"Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am."
Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (born August 26, 1993) is an American actress and singer who rose to fame as a teen actress in the 2000s, specifically for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP and as Aisha in Nickelodeon's Winx Club.
Palmer continued acting into adulthood, becoming well-known for supporting roles in Hustlers and Nope.
In 2005, she became the youngest female ever to be nominated in the lead actress category at the SAG awards, for her role in The Wool Cap.
Selected filmography:
As actor:
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) as Gina's niece
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006) as Akeelah Anderson
- Madea's Family Reunion (2006) as Nikki Grady
- Jump In! (2007) as Mary Thomas
- True Jackson, VP (2008 — 2011) as True Jackson
- Winx Club (2011 — 2015) as Aisha (voice)
- ''Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom' (2012)
- ''Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure' (2013)
- Ice Age (2012 — present) as Peaches (voice):
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Rags (2012) as Kadee Worth
- 90210 (2013) as Elizabeth Royce Harwood
- CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013) as Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas
- Masters of Sex (2014) as Coral Anders
- Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein) (2014-2015) as Cinderella
- Brotherly Love (2015)
- Scream Queens (2015 — 2016) as Zayday Williams
- Grease: Live (2016) as Marty Maraschino
- Project Mc² (2016)
- STAR (2017 — 2019) as Gigi Nixon
- Berlin Station (2017 — 2019) as April Lewis
- Scream: Resurrection (2019) as Kym
- Hustlers (2019) as Mercedes
- Big Mouth (2021) as Rochelle
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022) as Maya
- Legendary (2020-) as herself (Judge) since 2022
- Lightyear (2022) as Izzy
- Nope (2022) as Emerald Haywood
As herself / host:
- Just Keke (2014)
- Strahan, Sara & Keke (2019 — 2020)
- Password (2022-)
Discography
- So Uncool (2007)
- Big Boss (2023)
Keke Palmer shows examples of:
- Self-Backing Vocalist: In her occasional YouTube videos.