Rossy de Palma
Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), better known as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress. 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, and Julieta.
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Born | Rosa Elena García Echave 16 September 1964 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Occupation |
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Years active | 1987–present |
Children | 2 |
Career
Born in Palma de Mallorca, she was originally a singer and dancer for the band Peor Imposible.
She was discovered by filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar at a café in Madrid in 1986. Her first major role was in 1988 in Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and she would go on to be one of Almodóvar's recurring cast.
She became a model for designers Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Sybilla.
She then appeared in Robert Altman's 1994 satirical fashion film Prêt-à-Porter and in the music video of George Michael's "Too Funky" song.
As of 2010, she is a theater actress, charity spokesperson for the Ghanaian charity OrphanAid Africa, and the face of luxury ad campaigns.[1]
In 2007, she released a perfume line under her name through 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 children where she acts and does modeling.
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 |
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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 |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1987 | Law of Desire | TV Host | Pedro Almodóvar | |
1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Marisa | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominated – Association of Latin Critics – Best Supporting Actress |
1989 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | Drug Dealer | Pedro Almodóvar | |
Delirios de amor | Robertina | Ceesepe | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
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 | ||
Os outros feirantes | Hermelina | Xosé Cermeño | TV Mini-Series | |
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 | ||
Too Funky | Midinette | Thierry Mugler | Music video | |
1993 | Kika | Juana | Pedro Almodóvar | Association of Latin Critics – Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Spanish Actors Union – Supporting Performance |
Acción mutante | Luxury guest | Álex de la Iglesia | ||
1994 | Fea | Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso | ||
Prêt-à-Porter | Pilar | Robert Altman | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast | |
Chicken Park | Necrophelia Addams | Jerry Calà | ||
Mejor no hables | Pedro Paz | Short | ||
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) |
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 | Nominated – Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Spanish Actors Union – Supporting Performance | |
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 | |||
Pastas Ardilla | Rossy | Pedro Almodóvar | TV Short | |
1997 | Airbag | Carmiña | Juanma Bajo Ulloa | |
La femme du cosmonaute | Catherine | Jacques Monnet | ||
1998 | Hors jeu | Concepcion Alibera | Karim Dridi | Locarno International Film Festival – Special Prize for acting |
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 | ||
2008 | Bruja | The woman | Edouard Salier | Music video |
2009 | No pasaran | Inès | Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin | |
Broken Embraces | Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | ||
2010 | Gigola | Dominique | Laure Charpentier | |
Miss Tacuarembó | Patricia Peinado | Martín Sastre | ||
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 |
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 | Nominated – Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress | |
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | Luna | Stéphane Berla & Mathias Malzieu | ||
No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas | Lola | Manolo Caro | ||
Familia | Iñaki Mercero & José Ramos Paíno | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
Esposados | Rossy | José Luis Moreno | TV Series (3 Episodes) | |
2014 | Do Not Disturb | Maria | Patrice Leconte | |
Amor de mis amores | Carmina | Manolo Caro | ||
La Divanee | Narrator | Jessica Mitrani | Short | |
Traveling Lady | Traveling Lady | Jessica Mitrani | Short | |
Madre Quentina | Quentina | José Ramón Da Cruz | Short | |
La que se avecina | María Luisa | Laura Caballero | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
2015 | Graziella | Graziella | Mehdi Charef | |
Spy Time | Katia's mother | Javier Ruiz Caldera | Nominated – Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
Incidencias | The announcer | José Corbacho & Juan Cruz | ||
Sólo química | Bárbara Sullivan | Alfonso Albacete | ||
Anclados | Palmira | Mario Montero, Roberto Monge, ... | TV Series (8 Episodes) | |
2016 | Julieta | Marian | Pedro Almodóvar | Nominated – Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos – Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress |
En tu cabeza | Milagros | Borja Cobeaga | ||
2017 | Toc Toc | Ana María | Vicente Villanueva | |
Madame | Maria | Amanda Sthers | Gasparilla International Film Festival – Grand Jury Prize – Best Performance | |
El Intercambio | Dómina | Ignacio Nacho | ||
Lord, Give Me Patience | Maria | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | ||
The White Princess | Isabel la Católica | Alex Kalymnios | TV Mini-Series | |
2018 | Brillantissime | Charline | Michèle Laroque | |
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Farmer's Wife | Terry Gilliam | ||
Haciendo cerveza | The visitor | Félix Fernández de Castro | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
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 | ||
Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri | Zia Rock | Stefano Cipani | ||
2020 | Trash | Bliss | Francesco Dafano & Luca Della Grotta | |
A Mermaid in Paris | Rossy | Mathias Malzieu | ||
Little Birds | Contessa Mandrax | Stacie Passon | TV Series (6 Episodes) | |
2021 | Do You Do You Saint-Tropez | Carmen Moreno | Nicolas Benamou | Post-Production |
Carrément Craignos | Héléna | Jean-Pascal Zadi | TV Mini-Series Post-Production | |
TBA | Carmen | Masilda | Benjamin Millepied | Filming |
Others
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In 2011, she was one of the contestants during the first season of "Danse avec les stars".
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.[4]
In 2018, she collaborated with singer Rosalía for her second studio album El mal querer writing the song "Preso" with her and Ferrán Echegaray. Her vocals were also used in the song.
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. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.