Grace Palmer

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| birth_name = Grace Mana Morrell Palmer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tai Tapu, New Zealand

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2014–present

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| mother = Janine Morrell-Gunn

| relatives = Eve Palmer (sister)
Jason Gunn (stepfather)

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Grace Mana Morrell Palmer (born 9 November 1994){{cite web |title=Australian Business Register – Current details for ABN |url=https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View/42432564800 |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=14 June 2017}} is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Lucy Rickman on the prime-time soap opera Shortland Street.

Early life

Palmer was born in Tai Tapu, New Zealand to parents Tony Palmer and Janine Morrell-Gunn, both of whom are television producers.{{cite news |title=Shortland Street's Grace Palmer on her two fathers: I've got the best dads |first=Kerry |last=Harvey |date=10 August 2016 |work=Stuff |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/tv-guide/83030500/shortland-streets-grace-palmer-on-her-two-fathers-ive-got-the-best-dads?rm=m |access-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105071747/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/tv-guide/83030500/shortland-streets-grace-palmer-on-her-two-fathers-ive-got-the-best-dads?rm=m |archive-date=2022-11-05 |url-status=live}} Her mother is a Māori of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi, while her father is of New Zealand European descent.{{cite web |title=Grace Palmer – Actor Profile & Biography |url=https://johnsonlaird.com/our-actors/Grace-Palmer |publisher=Johnson & Laird |accessdate=25 August 2018}} Palmer attended St Margaret's College, where she studied theatre, then moved to Sydney, Australia to take acting courses while working at a bar.{{cite web |title=Jason Gunn's girls: We were born to perform! |url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/jason-gunns-daughters-we-were-born-to-perform-20869 |website=nowtolove.co.nz |publisher=Woman's Day |accessdate=25 August 2018 |date=9 November 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Former Shortland St star on landing the role that's changed her life |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/former-shortland-street-star-grace-palmer-on-landing-the-role-thats-changed-her-life/DTGHVEGDZNCWNCICMN4QQHVMXU/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}

Career

Palmer's first television role came in 2014 with a guest appearance as Monique Wu on the Australian show Home and Away. She went on to play her most notable television role on Shortland Street as Lucy Rickman from 2014 to 2017.{{cite web |last1=McEnaney |first1=Ashleigh |title=Grace Palmer reveals why she left Shortland Street |url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/grace-palmer-tells-why-she-left-shortland-street-32761 |website=nowtolove.co.nz |publisher=Woman's Day |accessdate=25 August 2018 |date=4 June 2017}} She made her Hollywood debut as Deb in the 2018 film Adrift starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin.{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Charlotte |title=Ex-Shortland Street star Grace Palmer makes her Hollywood debut |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12066068 |publisher=NZ Herald |accessdate=25 August 2018 |date=10 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Grace Palmer Reveals What It's Really Like To Work With Shailene Woodley & Sam Claflin |url=http://www.mtv.com.au/grace-palmer/news/grace-palmer-reveals-what-its-really-like-to-work-with-shailene-woodley-sam-claflin |publisher=MTV |accessdate=25 August 2018 |archive-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825212806/http://www.mtv.com.au/grace-palmer/news/grace-palmer-reveals-what-its-really-like-to-work-with-shailene-woodley-sam-claflin |url-status=dead }}

In 2020 she created and co-starred in comedy web series Good Grief, alongside her sister Eve Palmer. In 2022, Palmer appeared on The Masked Singer NZ as a New Zealand possum, getting eliminated in Episode 6.

Since 2023, she has co-starred with Joel McHale in the Fox Broadcasting Company comedy Animal Control.

Personal life

Palmer has three siblings, including television presenter and actress Eve Palmer. She is the stepdaughter of New Zealand television and radio presenter Jason Gunn. Palmer is also married to Ra Jobe. They were married in Las Vegas in 2019.

Filmography

=Film=

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2018

| Adrift

| Deb

2018

| My Name Is Heather

| Alice

=Television=

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2014 \| Home and Away \| Monique Wu \|
2014–2017 \| Shortland Street \| Lucy Rickman \|
2017 \| Shop Girls \| Summer \| Web series
2020 \| Good Grief \| Gwen \| Web series co-created and starred with her sister Eve
2021 \| The Brokenwood Mysteries \| Cherie Kernan \| Episode: "Exposed to the Light"
2023–present \| Animal Control \| Victoria Sands \|

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Year

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! Role

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2014

| Home and Away

| Monique Wu

2014–2017

| Shortland Street

| Lucy Rickman

2017