Eve Palmer (actress)
New Zealand actress and television presenter
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Eve Marama Morrell Palmer[1] is a New Zealand television presenter and actress.[2]
Eve Palmer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eve Marama Morrell Palmer New Zealand |
| Occupations | Television presenter, actress |
| Spouse |
Adam Percival (m. 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
| Mother | Janine Morrell-Gunn |
| Relatives | Grace Palmer (sister) Jason Gunn (stepfather) |
Biography
Palmer was born in Christchurch to television producers Tony Palmer and Janine Morrell-Gunn; her mother is a Māori of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. Her sister Grace Palmer is also an actress.[3] Palmer also has two half-siblings, Faith and Louis Gunn, through her mother's second marriage, to producer and presenter Jason Gunn.[4]
Palmer's first television role was as a field reporter for The Erin Simpson Show; when the programme was renamed The 4.30 Show in 2014, Palmer became the presenter. In 2016 the programme was again renamed, to The Adam and Eve Show and Palmer co-presented with Adam Percival.[2]
In 2020 she created and co-starred in the comedy web series Good Grief, alongside her sister Grace.[5]
Personal life
In 2020 Palmer married her television co-host, Adam Pervical.[6] The couple have a daughter.[4]
As an adult, Palmer has pursued tertiary education studies in her Māori culture, such as completing a course in Te Ara Reo Māori (Māori Language Path) at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in 2023.[1]
