Keke Palmer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Female

Birthday

1993-08-26 (32 years old)

Place of Birth

Harvey, Illinois, USA

Keke Palmer

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keke Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Good Mythical Morning

    Good Mythical Morning

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • ER

    ER

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Pickup

    The Pickup

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

  • Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

  • Degrassi

    Degrassi

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Masters of Sex

    Masters of Sex

  • MTV Video Music Awards

    MTV Video Music Awards

  • MTV Video Music Awards

    MTV Video Music Awards

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Good Fortune

    Good Fortune

  • 90210

    90210

  • The Cleveland Show

    The Cleveland Show

  • Bubble Guppies

    Bubble Guppies

  • The Afterparty

    The Afterparty

  • Insecure

    Insecure

  • Key & Peele

    Key & Peele

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

  • Celebrity Family Feud

    Celebrity Family Feud

  • Star

    Star

  • Ice Age: Continental Drift

    Ice Age: Continental Drift

  • Scream Queens

    Scream Queens

  • One of Them Days

    One of Them Days

  • Ice Age: Collision Course

    Ice Age: Collision Course

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Today with Hoda & Jenna

    Today with Hoda & Jenna

  • Lie Detector

    Lie Detector

  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh

    A Little Late with Lilly Singh

  • Hot Ones Versus

    Hot Ones Versus

  • Berlin Station

    Berlin Station

  • Nope

    Nope

  • True Jackson, VP

    True Jackson, VP

  • Rachael Ray

    Rachael Ray

  • Chicken Shop Date

    Chicken Shop Date

  • Scream: The TV Series

    Scream: The TV Series

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

  • Cleaner

    Cleaner

  • Barbershop 2: Back in Business

    Barbershop 2: Back in Business

  • Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare

    Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare

  • Lightyear

    Lightyear

  • The Angry Birds Movie 3

    The Angry Birds Movie 3

  • Akeelah and the Bee

    Akeelah and the Bee

  • This Is Me…Now

    This Is Me…Now

  • Joyful Noise

    Joyful Noise

  • Knights of the South Bronx

    Knights of the South Bronx

  • Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

    Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

  • The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

    The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

  • Busy Tonight

    Busy Tonight

  • Uppsala Doctor's (Create by fans)

    Uppsala Doctor's (Create by fans)

  • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

    Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

  • Untitled One of Them Days Sequel

    Untitled One of Them Days Sequel

  • Halftime

    Halftime

  • The Greatest Love Story Never Told

    The Greatest Love Story Never Told

  • Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

    Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade

  • BET Awards

    BET Awards

  • The Backup

    The Backup

  • Legendary

    Legendary

  • The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

    The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

  • Second Time Around

    Second Time Around

  • Grease Live

    Grease Live

  • Hustlers

    Hustlers

  • Rags

    Rags

  • Imperial Dreams

    Imperial Dreams

  • Madea's Family Reunion

    Madea's Family Reunion

  • Spaceballs 2

    Spaceballs 2

  • Password

    Password

  • The Wool Cap

    The Wool Cap

  • Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story

    Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story

  • What the Fit

    What the Fit

  • BrainSurge

    BrainSurge

  • The Longshots

    The Longshots

  • Under the Boardwalk

    Under the Boardwalk

  • Big Boss

    Big Boss

  • Moxie

    Moxie

  • Gods Unknown

    Gods Unknown

  • Animal

    Animal

  • Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

  • Shrink

    Shrink

  • Jump In!

    Jump In!

  • Pimp

    Pimp

  • I Love Boosters

    I Love Boosters

  • Singled Out

    Singled Out

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Winx Club - The Shadow Phoenix

    Winx Club - The Shadow Phoenix

  • Sportsfan

    Sportsfan

  • Turnt Up with the Taylors

    Turnt Up with the Taylors

  • Foodtastic

    Foodtastic

  • Being Mortal

    Being Mortal

  • The 'Burbs

    The 'Burbs

  • 2 Minutes of Fame

    2 Minutes of Fame

  • Not So Pretty

    Not So Pretty

  • Just Keke

    Just Keke

  • Super Toys

    Super Toys

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • The Trip to Bountiful

    The Trip to Bountiful

  • Abducted: The Carlina White Story

    Abducted: The Carlina White Story

  • Keke and Jamal

    Keke and Jamal

  • Come Home

    Come Home

  • The A-Z of Aaliyah

    The A-Z of Aaliyah

  • The Tiger

    The Tiger