Teresa Palmer

Actress and model 'Teresa Palmer' (qv) has gathered some impressive film credits. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former missionary and nurse. She completed high school at Mercedes College in 2003, where she was a popular student who was well-known for her practical jokes. She worked in a Cotton On outlet in Rundle Mall until she was discovered and cast on the spot--without an audition--in her feature film debut and breakthrough role in _2:37 (2006)_ (qv). Made by first-time writer/director/producer 'Murali K. Thalluri' (qv), the film competed in the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in "Un Certain Regard" and chronicles the lives of six students over the course of day and ends in a devastating suicide.Teresa immediately went to work on back-to-back film projects including _December Boys (2007)_ (qv) opposite "Harry Potter" star 'Daniel Radcliffe' (qv)--a coming-of-age story about four adolescent orphans, based on the book by 'Michael Noonan' (qv) and directed by 'Rod Hardy' (qv) (_Robinson Crusoe (1997)_ (qv), _Buffalo Girls (1995)_ (qv), _The X-Files (1993)_ (qv) and _The Practice (1997)_ (qv)). She also starred as stripper-turned-criminal "Dale" in the British/Australian co-production _Restraint (2008)_ (qv), a film noir/psychological thriller that follows the plight of a pair of fugitives on the run from a murder scene. Directed by 'David Denneen' (qv), the film also features former 'Calvin Klein' (qv) model 'Travis Fimmel' (qv) and British actor 'Stephen Moyer' (qv). In 2006 Teresa worked with Japanese director 'Takashi Shimizu' (qv) on the Sony Pictures production _The Grudge 2 (2006)_ (qv). Set in Tokyo, the horror sequel to the box-office hit _The Grudge (2004)_ (qv) also starred 'Sarah Michelle Gellar' (qv) and 'Jennifer Beals' (qv). Later that year Teresa signed on to play the female lead in 'Doug Liman' (qv)'s action fantasy film _Jumper (2008)_ (qv), but was subsequently replaced by 'Rachel Bilson' (qv).Early 2007 saw her star opposite former real-life boyfriend 'Topher Grace' (qv) as the love interest in the retro comedy film _Take Me Home Tonight (2011)_ (qv). Shortly after filming ended, Teresa decided to move permanently from Adelaide to Los Angeles following a public split from her then-boyfriend of two years, Australian Rules football star Stuart Dew. Teresa was due to play a small part in 'George Miller' (qv)'s doomed superhero film "Justice League: Mortal", but the production fell through after months of problems. Teresa briefly dated her "Justice League: Mortal" co-star 'Adam Brody' (qv) in early 2008; later that year she had a relationship with British comedian 'Russell Brand' (qv), whom she met on the set of her latest film, _Bedtime Stories (2008)_ (qv), a Disney children's comedy starring 'Lucy Lawless' (qv), 'Guy Pearce' (qv) and 'Keri Russell' (qv) and was released on Christmas 2008.::Shanahan (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)