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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.

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2026 The Angry Birds Movie 3 as (voice)

2025 Good Fortune as Elena

2025 The Pickup as Zoe

2025 Just Keke as Herself Director, Executive Producer

2025 The Backup as Alyssa Producer

2025 I Love Boosters as Corvette

2025 Gods Unknown as Kate Vance

2025 Super Toys

2025 Being Mortal

2025 Untitled One of Them Days Sequel as Dreux

2025 Moxie Producer

2025 One of Them Days as Dreux Executive Producer

2024 The Greatest Love Story Never Told as Self

2024 This Is Me…Now as Scorpio

2023 Under the Boardwalk as Ramona (voice)

2023 Big Boss as Keke Palmer Director, Writer, Producer

2023 Keep Me In Mind Executive Producer

2022 Nope as Emerald Haywood

2022 Lightyear as Izzy Hawthorne (voice)

2022 Halftime as Self

2022 Alice as Alice Executive Producer

2021 Come Home as Angie (voice)

2020 2 Minutes of Fame as Sky

2020 The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self

2019 Hustlers as Mercedes

2018 Pimp as Wednesday Executive Producer

2018 The A-Z of Aaliyah as Self

2016 Ice Age: Collision Course as Peaches (voice)

2016 Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade as Peaches (voice)

2016 Grease Live as Marty

2015 Brotherly Love as Jackie Taylor

2014 Animal as Alissa

2014 The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma

2014 Imperial Dreams as Samaara

2013 Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story as Rozanda 'Chilli' Thomas

2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story as Carlina White

2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift as Peaches (voice)

2012 Rags as Kadee Worth Producer

2012 Joyful Noise as Olivia Hill

2011 Winx Club - The Shadow Phoenix as Aisha

2009 Shrink as Jemma

2009 Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self

2008 Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Crystal Tortoise (voice)

2008 The Longshots as Jasmine

2007 Cleaner as Rose Cutler

2007 Jump In! as Mary Thomas

2006 Akeelah and the Bee as Akeelah Anderson

2006 Madea's Family Reunion as Nikki

2005 Knights of the South Bronx as Kenya Russell

2004 The Wool Cap as Lou

2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Gina's Niece

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7.22 Music 9

6.90 Mystery 2

6.89 TV Movie 7

6.87 Fantasy 3

6.72 Animation 8

6.71 Family 10

6.68 Romance 3

6.61 Science Fiction 3

6.52 Drama 19

6.49 Comedy 18

6.45 Adventure 4

6.44 Action 1

6.34 Crime 3

5.97 Horror 2

5.93 Thriller 4