TERESA PALMER

Recently named as one of Australia's 30 'Stars of Tomorrow' in Screen International, Adelaide born actress TERESA PALMER has gathered some impressive film credits. Born in 1986, Teresa graduated from Mercedes College in 2003, a popular student who was well-known for her practical jokes. She worked in a Cotton On outlet in Rundle Mall until her feature film debut and breakthrough role in the highly anticipated project Two Thirty 7, 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.

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TERESA PALMER has gone on to work on back to back film projects including December Boys 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, Buffalo Girls, The X Files and The Practice).

TERESA PALMER also stars as stripper-turned-criminal Dale in the UK/Australian co-production Restraint, a film noir/psychological thriller which follows the plight of a pair of fugitives on the run from a murder scene. Directed by David Deneen, the film also features former Calvin Klein model Travis Fimmel and UK actor Stephen Moyer.

In 2006, TERESA PALMER worked with Japanese director Takashi Shimizu on the Sony Pictures production The Grudge 2. Set in Tokyo, the horror sequel to the box office hit The Grudge also stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Beals. Later that year she signed on to play the female lead in Doug Liman's action fantasy flick Jumper, but was subsequently replaced by Rachel Bilson.

Early 2007 saw TERESA PALMER star opposite former real-life boyfriend Topher Grace as the love interest in the upcoming retro comedy Kids in America. Shortly after filming ended on Kids in America, TERESA PALMER 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 PALMER was due to play a small part in George Miller's doomed superhero film Justice League: Mortal, but the production fell through after months of problems.

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TERESA PALMER briefly dated her Justice League: Mortal co-star Adam Brody earlier this year; TERESA PALMER's current boyfriend is UK-born comedian and actor Russell Brand. Teresa met Brand on the set of her latest film, Bedtime Stories, a Disney comedy with Adam Sandler. Bedtime Stories also stars Lucy Lawless, Guy Pierce and Keri Russell and is due for release around Christmas 2008.

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