Rossy de Palma

Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), known professionally as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar such as Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Kika, The Flower of My Secret, Julieta, and Parallel Mothers.

Life and career Born in Palma de Mallorca, her parents are from Avilés, Asturias where she spent summers in her childhood. One of her nephews is TPA journalist Giuseppe Montoto. In the 1980s, during the Movida cultural movement, she moved to Madrid.

In 1984, she founded the pop music group , for which she was a singer and a dancer. In 1986, she met Pedro Almodóvar in a café in Madrid. He was impressed by her performance during one of the group's concerts. He proposed a role in his next film, Law of Desire. Rossy lent some of her personal dresses to Carmen Maura, who was playing the lead trans female character of the film, Tina Quintero. where she acts and models. , she is a theater actress, charity spokeswoman for the Ghanaian charity OrphanAid Africa, and the face of luxury ad campaigns. In 2007, she released a perfume line under her name with . In 2009, she posed nude in an information campaign on breast cancer for the magazine Marie Claire. She was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. In 2022, Rossy de Palma was appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for cultural diversity.

Other work

She is an ambassador for the charity OAfrica, which advocates for a family for every child in Ghana, West Africa, and the closure of illegal orphanages.

In 2011, she was one of the contestants during the first season of . With her partner Christophe Licata, she finished in the 7th position (second-to-last).

In 2018, she collaborated with singer Rosalía for her second studio album writing the song "" with her and Ferrán Echegaray. Her vocals were also used in the song.

Filmography Cinema Year Title Role Director Notes 1987 Law of Desire TV Host Pedro Almodóvar 1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Marisa 1989 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Drug Dealer 1990 Nel giardino delle rose Rosy Luciano Martino Alcune signore per bene Donatella Bruno Gaburro Don Juan, mi querido fantasma Prodini's widow Antonio Mercero 1992 Sam suffit Chichi Virginie Thévenet Aquí, el que no corre... vuela The neighbor Ramón Fernández Los gusanos no llevan bufanda Lady 2 Javier Elorrieta 1993 Kika Juana Pedro Almodóvar Mutant Action Luxury guest Álex de la Iglesia 1994 Fea Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso Prêt-à-Porter Pilar Robert Altman Chicken Park Necrophelia Addams Jerry Calà Mejor no hables Pedro Paz Short 1995 El perquè de tot plegat Librarian Ventura Pons Peggio di così si muore Myrna Marcello Cesena The Flower of My Secret Rosa Pedro Almodóvar 1996 Un cos al bosc Lieutenant Cifuentes Joaquim Jordà The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics Lina Wertmüller 1997 Airbag Carmiña Juanma Bajo Ulloa La femme du cosmonaute Catherine Jacques Monnet 1998 Hors jeu Concepcion Alibera Karim Dridi Spanish Fly Interviewee Daphna Kastner Talk of Angels Elena Nick Hamm Franchesca Page Veronica Kelley Sane 1999 Nag la bombe Leïla Jean-Louis Milesi Esa Maldita Costilla Margarita Juan José Jusid The Loss of Sexual Innocence Blind Woman Mike Figgis 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 Leave Your Hands on My Hips Myriam Bardem Chantal Lauby 2004 People Pilar Fabien Onteniente Double zéro The Eyeglass Gérard Pirès Do You Know Claudia? Claudia (Aldo's lover) Massimo Venier 2005 20 Centimeters Ice Box Ramón Salazar 2006 Girlfriends Marie's mother Sylvie Ayme Les Aristos Maria de Malaga i Benidorm Charlotte de Turckheim La edad ideal Ana Lozano Short 2009 No pasaran Inès Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin Broken Embraces Julieta Pedro Almodóvar 2010 Gigola Dominique Laure Charpentier Miss Tacuarembó Patricia Peinado Martín Sastre 2012 30° couleur Bianca Lucien Jean-Baptiste & Philippe Larue Run a Way Cop 1 Diego Postigo Short 2013 &Me Mama Verona Norbert ter Hall Three Many Weddings Mónica Javier Ruiz Caldera Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart Luna Stéphane Berla & Mathias Malzieu I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long Lola Manolo Caro 2014 Do Not Disturb Maria Patrice Leconte Love of My Loves Carmina Manolo Caro La Divanee Narrator Jessica Mitrani Short Traveling Lady Traveling Lady Madre Quentina Quentina José Ramón Da Cruz 2015 Graziella Graziella Mehdi Charef Spy Time Katia's mother Javier Ruiz Caldera Incidencias The announcer José Corbacho & Juan Cruz Sólo química Bárbara Sullivan Alfonso Albacete 2016 Julieta Marian Pedro Almodóvar En tu cabeza Milagros Borja Cobeaga 2017 Toc Toc Ana María Vicente Villanueva Madame Maria Amanda Sthers El Intercambio Dómina Ignacio Nacho Lord, Give Me Patience Maria Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo 2018 Brillantissime Charline Michèle Laroque The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Farmer's Wife Terry Gilliam 2019 I Miss You Rosaura Rodrigo Bellott Despite Everything Inés Gabriela Tagliavini À cause des filles ? Artémis Pascal Thomas Los Rodríguez y el más allá Doctor Pilar Paco Arango My Brother Chases Dinosaurs Zia Rock Stefano Cipani 2020 Trash Bliss Francesco Dafano & Luca Della Grotta A Mermaid in Paris Rossy Mathias Malzieu 2021 El refugio Macarena Astorga Parallel Mothers Elena Pedro Almodóvar Mystère à Saint-Tropez Carmen Moreno Nicolas Benamou 2022 Rainbow Paco León House of Lust Brigida Anissa Bonnefont 2023 Carmen Masilda Benjamin Millepied Apaches Sarah Bernardt Romain Quirot 3 jours max Alba Suarez Tarek Boudali 2024 Dear Paris Dolorès Marjane Satrapi TBA The Opera! Moire Paolo Gep Cucco & Davide Livermore Post-Production

