Teresa Palmer

 Model and actor Teresa Palmer has gathered some impressive 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. In 2003, she received her degree from Mercedes College. She was a popular student and was known for her clever jokes. After working in Rundle Mall's Cotton On outlet, she was discovered and was cast in her breakthrough role in the film 237 (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. Directed by David Denneen the film also features former Calvin Klein model Travis Fimmel and British actor Stephen Moyer. Teresa worked with Takashi Shimizu the Japanese director for The Grudge 2 (2006). The sequel to the horror film The Grudge (2004) was set in Tokyo and starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as well as Jennifer Beals. Later that year Teresa agreed to be the female lead in Doug Liman's action adventure film Jumper (2008) However, she was later replaced by Rachel Bilson.