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Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

Acting1993Harvey, Illinois, USA

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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Acting History

Future
Spaceballs 2
as Destiny
Gods Unknown
as Kate Vance
Moxie
Producer
2027
Ice Age: Boiling Point
as Peaches (voice)
2026
I Love Boosters
as Corvette
The 'Burbs
TVas Samira Fisher8 eps
The 'Burbs
TVExecutive Producer
2025
Good Fortune
as Elena
Hot Ones Versus
TVas Self1 eps
Big Mouth
TVas Rochelle the Hate Worm (voice)1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self2 eps
Dreux & Alyssa
Executive Producer
2024
Hummingbird
as Scorpio
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest2 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
TVas Self - Guest Judge1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TVas Self - Guest Judge1 eps
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
TVas Dr. Klak (voice)8 eps
2023
Big Boss
as Keke Palmer
Jersey Crabs
as Ramona (voice)
The Afterparty
TVas 'Danner'1 eps
Human Resources
TVas Connie's Friends #2 (voice)1 eps
Big Boss
Producer
Big Boss
Director
Big Boss
Writer
2022
Nope
as Emerald Haywood
Lightyear
as Izzy Hawthorne (voice)
Halftime
as Self
Alice
as Alice
Chicken Shop Date
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
TVas Maya (voice)12 eps
Alice
Executive Producer
2021
Explained
TVas Narrator (voice)1 eps
Tamron Hall
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
Insecure
TVas Kira1 eps
That's My Jam
TVas Self - Guest
2020
Legendary
TVas Self - Judge
2019
Hustlers
as Mercedes
MTV Video Music Awards
TVas Self / Self - Host1 eps
Scream: The TV Series
TVas Kym6 eps
2018
Pimp
as Wednesday
Busy Tonight
TVas Self - Guest
What the Fit
TVas Self
Pimp
Executive Producer
2017
Berlin Station
TVas April Lewis19 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self - Guest3 eps
Star
TVas Gigi10 eps
2016
Grease
as Marty
Ice Age: Collision Course
as Peaches (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
TVas Self1 eps
Bubble Guppies
TVas Stylee (voice)2 eps
2015
Brotherly Love
as Jackie Taylor
Celebrity Family Feud
TVas Self1 eps
Scream Queens
TVas Zayday Williams23 eps
2014
Imperial Dreams
as Samaara
Animal
as Alissa
Masters of Sex
TVas Coral4 eps
Family Guy
TVas Pam (voice)1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self / Self - Guest
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Sheryll Jeffries1 eps
2013
Key & Peele
TVas Malia's Anger Translator1 eps
90210
TVas Elizabeth Royce Harwood4 eps
2012
Joyful Noise
as Olivia Hill
Ice Age: Continental Drift
as Peaches (voice)
Rags
as Kadee Worth
Rags
Producer
2011
Degrassi
TVas Keke Palmer2 eps
2008
The Longshots
as Jasmine
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Crystal Tortoise (voice)
True Jackson, VP
TVas True Jackson60 eps
True Jackson, VP
TVTheme Song Performance
2007
Jump in
as Mary Thomas
Cleaner
as Rose Cutler
2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Tasha Wright1 eps
ER
TVas Janell Parkerson1 eps
2004
Strong Medicine
TVas Sarina1 eps
Cold Case
TVas Arlene (1939)1 eps
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest
2001
BET Awards
TVas Self - Performer
1997
The View
TVas Self - Guest / Self
1996
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/26/1993(32 years old)
Place of Birth
Harvey, Illinois, USA