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Keke Palmer
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 26, 1993 (31 years)
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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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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Keke Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
| 2027 | The Angry Birds Movie 3 · as (voice) |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Sister Act 3 · as Cast |
| 2025 | One of Them Days · as Dreux |
| 2024 | The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (TV Series) · as Dr. Klak (voice) |
| 2024 | This Is Me... Now · as Scorpio |
| 2023 | Under the Boardwalk · as Ramona (voice) |
| 2022 | Nope · as Emerald Haywood |
| 2022 | Lightyear · as Izzy Hawthorne (voice) |
| 2022 | Not So Pretty (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Alice · as Alice |
| 2022 | Human Resources (2022) (TV Series) · as Rochelle Hillhurst (voice) |
| 2022 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (TV Series) · as Maya (voice) |
| 2022 | The Afterparty (TV Series) · as 'danner' |
| 2021 | Come Home · as Angie (voice) |
| 2020 | 2 Minutes of Fame · as Sky |
| 2019 | Hustlers · as Mercedes |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Pimp · as Wednesday |
| 2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Rochelle The Hate Worm (voice) |
| 2016 | Star (TV Series) · as Gigi |
| 2016 | Berlin Station (TV Series) · as April Lewis |
| 2016 | Insecure (TV Series) · as Kira |
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course · as Peaches (voice) |
| 2016 | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade · as Peaches (voice) |
| 2016 | Grease Live! · as Marty |
| 2015 | Scream Queens (TV Series) · as Zayday Williams |
| 2015 | Project Mc² (TV Series) · as Nov8 Agent |
| 2015 | Scream: The TV Series (TV Series) · as Kym |
| 2015 | Brotherly Love · as Jackie Taylor |
| 2014 | Animal · as Alissa |
| 2014 | The Trip to Bountiful · as Thelma |
| 2014 | Imperial Dreams · as Samaara |
| 2013 | CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story · as Rozanda 'chilli' Thomas |
| 2013 | Full Circle (2013) (TV Series) · as Chan'dra Stevens |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex (TV Series) · as Coral |
| 2012 | Abducted: The Carlina White Story · as Carlina White |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift · as Peaches (voice) |
| 2012 | Rags · as Kadee Worth |
| 2012 | Key & Peele (TV Series) · as Malia's Anger Translator |
| 2012 | Joyful Noise · as Olivia Hill |
| 2010 | Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure · as Aisha |
| 2009 | BrainSurge (TV Series) |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show (TV Series) |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | True Jackson, VP (TV Series) · as True Jackson |
| 2008 | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare · as Crystal Tortoise (voice) |
| 2008 | 90210 (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Royce Harwood |
| 2008 | The Longshots · as Jasmine |
| 2007 | Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom · as Aisha |
| 2007 | Cleaner · as Rose Cutler |
| 2007 | Jump in! · as Mary Thomas |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Bubble Guppies (TV Series) · as Stylee (voice) |
| 2006 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) · as Nikki |
| 2006 | Akeelah and the Bee · as Akeelah Anderson |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion · as Nikki |
| 2005 | Knights of the South Bronx · as Kenya Russell |
| 2005 | Wild 'N Out (TV Series) · as Performer |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Sheryll Jeffries |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Elisa Maza |
| 2004 | The Wool Cap · as Lou |
| 2004 | Second Time Around (2004) (TV Series) · as Sharlene |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business · as Gina's Niece |
| 2004 | Winx Club (TV Series) · as Aisha |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Arlene (1939) |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Sarina |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Tasha Wright |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Pam (voice) |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Janell Parkerson |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |