Lauren KeyanaΒ "Keke"Β PalmerΒ (/ΛkiΛki/Β KEE-kee; born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. She has receivedΒ numerous accolades, including twoΒ Primetime Emmy AwardsΒ and nominations for aΒ Daytime Emmy AwardΒ and aΒ Screen Actors Guild Award.Β TimeΒ magazine included her on its list ofΒ most influential people in the worldΒ in 2019.
Palmer debuted as aΒ childΒ with roles in the filmsΒ Barbershop 2: Back in BusinessΒ andΒ The Wool CapΒ (both 2004)Β before achieving herΒ breakthroughΒ role as Akeelah Anderson in the drama filmΒ Akeelah and the BeeΒ (2006). Her career progressed with roles in films such asΒ Madea's Family ReunionΒ (2006),Β Jump In!Β (2007),Β The LongshotsΒ (2008), andΒ ShrinkΒ (2009), and the release of her debut studio albumΒ So Uncool (2007). She rose to prominence onΒ Nickelodeon, playing the title character in the sitcomΒ True Jackson, VPΒ (2008β2011), providing the voice ofΒ AishaΒ in theΒ Nickelodeon revivalΒ ofΒ Winx Club (2011β2014), and headlining the television filmΒ RagsΒ (2012).
Palmer transitioned to mainstream roles with theΒ VH1Β biographical filmΒ CrazySexyCool: The TLC StoryΒ (2013) and afterwards made herΒ Broadway debut asΒ EllaΒ inΒ Rodgers + Hammerstein's CinderellaΒ (2014β2015). She has since starred in theΒ FoxΒ satirical horror seriesΒ Scream Queens (2015β2016), theΒ EpixΒ drama seriesΒ Berlin StationΒ (2017β2019), and the slasher seriesΒ Scream (2019). Her film roles includeΒ AnimalΒ (2014),Β PimpΒ (2018),Β HustlersΒ (2019),Β NopeΒ (2022), andΒ One of Them DaysΒ (2025), with the last two earning her critical attention.
As a singer, Palmer has released fiveΒ extended plays. In addition to acting, she has hosted the talk showsΒ Just KekeΒ (2014) andΒ Strahan, Sara, and KekeΒ (2019β2020) and the game showΒ PasswordΒ since 2022. In 2024, she released her second book,Β Master of Me, a hybrid memoir and self-help manual.
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