Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer is an American actress. Born August 26, 1993, in Harvey. Known for True Jackson, VP, Jump In! and Joyful Noise. Awards include Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.
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- Described as
- American actress
- Other names
- Lauren Keyana Palmer, Lauren Palmer, Keke
- Born
- August 26, 1993 · 1 reference
- Born in
- Harvey · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Lauren Keyana Palmer · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · 1 reference; singer · 1 reference; television actor; film actor; voice actor; recording artist; musician · 1 reference
- Genre
- pop music; contemporary R&B; hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records; MNRK Music Group; Interscope Records; Island Records; Nick Records
- Known for
- True Jackson, VP; Jump In!; Joyful Noise; Akeelah and the Bee; Brotherly Love; Scream Queens; Ice Age
- Awards
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2006); Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress (2007); NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (2007); NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special (3 times) (2009, 2010, 2011); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series (2021); Time 100 (2026) · 1 reference
- Field
- music composing; acting · 1 reference; music · 1 reference
- Mother
- Sharon Palmer
- Religion
- Christianity
- Lived in
- Robbins · 1 reference
- Height
- 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
- Website
- http://kekepalmer.com
- Wikipedias with a page
- 51
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1384754188
Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer ( KEE-kee; born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television host. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for an Actor Award and four Critics' Choice Awards. Time magazine included her on its list of most influential people in the world in 2019.
Palmer made her film debut 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 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. Also in the 2020s, she released two more studio albums.
Outside of acting, Palmer has hosted the talk shows Just Keke (2014) and Strahan, Sara and Keke (2019–2020), as well as the game show Password since 2022. She launched KeyTV Network, an online entertainment content platform, in 2021, and released her second book, Master of Me, a hybrid memoir and self-help manual, in 2024.
- Born, in its opening lines
- August 26, 1993
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