Age, Biography, and Wiki
Teresa Palmer was born on February 26, 1986, making her 39 years old as of June 2025. She began her acting career with a film debut in "Wolf Creek" in 2005 and later gained recognition for her roles in "The Grudge 2," "Bedtime Stories," and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" . Palmer's performances have been critically acclaimed, earning her several award nominations, including the AACTA Awards for her roles in "2:37" and "Hacksaw Ridge" .
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| Date of Birth | 26 February 1986 |
| Age | 39 Years |
| Birth Place | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
| Country | Australia |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Teresa Palmer is known for her stunning looks and fit physique. While specific details about her height and weight are not widely listed, she is often admired for her healthy lifestyle and fitness regimen, which she documents on social media.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Palmer is married to actor and filmmaker Mark Webber, whom she wed in late 2013. The couple has collaborated on several projects, including the film "The Ever After," which they co-wrote and starred in together. They have four children and reside in Los Angeles .
Expanding her ventures, Palmer co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in the drama film The Ever After (2014), which was directed by her husband, Mark Webber. She is also known for her leading roles as Diana Bishop on the Sky One and Sky Max fantasy drama series A Discovery of Witches (2018–22) and Freya Heywood on the Disney+ psychological thriller miniseries The Clearing (2023), the latter earned her a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.
Her parents separated when she was three, and divorced in 1992 when she was six. She has a stepmother, Karen Palmer, as well as two half-sisters and three stepbrothers, who lived with her father. Palmer stated to Interview that she "came from rather humble beginnings"; she lived in public housing with her mother, while regularly visiting her father at his farm near Mylor in the Adelaide Hills (which she later purchased as an adult). Palmer was named after Mother Teresa by her mother, and has stated that she had a "tough upbringing" due to her mother's manic depression.
Palmer was the face of Sydney jeweller Jan Logan's "modern darling" collection in 2008. She was picked that year by Adam Sandler from an audition tape to play his love interest in the Walt Disney Pictures children's film, Bedtime Stories. She played an heiress, Violet Nottingham, starring alongside Guy Pearce and Courteney Cox. Sandler also put Palmer's mother and best friend in scenes in the film. It was released on 25 December 2008 and received to negative reviews but grossed $212 million worldwide on its $80 million budget.
In 2014, she co-starred alongside Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson and Penn Badgley in the romantic drama Parts per Billion. It was released on video on demand on 20 May 2014, and on home video on 6 June 2014. It received negative reviews from critics. Palmer had two films that premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, Cut Bank (2014) and Kill Me Three Times (2015), both of which received negative reviews from critics. She played the love interest to Liam Hemsworth and Billy Bob Thornton's daughter in Cut Bank and an assassin in Kill Me Three Times opposite Simon Pegg, Alice Braga and Luke Hemsworth. The latter film was released on 10 April 2015. She starred with Melissa Leo and Phoebe Tonkin in The Ever After, directed by her husband Mark Webber. Written by Palmer and Webber, it is a love story that explores the depths of marriage.
Palmer began dating actor and director Mark Webber in late 2012 after contacting him via Twitter. They became engaged in August 2013, and married on 21 December 2013 in Mexico. She and Webber have two sons and two daughters together. Palmer is also a stepmother to Webber's son from his previous relationship with actress Frankie Shaw. The family resides in the Beachwood Canyon community of Los Angeles. In March 2025, the couple announced that they are expecting their fifth child together.
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Net Worth and Salary
Estimates of Teresa Palmer's net worth vary, with some sources suggesting it is around $3 million , while others report it as $1.5 million . Her earnings are primarily from her acting career, including film and television roles, as well as her business ventures and brand endorsements.
Career, Business, and Investments
Palmer's career spans a diverse range of films and television series. She has appeared in "I Am Number Four," "Warm Bodies," "Hacksaw Ridge," and "A Discovery of Witches." Additionally, she co-founded Avakea Productions with fellow actresses Tahyna Tozzi and Nathalie Kelley. Palmer also launched the health and wellness website YourZenLife in 2012 with Phoebe Tonkin . Her business ventures and investments contribute significantly to her net worth.
