Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, 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 for the Ghanian Charity OrphanAid Africa, and the face of luxury ad campaigns. 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. 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 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 the French cosmetics company 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. She was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
98 movies · 27 shows
Día de caza
2026·0.0
La Tarara
2026·0.0
Bitter Christmas
2026·6.4
Estrella, cometa, satélite y planeta
2025·0.0
Honeymoon Crasher
2025·5.6
The Opera! Arias for an Eclipse
2025·7.2
Inside the Dream: Mugler
2024·9.0
Dear Paris
2024·5.5
3 Days Max
2023·5.4
Carmen
2023·6.2
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023·6.0
El viaje de Julieta
2023·0.0
The House
2022·6.0
The Sweet Taste of Success
2022·10.0
Rainbow
2022·5.5
El refugio
2021·6.4
Parallel Mothers
2021·6.8
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
2021·5.0
A Mermaid in Paris
2020·6.6
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019·5.5
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs
2019·7.0
I Miss You
2019·6.7
Despite Everything
2019·6.0
For the Ones We Loved
2019·4.0
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018·6.4
¡Ay, Carmen!
2018·5.3
Le vieux juif Blonde
2018·0.0
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018·0.0
Black Is Beltza
2018·5.5
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018·6.7
Brillantissime
2018·4.8
The Exchange
2017·5.0
Toc Toc
2017·7.1
Madame
2017·5.9
Lord, Give Me Patience
2017·6.3
En tu cabeza
2016·5.2
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016·7.5
10 Years with Bebe
2016·2.3
Julieta
2016·7.0
Stranded
2015·4.8
Spy Time
2015·5.7
Just a Little Chemistry
2015·5.4
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015·5.2
Graziella
2015·2.3
The Material Boy
2015·0.0
Do Not Disturb
2014·5.3
Love of My Loves
2014·7.4
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
2014·0.0
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014·7.2
Three Many Weddings
2013·6.0
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013·6.6
&Me
2013·4.6
Run a way
2012·0.0
Bright Spin
2012·5.2
Miss Tacuarembo
2010·5.8
Gigola
2010·3.4
No Pasaran
2009·5.0
Broken Embraces
2009·7.2
Les Aristos
2006·4.3
Girlfriends
2006·4.4
20 Centimeters
2005·5.3
Have You Met Claudia?
2004·6.7
Double zéro
2004·4.8
People : Jet Set 2
2004·3.4
Leave Your Hands on My Hips
2003·5.8
Dead Weight
2002·5.8
L'origine du monde
2001·7.0
The Mule
2000·6.0
The Damned Rib
1999·5.9
Nag la Bombe
1999·7.0
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999·5.6
Foul Play
1998·7.0
Talk of Angels
1998·5.5
Franchesca Page
1998·3.0
La Femme du cosmonaute
1997·4.0
Airbag
1997·6.6
A Body in the Woods
1996·5.8
The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996·5.1
Chicken Park
1996·3.3
The Flower of My Secret
1995·6.8
Peggio di così si muore
1995·4.8
What's It All About
1995·5.2
Prêt-à-Porter
1994·5.2
La Machine Mode
1994·0.0
Fea
1994·0.0
Kika
1993·6.4
Rose rosse per una squillo
1993·2.7
Mutant Action
1993·6.3
Sam's Enough
1992·4.8
Aquí, el que no corre... vuela
1992·4.4
The Naked Target
1992·4.7
The Family Jewels
1991·4.6
Madonna: Truth or Dare
1991·6.2
In The Rose Garden
1990·4.7
Don Juan, My Dear Ghost
1990·6.2
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
1990·6.8
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988·7.4
Law of Desire
1987·7.1