Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer: Biography in Details

Who is Keke Palmer?

Keke Palmer is an American actress, singer, songwriter, presenter, and television personality.

In addition, she is also a voice artist and has voiced for Ice Age: Continental Drift.

Keke Palmer: Bio, Age, Parents, Siblings, Family

Her birth name is Lauren Keyana Palmer but she is known as Keke Palmer. She was born on August 26, 1993, in Harvey, Illinois, U.S., and is now 29 yrs old.

Her father’s name is Larry Palmer and Sharon Palmer is her mother’s name. KeKe’s parents are former professional actors.

Her father used to work for a polyurethane company and her mother is a high school teacher working with autistic children.

She has three siblings: twins named Lawrencia(sister) and Lawrence Palmer(brother). Her other sister’s name is Loreal Palmer.

Education, School/College University

Keke studied at Rickover Jr. High School in 2001. And later she went to St. Benedict School.

There’s no other information about her education history. She completed her studies at Howard University.

Keke Palmer: Early Profession life and Career

Keke Palmer was very passionate about singing from her childhood. She got her first break in 2004 as an actor, in ‘Barbershop 2: Back in Business.

She also plays the role in an episode of the CBS series ‘Cold Case’ in 2004.

The same year, she appears in a national K-Mart commercial and gets selection in a national search program to play opposite William H. Macy in the movie, ‘The Wool Cap’.

She is good at acting hence she thought of singing and participated in the ‘American Idol’ spin-off series ‘American Juniors’, which was later canceled.

The actor performed a remarkable performance in 2005 when she got a great opportunity to sign with Atlantic Records.

She released her debut single, ‘All My Girlz’ there.

In 2005, she appeared in the television film ‘Knights of the South Bronx’.

After that, she got various other projects and in the same year, she also made guest appearances on three TV series, ‘Second Time Around, ‘ER’ and ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She plays the lead role of ‘Akeelah Anderson’ in Akeelah and the Bee’ in 2006.

The same year, she appears in the film ‘Madea’s Family Reunion’ playing the supporting role.

In November 2006, she performs for VH1’s ‘Save the Music’ Battle of the High School Marching Bands competition held in Carson California.

Later, she also features in the music video for the song ‘Runaway Love’ by Ludacris and Mary J. Blige.

Her song ‘Tonight’ features in the same year. She afterward performs in various movies.

Also, she performed the lead role of Mary in Jump In!, True Jackson, VP, The Longshots, and Shrink in 2008.

She has also featured in most of the songs where she starred. She was again back in her acting career in a supporting role in the thriller movie named ‘Cleaner’.

The movie also starred Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Mendes.

Her debut album, ‘So Uncool’ was released on September 18, 2007.

She released her first mixtape, ‘Awaken’,  which also contains the single ‘The One You Call’. Her self-titled second mixtape was released in 2012.

Furthermore, she has also provided the main voice role in the Nickelodeon series Winx Club from 2011 to 2014.

Likewise also to the character Peaches in the 2012 animation movie ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’.

Talking about her big roles, she has been in the Fox horror series ‘Scream Queens’.

She has been portraying the main character of Payday Williams for two seasons since 2015 there.

She is again back in 2016 with her singles and different hit songs.

On September 13, 2017, she is seen playing the role of Kym in the third season of the MTV slasher television series Scream.

Keke Palmer: Awards, Nominations

Keke Palmer was in various nominations and had also won various awards as she performs remarkable performances in various movies and songs.

She received the BET YoungStars Award in 2014, and 2010. Palmer receives NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture in 2007 for Akeelah and the Bee.

She again receives the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth in 2012, 2011, and 2010, for True Jackson, VP.

Lastly, in 2006, the actress gets a Black Movie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for the role in Akeelah and the Bee.

Keke Palmer: Net Worth, Income, Salary

Keke Palmer is one of the most talented singers and actresses among many worldwide Hollywood stars.

She must have good earnings and her net worth is $8 million as of 2022.

Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

KeKe has rumors that she is not straight and is bisexual.

But she clears in the interview that it is only a rumor.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Her slim and curvy body measures 32-24-33 inches with a 32B Bra Size.

Keke has black hair and dark brown eyes.

Keke Palmer has a height of 5 feet 6 inches and weighs 57 kg.

Her dress size and shoe size are unknown.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Keke Palmer is active on different social media and keeps on updating them with her latest work and photos.

She is active on Instagram and has got more than 10.4M followers.

Likely, she is also seen active on Twitter and has got more than 1.9M  followers.

Then that she also uses Facebook and has got more than 8.4M followers on her Facebook Account.

She has over 785k subscribers on the Youtube channel.

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