Rossy de Palma

Described by many as a Picasso cometolife de Palma broke the rules of beauty in 1988 when she starred in Pedro Almodóvars Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and became a model and muse for designers like JeanPaul Gaultier Thierry Mugler and Sybilla Her status as an iconic fashion character was further cemented with her role in Robert Altmans 1994 satirical fashion film PrêtàPorter 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 Altmans PrêtàPorter as Pilar In 2007 she released a perfume line under her name through the French cosmetics company Etat libre dOrange 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