GracePalmer
- Actor
Show business runs in Grace Palmer's blood. Her parents, Tony Palmer and Janine Morrell-Gunn, are veteran TV producers, and her sister Eve presented youth shows. Grace began her screen career as a teen, reporting and presenting on What Now? Then she did almost three years on Shortland Street as nurse Lucy Rickman. The character survived hostage attempts and a violent partner, before going into labour during an eruption. Palmer later signed on for Māori TV comedy Tongue Tied, TV series The Dead Lands and American lost at sea film Adrift. In 2020 she created and co-starred in comical web series Good Grief, with her sister Eve.
Screenography
Awards
2022 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Actress: for Good Grief
2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Actress: for Good Grief
“This is our first time working together, and hopefully not our last, Having the opportunity to work alongside a sister is super special. We're chalk and cheese, but have always been very close. We can't stay mad at each other for more than five minutes.”
More information
Good Grief interview, Stuff, December 2020
Good Grief interview, The NZ Herald, November 2020
Interview on acting in movie Adrift, The NZ Herald, June 2018
Video interview on leaving Shortland Street, The Adam and Eve Show, May 2017
Interview on leaving Shortland Street, Woman's Day, June 2017
Interview with Grace Palmer and her sisters, Woman's Day, November 2016