Cortney Palm

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Cortney Palm
Born
Cortney Nacole Palm

(1987-02-20) February 20, 1987 (age 37)
Alma mater California Lutheran University
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Known for
Notable work

Cortney Nacole Palm [1] (born February 20, 1987) is an American actress who appeared in the films Zombeavers , The Dark Tapes and Sushi Girl .

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Early life

Palm was born on February 20, 1987, in Castle Rock, Colorado. [2] In 2001, she won a beauty pageant while attending Castle Rock Middle School. [3] Palm moved to California at the age of 18 to study theater [4] at California Lutheran University. [5] [6]

Career

Palm's career began after she was cast in the titular role of Sushi Girl . [7] She played Zoe in Zombeavers , [8] Isabelle in Disappearance [9] and Maria in Steven C. Miller's Silent Night , a loose remake of Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s 1984 classic Silent Night, Deadly Night . [10] Her role in Death House was cast on short notice. [11] In 2021, she starred in Beyond Paranormal. [12] [13]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006The Woodland Haunting 2Ghost Girl
2007 Superbad Party Guest
2009Lost SoulAbigail
Sunday Morning HighTabitha
Where's Tuesday Monday?Charity
2010Alice in WonderlandRed Queen's Court
Fragile HeartsTracy CampbellShort film
Slings and ArrowsLoriShort film
The HaymakerStacyShort film
2011$lowdownSarahShort film
Denton Rose's Short'sActress
Losing FergusonRebeccaShort film
See How They Run
2012 Sushi Girl Sushi Girl [14]
Silent Night Maria [14]
The Hit GirlThe Girl
Hallow Pointe
2013 Gemini Rising Comatose woman
Everlasting Kami
2014 Electric Slide Jan's Girl
Zombeavers Zoe [15]
Demon LegacyDemon Dana
2015Slow FadeZoeShort film
2016Female Fight SquadKate
2017 The Dark Tapes Nicole [14]
Death House Agent Toria Boon
Assumption (voice)Short film [14]
Up NorthHerselfEpisode narrator
2019 Disappearance Isabelle
2020 Hacksaw Teryn [16]
2021Beyond ParanormalLilly
2023As Certain as DeathKayla [15]

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