Rossy de Palma
Gender: Female
Born: 16th September 1964 (currently 47 years old)
Nationality: Spain
TV programs: Pasapalabra
Movies: The Flower of My Secret, Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown, Kika, Chicken Park, Esa Maldita Costilla, Broken Embraces, Miss Oliver a filé à l'anglaise, 20 centímetros, People, Talk of Angels, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Le Boulet, Gigola, Prêt-à-Porter, Law of Desire, The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Rossy de Palma (born Rosa Elena García Echave in Palma de Mallorca on 16 September 1964) is a Spanish actress. Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, Rossy 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 and the face of luxury ad campaigns.
Originally a singer and dancer for the band Peor Imposible, she was 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 also acts in France and does modeling; she has appeared in Sam suffit, Hors jeu, Le Boulet (2002) and Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches. In the
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