Keke Palmer
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
Credits
- 2027 · The Angry Birds Movie 3 as (voice)
- 2025 · Good Fortune as
- 2025 · One of Them Days as Dreux
- 2024 · The Greatest Love Story Never Told as Self
- 2024 · The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy as Dr. Klak (voice)
- 2024 · This Is Me…Now as Scorpio
- 2024 · Hot Ones Versus as Self
- 2023 · Under the Boardwalk as Ramona (voice)
- 2023 · Big Boss as Keke Palmer
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Password as Self - Host
- 2022 · Nope as Emerald Haywood
- 2022 · Lightyear as Izzy Hawthorne (voice)
- 2022 · Halftime as Self
- 2022 · Not So Pretty as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Human Resources as Rochelle Hillhurst (voice)
- 2022 · Human Resources as Connie's Friends #2 (voice)
- 2022 · Alice as Alice
- 2022 · The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder as Maya (voice)
- 2022 · The Afterparty as 'Danner'
- 2021 · Foodtastic as Self - Host
- 2021 · Come Home as Angie (voice)
- 2020 · Turnt Up with the Taylors as Barbie / Gammy Tay / Lil Thad / Miranda / Rick
- 2020 · 2 Minutes of Fame as Sky
- 2020 · Legendary as Self - Judge
- 2020 · The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
- 2020 · Singled Out as Self - Host
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Hustlers as Mercedes
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- 2018 · Pimp as Wednesday
- 2018 · Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
- 2018 · The A-Z of Aaliyah as Self
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Rochelle the Hate Worm (voice)
- 2016 · Star as Gigi
- 2016 · Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Self
- 2016 · Berlin Station as April Lewis
- 2016 · Insecure as Kira
- 2016 · Ice Age: Collision Course as Peaches (voice)
- 2016 · Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade as Peaches (voice)
- 2016 · Grease Live as Marty
- 2015 · Scream Queens as Zayday Williams
- 2015 · Scream Queens as Self
- 2015 · Scream: The TV Series as Kym
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Brotherly Love as Jackie Taylor
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Animal as Alissa
- 2014 · The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Imperial Dreams as Samaara
- 2013 · Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story as Rozanda 'Chilli' Thomas
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Coral
- 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED as Self - Guest Judge
- 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
- 2012 · Abducted: The Carlina White Story as Carlina White
- 2012 · Ice Age: Continental Drift as Peaches (voice)
- 2012 · Rags as Kadee Worth
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Malia's Anger Translator
- 2012 · Joyful Noise as Olivia Hill
- 2012 · Good Mythical Morning as Self
- 2011 · Bubble Guppies as Stylee (voice)
- 2009 · BrainSurge as
- 2009 · The Cleveland Show as
- 2009 · Shrink as Jemma
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self
- 2008 · True Jackson, VP as True Jackson
- 2008 · Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Crystal Tortoise (voice)
- 2008 · 90210 as Elizabeth Royce Harwood
- 2008 · The Longshots as Jasmine
- 2007 · Cleaner as Rose Cutler
- 2007 · Jump In! as Mary Thomas
- 2006 · Keke and Jamal as
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · Akeelah and the Bee as Akeelah Anderson
- 2006 · Madea's Family Reunion as Nikki
- 2005 · Knights of the South Bronx as Kenya Russell
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Sheryll Jeffries
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Wool Cap as Lou
- 2004 · Second Time Around as Sharlene
- 2004 · Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Gina's Niece
- 2003 · Cold Case as Arlene (1939)
- 2001 · Degrassi as Keke Palmer
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Sarina
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Tasha Wright
- 1999 · Family Guy as Pam (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · ER as Janell Parkerson
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · The Pickup as
- Future · I Love Boosters as Corvette
- Future · Being Mortal as
- Future · The 'Burbs as
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Gods Unknown as Kate Vance
- Future · Moxie as
- Future · The Backup as Alyssa
- Future · Super Toys as