Pénélope Palmer

Penelope Palmer was born in New York, New York. Her father is Ciao Manhattan (1972) director John Palmer, who once was a camera man for Andy Warhol, and her mother is former cover girl and Warhol "superstar", actress Ivy Nicholson, who appeared in the Warhol film I a Man (1967). She has a twin brother, Gunther Ethan Palmer, a drummer in the band, Stagefright. Her parents met while working at Andy Warhol's Factory, and Penelope's very first acting roles were as an infant in some of Warhol's films that were never theatrically released. As a small child, she moved to Paris with her mother, where she later starred in La femme enfant (1980) and Malville: état de siège (1978), while still in her early teens. She has two children, sons Donovan and Zarki.