Teresa Palmer is an Australian model and actress. She was recently named as one of Australia's 30 'Stars of Tomorrow' in Screen International. Teresa was born in Adelaide, South Australia, but is currently based in Los Angeles. She attended Mercedes College, graduating in 2003.

She worked in a Cotton On outlet in Rundle Mall until her feature film debut and breakthrough role came in the highly anticipated project Two Thirty 7. 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 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.

Teresa also stars in the UK/Australian co-production Ravenswood, 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 newcomer Travis Fimmel and UK actor Stephen Moyer

Teresa also 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

Palmer was dating Australian Rules Football star Stuart Dew for an extended period of time before she was reportedly seen dating her former co-star Topher Grace She has also been linked with former OC star Adam Brody Palmer had been dating Russell Brand her co-star in Bedtime Stories, from May 2008 until around the beginning of September.