Keke Palmer, who is an American actress, TV personality, and singer, was born on 26 August 1993 in the US. She has been very popular for her choice of roles she has played in productions, which have ranged from comedies to various dramatic roles too. She has also been known for receiving one of the most popular Primetime Emmy Awards. In the year of 2019, it had also been reported that Keke was a part of the list of the ‘Most Influential People in The World’.
In the recent news which has been coming out for the actress for her time at a party, it has been shown that there is a debate about the dress which she had worn there. In the video, she is shown in a dance with another famous singer ‘Usher’, while the latter is performing one of the most popular songs of his career, titled ‘There Goes My Baby’. This party had been organized by the ‘King of R&B’, at his Las Vegas house very recently. It has been mentioned in the reports that Keke’s ex Darius Jackson had been active in criticizing her choice of outfit.
Keke Palmer Net Worth 2024
Keke Palmer has been known for years for her roles in movies such as ‘Barbershop 2: Back in Business’, which was released in 2004 as her first film. Her roles as a child actress were noticed by the films that had come out in the 2000s such as ‘Jump In’ (2007), ‘The Longshots (2008), and ‘Shrink’ (2009). She has also been able to receive various important awards such as five times winner of the ‘NAACP Image Award’, nominations for a ‘Daytime Emmy Award’ and a ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’.
At the age of 29, she has also been known for her singing ability, and her debut studio album was released in the year 2007, titled ‘So Uncool’. She made a big transition from a child actress to a mature actor with the release of one of her biographical production movies ‘CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story’, which was released in 2013. Following this, she played the role of ‘Ella’ in the musical ‘Rodgers+Hammerstein’s Cindrella’ starting in 2014 and until 2015. She has also been in the Fox horror series, which has a satirical theme and is popularly called ‘Scream Queens’ from 2015 to 2016.
Keke Palmer Bio & Earnings Overview
| Name | Daytime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award, NAACP Image Award & Screen Actors Guild Award |
| Born | 26th August 1993 |
| Age | 29 |
| Birthplace | Harvey, US |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer & TV Personality |
| Children | 1 |
| Family | Larry Palmer (father) Sharon Palmer (mother) Loreal Palmer & Lawrencia Palmer (sisters) |
| Nominations | Daytime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Awards, NAACP Image Award & Screen Actors Guild Award |
| Height | 5.6 ft |
| Weight | Over 70 kg |
| Net Worth | Over 10 million USD |
| Debut Album | ‘So Uncool’ |
| Known For | VH1’s ‘CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story’ Biography |
Keke Palmer’s Early Life, Age & Family
Keke Palmer was born on 26th August 1993 with her full birth name as mentioned in various articles as Lauren Keyana Palmer. She was born in the city of Harvey, which is situated in Illinois. Keke had spent most of the early years of her childhood in Cook County. Her family has included her parents, Sharon Palmer (her mother) and Lawrence Palmer (her father) and it has been known that the family had raised Keke in a Catholic faith household. Her parents had also worked as actors before they had chosen for other jobs later on.
It must be noted that the nickname ‘Keke’ is not short for ‘Keyana’, and it must be stated that the name had come about because her sister had an imaginary friend, which she used to call ‘Keke’ before Palmer was born. In the year 2005, Palmer had signed a record deal with the Atlantic Records. That year, Keke had also been a part of the ‘Knights of the South Bronx’. This role helped her gain another opportunity with Disney Chanel when she was booked for the starring role in a pilot, titled ‘Keke & Jamal’, which had never aired.
Keke Palmer Career Beginnings, Income & Breakthrough
After her first film, Keke had a chance to have a career breakthrough by starring in ‘Akeelah and the Bee’, in which she had starred as Akeelah. This role gained her a lot of attention and she also collected awards such as a ‘Black Reel Award’ for the role and also an ‘NAACP Image Award’. Her singing career had also taken off when she announced that she was going to release her first studio album called ‘So Uncool’. Keke’s album was released on 18th September 2007 and the album had charted for 86th number on the Billboard Charts for HipHop/ R&B Albums of the year.
In the year 2008, Palmer starred as the titular character in Nickelodeon’s teen sitcom which was called ‘True Jackson, VP’. This show also had Palmer as a writer and performer for its theme song. Palmer had been paid about 20,000 USD per episode of this show which had also made her one of the top 5 ‘Highest Paid Child Actors’ on TV. She had received one of her first NAACP Image Award nominations for the voiceover role of ‘Aisha’ in another series ‘Winx Club’. Palmer’s mainstream success had come after she had played the role of ‘Rozonda Thomas in the TLC biopic, ‘CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story’, which aired on VH1.
Keke Palmer’s Latest News
In the reports which came out on 03rd December 2022, it had been revealed that Palmer was pregnant with her first child, which she expected with her boyfriend Darius Jackson. The couple has now separated and they have been in recent news after a party event that had taken place at Usher’s Las Vegas residence. A social media video has shown Keke and Usher to be dancing while the ‘King of R&B’ has been performing his previous hit song ‘There Goes My Baby’.
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The video showed Keke to be wearing a black outfit covered by a bodysuit underneath, and it has been noted by fans that her ex Darius had negatively cited the outfit choice made by Keke. Darius also added that he had morals and standards for his family and as a mother, Keke’s choice has been a failure. This had many users and fans berating Darius for shaming Keke about her outfit, as it has been reported.