Keke Palmer is an American actress, rapper, singer, songwriter, and presenter. She is best known for her debut album So Uncool and the hit single Keep It Movin. As an actress she is popular for her appearance in movies like Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Ice Age: Continental Drift, and Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom.
Keke Palmer's early life
Keke P[almer was born Lauren Keyana Palmer on 26th August 1993 in Harvey, Illinois. She is the daughter of Larry Palmer and Sharon Palmer. They were both former professional actors.
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She is an American by birth and her ethnicity is African-American. She has not disclosed her academic qualifications.
Keke Palmer's personal life, affairs, and relationships
In 2010, Keke began dating Rodney King. Rodney King is an African - American guy. They continued this love affair for about three years and even planned to get married to be one another spouse, but unfortunately, they called off their relationship at the end of 2013.
A few months later after she broke up with King, Keke was seen with Quincy Brown. Quincy Brown is an actor, singer, and model and he is best known for being the son of model and actress Kim Porter and Sean Combs.
They began their romantic love life in October 2013 and split up in March 2014. They resumed their love life in June 2014. Keke's parents are happily married and there is no sign of them getting divorced.
Keke Palmer's professional career
In 2002, Keke auditioned for the musical The Lion King but she was not offered a role in this musical. Two years later, she won the role of Gina's niece in an American comedy-drama film Barbershop 2: Back in Business, featuring Ice Cube.
That year she was also seen in Television series like Cold Case, Strong Medicine, and The Wool.
Her breakthrough role as an actress came in 2006 after she portrayed the role of Akeelah Anderson in an American drama film Akeelah and the Bee.
She is also well acclaimed for her role in the movies like The Longshots, Shrink, Ice Age: Continental Drift, starring Denis Leary, and so on.
Besides acting, she is also known for being a singer. In 2007, she featured on the single It's My Turn Now. Her debut EP Keke Palmer was released on the 17th of July 2007. Two months later, she released her debut album under the title So Uncool.
Keke Palmer's net worth and salary
Her net worth is $8.5 million. Keke has endorsement deals with several brands and products such as with shoe and accessory online subscription service ShoeDazzle and makes around $500 thousand from endorsements.
With income from endorsements and an acting career, she generates annual revenue of over $1 million.
In 2008, she starred the lead role of True Jackson in the TV series True Jackson, VP, for this role she earned the salary of $20,000 per episode.
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