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Keke Palmer
Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress, singer, and television host. 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.
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entertainment · American actress, singer, and television host (born 1993) · actor · singer · television actor · film actor · voice actor · recording artist · musician · also Keke Palmer, Lauren Keyana Palmer, Lauren Palmer, Keke, Palmer
Born 26 August 1993 · Q273044
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2026· 11 entries
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ELLE: Keke Palmer and Sean Evans’s Complete Relationship Timeline
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Page Six: Keke Palmer shares blistering ‘warning shot’ as fans fear Sean Evans ‘fumbled’ romance: ‘Go to hell’
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NBC announced Palmer would be the new host of The Voice in its 31st season set to premiere in 2027, replacing long-time host, Carson Daly
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Awarded Time 100 (2026).
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Public attention spiked: 47,563 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.6× the usual 8,570, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Television Corrected pronoun
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Public attention spiked: 37,483 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 8,570, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Health Fixed the name of PCOS to the official new naming of PMOS
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Released ep “I Love Boosters: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Palmer posted in an Instagram caption that she is "almost 100% sure [she's] asexual
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Palmer began serving as a mentor for UCLA students studying in the School of Theater, Film and Television as part of their "Artist-In-Residence" program
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2025· 2 entries
Released album “Just Keke”.
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Palmer co-headlined the film One of Them Days with SZA and received widespread critical acclaim
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2024· 1 entry
Palmer disclosed that she was molested as a child and did not realize it until she read a book about sexual abuse
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2023· 4 entries
Released album “Big Boss”.
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It was announced that Palmer was set to star alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in the David O
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“always felt accepted by and a part of”
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Palmer said she had "always felt accepted by and a part of" the LGBTQ community
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2022· 4 entries
Palmer announced she was expecting her first child with Jackson
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Palmer starred in Alice, directed by Krystin Ver Linden, which had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival
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Palmer said she prefers to go by Lauren and said she would like to be called by her given name "more than anything"
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Palmer launched a digital entertainment content platform, titled KeyTV Network
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2021· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series (2021).
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And released her second book, Master of Me, a hybrid memoir and self-help manual, in 2024
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Hosted the reality competition series Foodtastic for Disney+
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2020· 3 entries
Released ep “Virgo Tendencies, Pt. II”.
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Released album “Virgo Tendencies, Pt. I”.
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Marched in Hollywood, California, as part of the George Floyd protests
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2019· 1 entry
As part of the #YouKnowMe campaign, she shared via Twitter that she had an abortion at the age of 24
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2017· 1 entry
Palmer released her memoir, I Don't Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice
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2016· 2 entries
Released ep “Lauren”.
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Released album “Waited to Exhale”.
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2014· 1 entry
Starred in the horror film Animal, which was released on June 17
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2013· 1 entry
Palmer portrayed Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas in the TLC biopic, CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, which aired in October on VH1
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “Keke Palmer”.
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Palmer starred in the film Joyful Noise, released in January 2012
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special for True Jackson, VP (2011).
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Published video “JANAE - Kanye West And Jay-Z H.A.M Remix”.
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Released album “Awaken”.
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2010· 4 entries
Published video “Janae - Black And Yellow Wiz Khalifa Remix Video”.
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Published video “Janae - Black And Yellow Wiz Khalifa Remix”.
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Published video “Janae - I'm Beamin' Lupe Fiasco Remix/New Mixtape: Ain't About Fame”.
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Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special for True Jackson, VP (2010).
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2009· 5 entries
Published video “FOLLOW ME: STUDIO”.
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Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special for True Jackson, VP (2009).
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Published video “Diva Freestyle”.
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Published video “Green Light-Janae”.
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Reported net worth: $7.5M (as of 2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Palmer began her starring role as the title character in Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP
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2007· 4 entries
Released album “So Uncool”.
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Released ep “Keke Palmer”.
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Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Akeelah and the Bee (2007).
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Awarded Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress for Akeelah and the Bee (2007).
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Akeelah and the Bee (2006).
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Palmer had her acting breakthrough starring in the film Akeelah and the Bee, playing the titular Akeelah, a bright 11-year-old who comes from a poor neighborhood and competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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2005· 1 entry
Signed a record deal with Atlantic Records
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2004· 1 entry
Palmer gained her first film role in Barbershop 2: Back in Business
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2002· 1 entry
Auditioned for a stage production of The Lion King at age nine
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1993· 2 entries
In Harvey, Illinois, and was raised in nearby Robbins, Illinois
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Born 1993-08-26.
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