
Keke Palmer
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Biography
Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (/ˈkiːki/ KEE-kee; born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Time magazine included her on its list of most influential people in the world in 2019.
Palmer debuted as a child with roles in the films Barbershop 2: Back in Business and The Wool Cap (both 2004) before achieving her breakthrough role as Akeelah Anderson in the drama film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). Her career progressed with roles in films such as Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Jump In! (2007), The Longshots (2008), and Shrink (2009), and the release of her debut studio album So Uncool (2007). She rose to prominence on Nickelodeon, playing the title character in the sitcom True Jackson, VP (2008–2011), providing the voice of Aisha in the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club (2011–2014), and headlining the television film Rags (2012).
Palmer transitioned to mainstream roles with the VH1 biographical film CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013) and afterwards made her Broadway debut as Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (2014–2015). She has since starred in the Fox satirical horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016), the Epix drama series Berlin Station (2017–2019), and the slasher series Scream (2019). Her film roles include Animal (2014), Pimp (2018), Hustlers (2019), Nope (2022), and One of Them Days (2025), with the last two earning her critical attention.
As a singer, Palmer has released five extended plays. In addition to acting, she has hosted the talk shows Just Keke (2014) and Strahan, Sara, and Keke (2019–2020) and the game show Password since 2022. In 2024, she released her second book, Master of Me, a hybrid memoir and self-help manual.
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The Kelly Clarkson Show

MTV Video Music Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

ER

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Family Guy

Insecure

Key & Peele

Celebrity Family Feud

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

90210

Masters of Sex

Cold Case

Big Mouth

Entertainment Tonight

Grey's Anatomy

Teen Choice Awards

Explained

Good Mythical Morning

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

The Afterparty

The Cleveland Show

Today with Hoda & Jenna

Busy Tonight

Star

Degrassi

Bubble Guppies

BrainSurge

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Berlin Station

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Collision Course

Halftime

Scream Queens

Human Resources

The Angry Birds Movie 3

Scream: The TV Series

Legendary

Cleaner

Grease Live

The Authority

Imperial Dreams

Hustlers

Good Fortune

Joyful Noise

The Pickup

Nope

Lightyear

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

Password

Moxie

Not So Pretty

Under the Boardwalk

Foodtastic

Brotherly Love

Alice

The 'Burbs

Akeelah and the Bee

One of Them Days
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