Teresa Palmer

 Teresa Palmer, actress and model, has numerous remarkable film credits. She was the daughter of Kevin Palmer, an investor and Paula Sanders (a former missionary nurse) and was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She attended the high school of Mercedes College in 2003, where she was a popular student known for her jokes on the spot. She worked in a Cotton On outlet in Rundle Mall until she was discovered, and was cast without audition in her feature film debut and breakout role in 2:37 (2006). Made by first-time writer/director/producer Murali K. Thalluri, 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) opposite "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe--a coming-of-age story about four adolescent orphans, based on the book by Michael Noonan and directed by Rod Hardy (Robinson Crusoe (1997), Buffalo Girls (1995), The X-Files (1993) and The Practice (1997)). She also starred as stripper-turned-criminal "Dale" in the British/Australian co-production Restraint (2008), a film noir/psychological thriller that follows the plight of a pair of fugitives on the run from a murder scene. The film was directed by David Denneen and stars Travis Fimmel, a former Calvin Klein model, and Stephen Moyer, a British actor. Teresa worked alongside Takashi Shimizu, director of the film, a Japanese director who directed The Grudge 2 (2006). The horror sequel to The Grudge (2004) was set in Tokyo and featured Sarah Michelle Gellar as well as Jennifer Beals. The following year, Teresa was cast as the lead female character in Doug Liman's action fantasy film Jumper (2008) however, she was later replaced by Rachel Bilson.