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Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer and television personality. Known for playing leading and character roles in comedy and drama productions, she has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, five NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Time magazine included her on their list of most influential people in the world in 2019. Palmer made her acting debut in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004). She later appeared in the television film The Wool Cap (2004), and had her breakthrough starring in the drama film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). She progressed as a child actress with roles in Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Jump In! (2007), The Longshots (2008) and Shrink (2009). Palmer played a number of roles on Nickelodeon, such as the title character in the sitcom True Jackson, VP (2008–2011). 2014 to 2015 she starred as Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway. She has since starred in the Facebook Watch series Turnt Up with the Taylors (2021) for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. She also starred in films such as Animal (2014), Hustlers (2019) and Jordan Peele's Nope (2022).
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Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer and television personality. Known for playing leading and character roles in comedy and drama productions, she has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, five NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Time magazine included her on their list of most influential people in the world in 2019. Palmer made her acting debut in Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004). She later appeared in the television film The Wool Cap (2004), and had her breakthrough starring in the drama film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). She progressed as a child actress with roles in Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Jump In! (2007), The Longshots (2008) and Shrink (2009). Palmer played a number of roles on Nickelodeon, such as the title character in the sitcom True Jackson, VP (2008–2011). 2014 to 2015 she starred as Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway. She has since starred in the Facebook Watch series Turnt Up with the Taylors (2021) for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. She also starred in films such as Animal (2014), Hustlers (2019) and Jordan Peele's Nope (2022).
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ER
Family Guy
Insecure
Key & Peele
Celebrity Family Feud
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
90210
Masters of Sex
Cold Case
Big Mouth
Entertainment Tonight
Grey's Anatomy
Explained
Good Mythical Morning
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Teen Choice Awards
The Afterparty
Scream Queens
The Cleveland Show
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Busy Tonight
MTV Video Music Awards
Star
Bubble Guppies
Degrassi
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Berlin Station
Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Collision Course
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Halftime
Scream: The TV Series
Legendary
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Cleaner
The Authority
Imperial Dreams
Hustlers
Good Fortune
Grease Live
The Pickup
Joyful Noise
Human Resources
Lightyear
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Nope
Moxie
Under the Boardwalk
The 'Burbs
Brotherly Love
Foodtastic
Password
Not So Pretty
One of Them Days
Akeelah and the Bee
Alice
Production Credits
Sing 2
The 'Burbs
Foodtastic
Alice
Moxie
One of Them Days
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