Television Year Title Role Director Notes 1989 Delirios de amor Robertina Ceesepe TV series (1 episode) 1990 Os outros feirantes Hermelina Xosé Cermeño TV mini-series 1994 Hermanos de leche Berta Carlos Serrano TV series (5 episodes) 1994–97 Los ladrones van a la oficina Eva Duarte Ramón Fernández & Miguel Ángel Díez TV series (12 episodes) 1996 Pastas Ardilla Rossy Pedro Almodóvar TV Short 2010 Caterina e le sue figlie Estrella Toledo Alessandro Benvenuti, Riccardo Mosca... TV series (8 episodes) 2011 Le monde à ses pieds Caroline Fox Christian Faure TV movie 2013 Familia Iñaki Mercero & José Ramos Paíno TV series (1 episode) Esposados Rossy José Luis Moreno TV series (3 episodes) 2014 La que se avecina María Luisa Laura Caballero TV series (1 episode) 2015 Anclados Palmira Mario Montero, Roberto Monge... TV series (8 episodes) 2017 The White Princess Isabel la Católica Alex Kalymnios TV mini-series 2018 Haciendo cerveza The visitor Félix Fernández de Castro TV series (1 episode) 2020 Little Birds Contessa Mandrax Stacie Passon TV series (6 episodes) 2021 Carrément Craignos Héléna Jean-Pascal Zadi TV mini-series 2022 Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After Mamen Manolo Caro TV series (6 episodes) 2023 La mesías Laia Mayor Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo TV series (1 episode) Escort Boys Mimi Ruben Alves TV series (2 episodes)

Music video Year Song Artist 1992 Too Funky George Michael 2008 Bruja Orishas 2022 Amour toujours Clara Luciani

Theater Year Title Author Director Notes 2006 Le Chanteur de Mexico Raymond Vincy & Jesus Maria de Arozamena Emilio Sagi Théâtre du Châtelet 2016 The Threepenny Opera Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill Damiano Michieletto Piccolo Teatro di Milano 2017–18 Le Chanteur de Mexico Raymond Vincy & Jesus Maria de Arozamena Emilio Sagi Lausanne Opera

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1988 Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Best Supporting Actress Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1993 Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Best Supporting Actress Kika Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Spanish Actors Union Supporting Performance 1995 Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress The Flower of My Secret Spanish Actors Union Supporting Performance 1998 Locarno International Film Festival Special Prize for acting Hors jeu 2013 Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film Three Many Weddings 2015 Gaudí Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Spy Time 2016 CEC Awards Best Supporting Actress Julieta Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film 2017 Gasparilla International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize – Best Performance Madame 2017 Finalmente Club's Performing Arts Award