Palmer was a student at Mercedes College, a private Catholic day school, and won a local-casting audition, "Search for a Movie Star," in 2003. Her first acting job was dressing up as a Strawberry Shortcake doll and as an elf assistant to mall Santa Clauses on weekends for promotions in shopping centres near Adelaide. Palmer went to acting classes for a couple of years and appeared in several television commercials. She was a fast-food attendant at Hungry Jack's in Rundle Mall in 2005, before working at clothing retailers Supré, Mambo Australia and Cotton On.
2:37 premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard selection. The film received a standing ovation, a turning point for Palmer, giving her confidence in acting as a career. The trip to Cannes led her to meet her manager, David Seltzer, and American talent agents. She signed with the William Morris Agency.
Palmer relocated from Semaphore Beach in Adelaide to Los Angeles in May 2007 to further her career, and began auditioning for films. She stated that Los Angeles was "a big adjustment" and "very different" from her home in Australia. She went through a period of loneliness and depression, and considered going back home until she made friends there.
In 2009, Palmer formed the film production company Avakea Productions, with Australian actresses Tahyna Tozzi and Nathalie Kelley. She was a guest judge on MTV Australia, for the Sydney filmmaking talent contest, Optus one80project. She also filmed an ad campaign that year for the Australian jean store, Just Jeans, and became the face and spokesperson for the Jurlique cosmetics company.
Social Network
Teresa Palmer is active on social media platforms, where she engages with her fans and shares insights into her personal and professional life. She has a strong presence on Instagram, where she often posts updates about her family, projects, and wellness advocacy .
Her performance as a depressed teenager in the psychological drama film 2:37 (2006) was critically praised, for which she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. For her portrayal of Dorothy Schutte in the epic biographical war film Hacksaw Ridge (2016), she received her second AACTA nomination and was also nominated for the AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress. Palmer would later gain nominations in the former category for Berlin Syndrome (2017) and Ride Like a Girl (2019). Further recognition came for her starring roles in the horror films Warm Bodies (2013), Lights Out (2016), and The Twin (2022), establishing Palmer as a scream queen.
In October 2015, it was learned that Palmer would participate in a short film called Too Legit with Zoe Kravitz, Clark Gregg, Nate Corddry and Lauren Weedman. This project was confirmed by the director of the film, Frankie Shaw via Twitter and Instagram and had its premiere on 23 January 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2018, Palmer began a starring role as Diana Bishop in the British supernatural drama series A Discovery of Witches. The series received positive reviews. The following year, Palmer starred in the biographical sports film Ride Like a Girl, portraying Michelle Payne. The film was directed by Palmer's Hacksaw Ridge co-star Rachel Griffiths, in her feature film directorial debut.
Education
Palmer's educational background is not extensively detailed in public sources, but she began her acting career at a young age, participating in local productions and commercials while still in school. Her early start in acting helped shape her career from an early stage .
Overall, Teresa Palmer's career is marked by her versatile acting roles, business ventures, and personal life milestones, making her a notable figure in the entertainment industry.
After graduating from high school, Palmer thought that she would work in an animal rescue service, and eventually open her own animal welfare agency. She was accepted into a university to study teaching and was taking a course on journalism, but had always dreamt of acting. She got a call from an agent about appearing in a student film, 2:37. The director had seen her head shot on the acting agency's website and wanted her to be in the movie. Palmer dropped out of the university to work on the film.
Palmer won the romantic lead in Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Jon Turteltaub. The film was based on the relevant section of the animated film Fantasia (1940), which was set to a short symphonic poem for orchestra by Paul Dukas, L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice, published in 1897, and by far, the best known of Dukas' compositions), all of which were inspired by the eponymous poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Palmer stayed in Manhattan's West Village while filming for six months. She played Becky Barnes, a college student who is pursued by Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a physics student and apprentice to the wizard Balthazar (Nicolas Cage). It was released on 14 July 2010 to mixed reviews, and grossed $215 million worldwide on its big $150 million budget. In July 2010, Parade Magazine named the film No. 1 on its list of "Biggest Box Office Flops of 2010 (So Far)".
