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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Primarily2026 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