page_title: Keke Palmer
hierarchical_section_title: Keke Palmer
caption_attribution_description: English: Keke Palmer at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress, singer, and television personality. Palmer made her acting debut in the 2004 film Barbershop 2: Back in Business and rose to prominence in 2006 for her breakthrough role as the title character in Akeelah and the Bee, as well as starring in Madea's Family Reunion.
  Palmer has also starred in films such as The Longshots, Shrink, Animal and Hustlers. In 2012, Palmer starred in four films: Joyful Noise, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, Ice Age: Continental Drift, and Virgin Mary. Besides theatrical films, Palmer has also starred in the television films Knights of the South Bronx, Jump In!, and Rags, among others. Palmer has also had numerous television roles, including the titular lead character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP and the voice role of Aisha in Nickelodeon's Winx Club. Palmer earned $20,000 per episode of True Jackson, VP, which made her the fourth-highest-paid child star on television.
  Palmer was also a series regular in the 2015 Fox horror comedy Scream Queens and the 2019 VH1 slasher Scream.
context_section_description: Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. Palmer made her acting debut in the 2004 film Barbershop 2: Back in Business and rose to prominence in 2006 for her breakthrough role as the title character in Akeelah and the Bee, as well as starring in Madea's Family Reunion.
  Palmer has also starred in films such as The Longshots (2008), Shrink (2009), Animal (2014) and Hustlers (2019). In 2012, Palmer starred in four films: Joyful Noise, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, Ice Age: Continental Drift, and Virgin Mary. Besides theatrical films, Palmer has also starred in the television films Knights of the South Bronx (2005), Jump In! (2007), and Rags (2012), among others. Palmer has also had numerous television roles, including the titular lead character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP and the voice role of Aisha in Nickelodeon's Winx Club. Palmer earned $20,000 per episode of True Jackson, VP, which made her the fourth-highest-paid child star on television.
  Palmer was also a series regular in the 2015 Fox horror comedy Scream Queens and the 2019 VH1 slasher Scream. In 2019, Palmer became co-host of daytime talk show Strahan, Sara and Keke on ABC alongside Sara Haines and Michael Strahan, for which she received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host in 2020.
  She released her debut album, So Uncool, on September 18, 2007, through Atlantic Records. The album failed to chart on the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 85 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was preceded by the two singles "Footworkin'" and "Keep It Movin'".
caption: Palmer at Comic Con in 2015
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