Keke Palmer
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1993-08-26
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.
Also Known For
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Jan 20, 2004
Super Toys
Shrink
Jul 24, 2009
Cleaner
Sep 11, 2007
The Longshots
Aug 22, 2008
Akeelah and the Bee
Apr 28, 2006
Jump In!
Jan 12, 2007
The Backup
Joyful Noise
Jan 13, 2012
Madea's Family Reunion
Feb 24, 2006
The A-Z of Aaliyah
Sep 13, 2018
Big Boss
May 11, 2023
Come Home
Nov 25, 2021
The Wool Cap
Nov 20, 2004
Lightyear
Jun 15, 2022
Knights of the South Bronx
Dec 06, 2005
Under the Boardwalk
Oct 27, 2023
Rags
May 28, 2012
Being Mortal
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Oct 06, 2012
Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story
Oct 21, 2013
Halftime
Jun 08, 2022
Imperial Dreams
Jan 20, 2014
The Trip to Bountiful
Mar 08, 2014
Animal
Jun 17, 2014
Brotherly Love
Apr 24, 2015
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Sep 12, 2008
The Pickup
Aug 05, 2025
This Is Me…Now
Feb 15, 2024
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Jul 14, 2009
Good Fortune
Oct 16, 2025
Ice Age: Collision Course
Jun 23, 2016
Moxie
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Feb 26, 2024
Gods Unknown
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Jun 27, 2012
One of Them Days
Jan 16, 2025
Grease Live
Jan 31, 2016
I Love Boosters
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Mar 19, 2016
Pimp
Nov 09, 2018
Hustlers
Sep 12, 2019
2 Minutes of Fame
Jun 16, 2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
May 10, 2020
Alice
Mar 18, 2022
Nope
Jul 20, 2022
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Jan 28, 2027
Untitled One of Them Days Sequel
Winx Club - The Shadow Phoenix
Oct 16, 2011
Spaceballs 2
Just Keke
Jul 25, 2025
Cold Case
Sep 28, 2003
Degrassi
Oct 14, 2001
Foodtastic
Dec 15, 2021
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Human Resources
Mar 18, 2022
ER
Sep 19, 1994
True Jackson, VP
Nov 08, 2008
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Sep 16, 2019
Good Mythical Morning
Jan 09, 2012
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
The Cleveland Show
Sep 27, 2009
Keke and Jamal
Nov 01, 2006
BrainSurge
Sep 28, 2009
Teen Choice Awards
Aug 01, 1999
Turnt Up with the Taylors
Jul 20, 2020
Explained
May 23, 2018
Star
Dec 14, 2016
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Scream Queens
Sep 22, 2015
Big Mouth
Sep 29, 2017
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Tamron Hall
Sep 09, 2019
Teen Choice Awards
Aug 01, 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Human Resources
Mar 18, 2022
90210
Sep 02, 2008
Busy Tonight
Oct 28, 2018
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Nov 07, 2016
The Afterparty
Jan 28, 2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Feb 23, 2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Not So Pretty
Apr 14, 2022
Legendary
May 27, 2020
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Feb 22, 2024
Grey's Anatomy
Mar 27, 2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Password
Aug 09, 2022
Masters of Sex
Sep 29, 2013
Celebrity Family Feud
Jun 21, 2015
Second Time Around
Sep 20, 2004
Scream: The TV Series
Jun 30, 2015
Entertainment Tonight
Sep 15, 1981
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Rachael Ray
Sep 18, 2006
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Oct 23, 2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Oct 22, 2012
Insecure
Oct 09, 2016
Family Guy
Jan 31, 1999
Singled Out
Apr 06, 2020
Strong Medicine
Jul 23, 2000
MTV Video Music Awards
Sep 14, 1984
Bubble Guppies
Jan 24, 2011
Berlin Station
Oct 16, 2016
The 'Burbs
Lie Detector
Mar 01, 2018
Chicken Shop Date
Dec 03, 2014
Key & Peele
Jan 31, 2012
Hot Ones Versus
Jan 31, 2024
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Apr 08, 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
Big Mouth
Sep 29, 2017
MTV Video Music Awards
Sep 14, 1984
Sportsfan
Feb 05, 2023
BET Awards
Jun 19, 2001
