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Keke Palmer
Harvey, Illinois, USA
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…
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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.
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2027
Spaceballs: The New One
Movie Destiny
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2027
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Movie Peaches (voice)
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2026
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Movie (voice)
- 2026
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2026
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
TV show Self - Guest
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2026
I Love Boosters
Movie Corvette
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2026
The 'Burbs
TV show Samira Fisher
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2025
The Rise & Fall of DivaGurl
Movie Keyana
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2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2025
Good Fortune
Movie Elena
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2025
The Pickup
Movie Zoe
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2025
Just Keke
Movie Self
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV show
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2025
One of Them Days
Movie Dreux
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2024
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Movie Self
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2024
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
TV show Dr. Klak (voice)
More credits
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2024
This Is Me…Now
Movie Scorpio
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2024
Hot Ones Versus
TV show Self
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2023
Under the Boardwalk
Movie Ramona (voice)
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2023
Big Boss
Movie Keke Palmer
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2023
Keep Me In Mind
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Sportsfan
TV show Dr. Fern
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2022
The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming
Movie Self
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Password
TV show Self - Host
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2022
Nope
Movie Emerald Haywood
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2022
Lightyear
Movie Izzy Hawthorne (voice)
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2022
Halftime
Movie Self
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2022
Not So Pretty
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2022
Human Resources
TV show Rochelle Hillhurst (voice)
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2022
Alice
Movie Alice
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2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
TV show Maya (voice)
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2022
The Afterparty
TV show 'Danner'
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2021
Foodtastic
TV show Self - Host
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2021
That's My Jam
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Come Home
Movie Angie (voice)
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2020
Cardi Tries
TV show Self
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2020
Turnt Up with the Taylors
TV show Barbie / Gammy Tay / Lil Thad / Miranda / Rick
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2020
2 Minutes of Fame
Movie Sky
