Hermanos de leche | Berta | Carlos Serrano | TV Series (5 Episodes) | |
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret | Rosa | Pedro Almodóvar (5) | Nominated - Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Spanish Actors Union for Supporting Performance |
| El perquè de tot plegat | Librarian | Ventura Pons | ||
| Peggio di così si muore | Myrna | Marcello Cesena | ||
| ¡Qué noche tan movida! | Paula | TV Movie | ||
| 1996 | The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics |
Lina Wertmüller | ||
| Un cos al bosc | Teniente Cifuentes | Joaquim Jordà | ||
| 1994-97 | Los ladrones van a la oficina | Eva Duarte | Ramón Fernández (2) & Miguel Ángel Díez | TV Series (12 Episodes) |
| 1997 | Airbag | Carmina | Juanma Bajo Ulloa | |
| La Femme du cosmonaute | Catherine | Jacques Monnet | ||
| 1998 | Talk of Angels | Elena | Nick Hamm | |
| Hors jeu | Concepcion Alibera | Karim Dridi | Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress | |
| Franchesca Page | Kelley Sane | |||
| 1999 | Esa Maldita Costilla | Margarita | Juan José Jusid | |
| The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Blind Woman | Mike Figgis | ||
| Nag la bombe | Leïla | Jean-Louis Milesi | ||
| 2000 | La mule | The Colombian | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Short |
| 2001 | L'origine du monde | The Sphynx | Jérôme Enrico | |
| 2002 | Le Boulet | Pauline Reggio | Alain Berbérian & Frédéric Forestier | |
| 2003 | Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches | Myriam Bardem | Chantal Lauby | |
| 2004 | People | Pilar | Fabien Onteniente | |
| Double Zéro | The Eyeglass | Gérard Pirès | ||
| Tu la conosci Claudia? | Claudia | Massimo Venier | ||
| 2005 | 20 centímetros | Ice Box | Ramón Salazar | |
| 2006 | Les aristos | Maria de Malaga i Benidorm | Charlotte de Turckheim | |
| Girlfriends | Marie's mother | Sylvie Ayme | ||
| La edad ideal | Ana Lozano | Short | ||
| 2009 | Broken Embraces | Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar (6) | |
| No pasaran | Inès | Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin | ||
| 2010 | Miss Tacuarembó | Patricia Peinado | Martín Sastre | |
| Gigola | Dominique | Laure Charpentier | ||
| Caterina e le sue figlie | Estrella | TV Mini-Series | ||
| 2011 | Le monde à ses pieds | Caroline Fox | Christian Faure | TV Movie |
| 2012 | 30° couleur | Bianca | Lucien Jean-Baptiste & Philippe Larue | |
| 2013 | The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | Luna | Stéphane Berla & Mathias Malzieu | |
| Three Many Weddings | Mónica | Javier Ruiz Caldera | Nominated - Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress | |
| No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas | Lola | Manolo Caro | ||
| &ME | Mama Verona | Norbert ter Hall | ||
| Familia | Iñaki Mercero & José Ramos Paíno | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| Esposados | Rossy | TV Series (2 Episodes) | ||
| 2014 | Do Not Disturb | Maria | Patrice Leconte | |
| Amor de mis amores | Carmina | Manolo Caro (2) | ||
| Traveling Lady: The perfect Brand | Traveling Lady | Jessica Mitrani | Short | |
| Madre Quentina | Quentina | José Ramón Da Cruz | Short | |
| La Divanee | Narrator | Jessica Mitrani (2) | Short | |
| La que se avecina | María Luisa | Laura Caballero | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2015 | Graziella | Graziella | Mehdi Charef | |
| Anacleto: agente secreto | Katia's mother | Javier Ruiz Caldera (2) | Nominated - Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
| Incidencias | Mercè | José Corbacho & Juan Cruz | ||
| Sólo química | Bárbara Sullivan | Alfonso Albacete | ||
| Anclados | Palmira | Several | TV Series (8 Episodes) | |
| 2016 | Julieta | Marian | Pedro Almodóvar (7) | |
| 2017 | Madame | Maria | Amanda Sthers | |
| En tu cabeza | Milagros | Borja Cobeaga, Kike Maíllo, ... | ||
| El Intercambio | Dómina | Ignacio Nacho | ||
| Señor, dame paciencia | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | |||
Others
She was one of the contetant during the First season of Danse avec les stars. She is an active and dynamic ambassador for her chosen charity, often using her fashion connections to benefit the charity OAfrica,[4] which advocates for a family for every child in Ghana, West Africa, and the closure of illegal orphanages.
References
- ↑ "Heroes: Rossy de Palma". V. July 2010.
- ↑ "The Jury of the 68th Cannes Film Festival". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ "Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller and Guillermo del Toro Join Cannes Film Festival Jury". The Wrap. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ "International Ambassadors". oafrica.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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