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 Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...

such as ''

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'', ''

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' ( es, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. The film brought Almodóvar to ...

'', ''

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'', '' The Flower of My Secret'', '' Julieta'', and ''

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''.

Life and Career

Born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca ...

, and her father was a mason from

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. 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, ''

''. Rossy lent some of her personal dresses to

Carmen Maura María del Carmen García Maura (born 15 September 1945) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, she has starred in films such as ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', ''¡Ay Carmela!'', '' Common Wealth'', and ...

, who was playing the main female character of the film, Tina Quintero. Her first major role was in

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in Almodóvar's ''

,'' and she would go on to be one of Almodóvar's recurring cast. She became a model for designers

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, and Sybilla. She then appeared in

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's 1994 satirical fashion film '' Prêt-à-Porter'' and in the music video of

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's "

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" song. She has two children and currently lives in

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, where she acts and models. As of 2010, 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

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. In 2009, she posed nude in an information campaign on breast cancer for the magazine ''

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''. She was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the

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Theatre

Filmography

Music video

Others

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 2018, she collaborated with singer

Rosalía Rosalia Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía (, ), is a Spanish singer. Born and raised in the outskirts of Barcelona, she has been described as an "atypical pop star" due to her genre-bending musical styles. ...

for her second studio album ''

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'' writing the song "Preso" with her and Ferrán Echegaray. Her vocals were also used in the song.

''Danse avec les stars''

In 2011, she was one of the contestants during the first season of '' Danse avec les stars''. With her partner Christophe Licata, she finished in the 7th position (second-to-last). This table shows the route of Rossy de Palma and Christophe Licata.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palma, Rossy De 1964 births Living people Spanish television actresses Spanish film actresses Spanish expatriates in France People from Palma de Mallorca 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Chicas Almodóvar