They became engaged in August 2013, and married on 21 December 2013 in Mexico. Palmer began dating actor/director Mark Webber in late-2012 after contacting him via Twitter.
Palmer quit university to work on the film. She was accepted into university to study teaching and was taking a course on journalism, but had always dreamt of acting. Palmer thought that she would work in an animal rescue service, and eventually open her own animal welfare agency. The director had seen her head shot on the acting agency’s website and wanted her to be in the movie. 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.Īfter graduating from high school, Palmer got a call from her local talent agent about appearing in a student film, 2:37. Palmer went to acting classes for a couple of years and appeared in a few television commercials. Her first acting job was dressing up as Strawberry Shortcake and Santa’s Little Helper on weekends for promotions in shopping centers near Adelaide.
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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. 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 stated to Interview that she “came from rather humble beginnings” she lived in public housing with her mother, and grew up on her father’s farm in the Adelaide Hills. She has a stepmother, Karen Palmer, as well as two half-sisters and two stepbrothers, who lived with her father. Her parents divorced in 1989 when she was three. She is the only child of Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former nurse and missionary. Palmer was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. Spouse: Mark Webber (21 December 2013 – present)Ĭhildren: Bodhi Rain Webber (17 February 2014), Forest Sage Palmer (12 December, 2016), Poet Lake Palmer (12 April, 2019) & Prairie Moon Palmer (17 August, 2021). Place Of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia