Keke Palmer
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Biography
Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer and television personality. Known for playing leading and character roles in comedy and drama productions, she has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, five NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Time magazine included her on their list of most influential people in the world in 2019.
Palmer made her acting debut in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004). She later appeared in the television film The Wool Cap (2004), and had her breakthrough starring in the drama film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). She progressed as a child actress with roles in Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Jump In! (2007), The Longshots (2008) and Shrink (2009).
Palmer played a number of roles on Nickelodeon, such as the title character in the sitcom True Jackson, VP (2008–2011). 2014 to 2015 she starred as Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway. She has since starred in the Facebook Watch series Turnt Up with the Taylors (2021) for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. She also starred in films such as Animal (2014), Hustlers (2019) and Jordan Peele's Nope (2022).
Known For
Saturday Night Live
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
Family Guy
Insecure
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
Grey's Anatomy
Explained
Good Mythical Morning
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Teen Choice Awards
The Afterparty
The Cleveland Show
Busy Tonight
MTV Video Music Awards
Star
Bubble Guppies
Degrassi
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Berlin Station
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ice Age: Collision Course
Scream Queens
Halftime
Legendary
Human Resources
Scream: The TV Series
Cleaner
Hustlers
Good Fortune
Imperial Dreams
The Authority
Grease Live
Sister Act 3
The Pickup
Joyful Noise
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Lightyear
Nope
Foodtastic
Alice
Password
Not So Pretty
Brotherly Love
Moxie
Akeelah and the Bee
Under the Boardwalk
The 'Burbs
Production Credits
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