Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma | |
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 Rossy de Palma at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Rosa Elena García Echave 16 September 1964 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Children | 2 |
Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), better known as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress.
Career
De Palma's first major role was in 1988 in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. 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. 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. She is best known for her roles in Almodóvar films like Law of Desire (La ley del deseo), Kika, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios), The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto), and Julieta.
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 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.[citation needed]
She was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]
In May 2017, she appeared in two commercials for "Carte Noire".[4][5]
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 |
| 2017-18 | Le Chanteur de Mexico | Raymond Vincy & Jesus Maria de Arozamena | Fayçal Karoui | Lausanne Opera |
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 | 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 | 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 | Association of Latin Critics - 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) | |
| 1994-97 | Los ladrones van a la oficina | Eva Duarte | Ramón Fernández & Miguel Ángel Díez | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret | Rosa | Pedro Almodóvar | 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 | ||
| 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 - Special Prize | |
| Franchesca Page | Veronica | 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 | Leave Your Hands on My Hips | 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 | |
| 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 | Three Many Weddings | Mónica | Javier Ruiz Caldera | Nominated - Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Feroz Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 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 | |
| The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | Luna | Stéphane Berla & Mathias Malzieu | ||
| Amor de mis amores | Carmina | Manolo Caro | ||
| Traveling Lady | Traveling Lady | Jessica Mitrani | Short | |
| Madre Quentina | Quentina | José Ramón Da Cruz | Short | |
| La Divanee | Narrator | Jessica Mitrani | 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 | 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 | Nominated - Feroz Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated - Cinema Writers Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - International Cinephile Society Award for Best Ensemble |
| En tu cabeza | Milagros | Borja Cobeaga | ||
| 2017 | Madame | Maria | Amanda Sthers | Gasparilla International Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance |
| Lord, Give Me Patience | Maria | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | ||
| Toc Toc | Ana María | Vicente Villanueva | ||
| El Intercambio | Dómina | Ignacio Nacho | ||
| The White Princess | Isabel la Católica | Alex Kalymnios & Jamie Payne | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2018 | Brillantissime | Charline | Michèle Laroque | |
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | The Farmer's Wife | Terry Gilliam | ||
| Tu Me Manques | Rosaura | Rodrigo Bellott | Post-Production | |
| Trash | Bliss | Francesco Dafano & Luca Della Grotta | Post-Production | |
| Haciendo cerveza | The visitor | Félix Fernández de Castro | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2019 | À cause des filles... et des garçons... !? | Artemis / The gypsy / Virgin Mary | Pascal Thomas | Post-Production |
| Los Rodríguez y el más allá | Paco Arango | Filming | ||
| Tuer Les Fleurs | Marion | Jenny Kleiman & Kayla Gwyneth Morrisey | Pre-Production |
Others
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.[6]
References
- ^ "Heroes: Rossy de Palma". V. July 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpoojjxNSCo
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=846bji4LUDE
- ^ "International Ambassadors". oafrica.org. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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