Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. Palmer made her acting debut in the film Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), and soon received recognition for her starring role in Akeelah and the Bee (2006), for which she won a Chicago Film Critics Association Award and a Young Artist Award. Her career progressed with roles in the films Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Longshots (2008), and Shrink (2009), as well as the television films The Wool Cap (2004) and Jump In! (2007), earning a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance in The Wool Cap.
Palmer released her debut studio album, So Uncool, in 2007 through Atlantic Records. She received recognition for portraying the titular character in the sitcom True Jackson, VP (2008–2011), for which she won four NAACP Image Awards and two BET Awards. She also voiced Aisha in the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club (2011–2015), for which she received another NAACP Image Award nomination. Palmer has since continued her work in television, including the horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015–2016) and the slasher series Scream (2019), as well as films such as Rags (2012), Joyful Noise (2012), and Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Animal (2014), and Hustlers (2019).
In 2019, Palmer became co-host of daytime talk show Strahan, Sara and Keke alongside Sara Haines and Michael Strahan, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2020. That same year, she released her third extended play, Virgo Tendencies, Pt. 1.
Last Updated: June 9, 2021
