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Grace Mana Morrell Palmer (born 9 November 1994) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Lucy Rickman on the prime-time soap opera ''
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''.


Early life

Palmer was born in
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,
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to parents Tony Palmer and
Janine Morrell-Gunn Janine Rania Morrell-Gunn (née Morrell) is a children's television producer from New Zealand. Biography Morrell-Gunn grew up in Christchurch and is of Māori descent, part of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degre ...
, both of whom are television producers. Her mother is a
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of the
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, while her father is of
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descent. Palmer attended St Margaret's College, where she studied
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, then moved to
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, Australia to take acting courses while working at a bar.


Career

Palmer's first television role came in 2014 with a guest appearance as Monique Wu on the Australian show ''
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''. She went on to play her most notable television role on ''Shortland Street'' as Lucy Rickman from 2014 to 2017. She made her Hollywood debut as Deb in the 2018 film ''
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'' starring
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and
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. In 2020 she created and co-starred in comedy web series ''Good Grief'', alongside her sister Eve Palmer. In 2022, Palmer appeared on ''
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'' as a New Zealand possum, getting eliminated in Episode 6. Since 2023, she has co-starred with
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in the
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comedy ''
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''.


Personal life

Palmer has three siblings, including television presenter and actress
Eve Palmer Evelyn Mary "Eve" Palmer (20 February 1916 – 1998) was a South African writer and botanist. She was married to the South African journalist and adventure novelist Geoffrey Jenkins. Her best known work is her bestselling 1966 non-fiction book ' ...
. She is the stepdaughter of New Zealand television and radio presenter
Jason Gunn Jason Kenneth Gunn (born 26 December 1968) is a New Zealand television and radio personality. He is known for ''The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune'', and ''The Rich List'', and also afternoon shows on rad ...
. Palmer is also married to Ra Jobe. They were married in Las Vegas in 2019.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* * 1994 births Living people New Zealand film actresses New Zealand television actresses New Zealand Māori actresses New Zealand soap opera actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses People from Tai Tapu Ngāti Kahungunu people People educated at St Margaret's College {{NewZealand-actor-stub