Keke Palmer

Lauren Keyana Keke Palmer ˈkiːki KEEkee 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 Madeas 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 20082011 providing the voice of Aisha in the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club 20112014 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 Hammersteins Cinderella 20142015 She has since starred in the Fox satirical horror series Scream Queens 20152016 the Epix drama series Berlin Station 20172019 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 20192020 and the game show Password since 2022 In 2024 she released her second book Master of Me a hybrid memoir and selfhelp manual Description above from the Wikipedia article Keke Palmer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia