Born 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 25)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation Actress, model
Teresa Edwina Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian actress. She made her film debut in the suicide drama 2:37. Palmer was seen in The Grudge 2 in 2006, in December Boys, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, and in the 2008 children's fantasy Bedtime Stories, with Adam Sandler. She appeared in The Sorcerer's Apprentice in 2010, with Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel, and her films in 2011 include a turn as an alien in the sci-fi film I Am Number Four, and playing Topher Grace's love interest in Take Me Home Tonight.
In 2009, Palmer formed the film production company Avakea Productions, with Australian actresses Tahyna Tozzi and Nathalie Kelley. She was a guest judge for the Optus one80project in Sydney, a filmmaking talent contest on MTV Australia. She filmed an ad campaign for the Australian jean store, Just Jeans, that year, and became the face and spokesperson for the Jurlique cosmetics company.
Palmer starred in the sci-fi adventure film, I Am Number Four, alongside Alex Pettyfer and Dianna Agron. Palmer played Number Six, one of nine aliens hiding out on Earth because their home planet was destroyed. Her character was skilled in martial arts, rode a Ducati motorcycle, and could become invisible and walk through fire. She went through stunt training for the role, learning to perform flips, swordfight, and do wirework. The film was adapted from a novel that is the first in a six-part series. Palmer signed on to do three movies, if the film becomes a franchise.
Palmer was going to star in Fury Road, a sequel to the Mad Max series by Australian filmmaker George Miller, but didn't join the cast due to scheduling conflicts. The film was later postponed. She auditioned to play the love interest in a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise. The female lead ended up going to Emma Stone.
Palmer is directing a documentary film about a Kenyan-based charity, the Happy Africa Foundation. She will appear opposite Joel Edgerton in the independent Australian drama-thriller Say Nothing, directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith; the film began shooting in Sydney in November 2010. Palmer will star in Rue De Tournon, written and directed by friend Gracie Otto, set to film in Sydney and France in 2011. As of December 2010, Palmer and fellow actress Tahyna Tozzi were producing, writing and starring in their own film titled Track Town - a 1990s road movie they describe as a hybrid of The Wackness and Thelma & Louise.
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