Full Name: Lauren Keyana Palmer
Age: 16 Years Old
Birthdate: August 26th 1993
BirthPlace: Robbins, Il.
Location: California
Representatives: William Morris Talent Agency & Untitled Management
Official Website: http://www.kekepalmer.com
IMDb Page: [x]

Acting Career

Palmer rose to fame in 2006, with three films released. Palmer was a main character in the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!, as well as playing a supporting part in Madea's Family Reunion. She also starred as the lead character, Akeelah Anderson, a young girl from South Los Angeles who attempts to win a spelling bee in Akeelah and the Bee. The film was released on April 28, 2006, and Palmer's performance has received several positive notices, including film critic Roger Ebert's comment that she deserved consideration for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

She starred as Jasmine Plummer in the 2008 biopic The Longshots and currently plays the title character on the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP.

She guest starred as the bully in the premiere episode of Tyler Perry's House of Payne and as a celebrity named CeCe on the Nickelodeon series Just Jordan.

In 2007, she was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a movie (for Akeelah and the Bee), and is one of the youngest actresses to be nominated for that award. Keke attended the 2007 Stellar Awards which were shown on BET.

Palmer is scheduled to play rap emcee Roxanne Shante in The Vapors, a film about the formation and rise of the Juice Crew. [5] Palmer was given her own television series on Nickelodeon titled True Jackson, VP which she stars as 15 year old Vice President of a fashion company. The series premiered on November 8, following the iCarly TV Movie "iGo to Japan". She has writtten on her myspace that she is now producing a new film called Oreo which she will be starring in.

Singing Career

Palmer is pursuing a career in singing. She participated in the 2003 American Juniors, an American Idol spin-off, but the show was canceled before Keke's appearance. Palmer signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Her debut single, "All My Girlz," is featured on the Akeelah and the Bee soundtrack. On November 18, 2006, she performed at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California for VH1's Save the Music Battle of the High School Marching Bands, marking her first ever stadium performance in front of thousands of people. In addition, as part of her contract with Disney, Palmer sang the songs "It's My Turn Now" and "Jumpin'" featured in the DCOM Jump In!, in which she also stars as Mary, love interest to Corbin Bleu. She recently finished a song "Keep it movin." Palmer sings the debut single "Come On Come On" from the upcoming Hello Kitty album "Hello World".

She recently appeared in the video for Ludacris' and Mary J. Blige's' "Runaway Love" as Erica. In 2006, Palmer recorded a song called Tonight for the 2006-2007 production Night at the Museum. Palmer's song is featured as the opening song on the end credits.

Her debut album So Uncool was released on September 18, 2007, on Atlantic Records.

She recently signed a record deal with Interscope Records for her Sophmore Album.