Teresa Palmer
Biography
Teresa Palmer, born 26 February 1986 in Adelaide, South Australia, is an Australian actress. She began her screen career with supporting roles in the films Bedtime Stories (2008), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and I Am Number Four (2011). Palmer gained wider recognition starring in Warm Bodies (2013), the horror film Lights Out (2016), the war drama Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and the psychological thriller Berlin Syndrome (2017). In 2014 she starred in, co‑wrote and co‑produced the drama The Ever After alongside her husband Mark Webber. From 2018 through 2022 she portrayed Diana Bishop in the supernatural series A Discovery of Witches. She is also credited as Teresa Mary Palmer and has appeared in roughly fifty screen productions.
Career overview
Teresa Mary Palmer, born 26 February 1986 in Adelaide, South Australia, began her acting career with supporting roles in Bedtime Stories (2008), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and I Am Number Four (2011). These early film appearances helped establish her presence in the industry.
She gained further recognition starring in Warm Bodies (2013), Lights Out (2016), Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Berlin Syndrome (2017). In 2014 she expanded her creative scope by co‑writing, co‑producing and starring in The Ever After alongside her husband Mark Webber. From 2018 through 2022 Palmer portrayed Diana Bishop in the supernatural drama series A Discovery of Witches. Over her career she has accumulated more than fifty credited performances across film and television.
Palmer’s filmography includes projects across comedy, fantasy, horror, war and psychological drama, demonstrating a versatile range. She remains active in both cinematic releases and serialized television, with a career that started in the late 2000s and continued through the early 2020s. Her credited appearances exceed fifty, underscoring a sustained presence in the industry. She is credited under the name Teresa Mary Palmer as well as Teresa Palmer.
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- The Get Out (2026) as Sunny
- Addition (2026) as Grace Lisa Vandenburg
- The Family Next Door (2025) as Isabelle
- The Last Anniversary (2025) as Sophie Honeywell
- Mix Tape (2025) as Alison
- The Fall Guy (2024) as Iggy Starr
- The Clearing (2023) as Freya Heywood
- The Twin (2022) as Rachel
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022) as Actress from Film
- Embrace Kids (2022) Executive Producer
- MUM Misunderstandings of Miscarriage (2020) as Self
- Ride Like a Girl (2019) as Michelle Payne
- The Place of No Words (2019) as Teresa
- The Place of No Words (2019) Producer
- A Discovery of Witches (2018) as Diana Bishop
- 2:22 (2017) as Sarah Barton
- Message from the King (2017) as Kelly
- Berlin Syndrome (2017) as Clare Havel
- The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' (2017) as Self
- Flesh and Blood (2017) Producer
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016) as Dorothy Schuttle
- The Choice (2016) as Gabby Holland
- Lights Out (2016) as Rebecca
- Triple 9 (2016) as Michelle Allen
- Too Legit (2016) as Kimmie
- Point Break (2015) as Samsara Dietz
- Knight of Cups (2015) as Karen
- Kill Me Three Times (2015) as Lucy Webb
- The Ever After (2015) as Ava
- The Ever After (2015) Writer
- The Ever After (2015) Producer
- Cut Bank (2014) as Cassandra Steeley
- Parts Per Billion (2014) as Anna
- Warm Bodies (2013) as Julie Grigio
- Love and Honor (2013) as Candace
- Wish You Were Here (2012) as Steph McKinney
- I Am Number Four (2011) as Number Six / Maren Elizabeth
- Take Me Home Tonight (2011) as Tori Frederking
- Quirky Girl (2011) as Claire
- Bear (2011) as Emelie
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) as Rebecca "Becky" Barnes
- Bedtime Stories (2008) as Violet Nottingham
- Restraint (2008) as Dale
- December Boys (2007) as Lucy
- 2:37 (2006) as Melody
- The Grudge 2 (2006) as Vanessa Cassidy
- Wolf Creek (2005) as Pool Party People
- God of War as Phoebe / Sif
- Poor Boy
- 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
- Tecie
- Tecie Producer
- Subversion
- The Neverending Pillow Fort