Age, Biography, and Wiki
As of 2025, Keke Palmer is 31 years old.
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| Date of Birth | 26 August 1993 |
| Age | 31 Years |
| Birth Place | Harvey, Illinois, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Virgo |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Keke Palmer is reported to be 5 feet 6 inches tall. However, her exact weight is not widely disclosed.
In 2006, 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. Moira Macdonald of The Seattle Times wrote that Palmer "makes an appealing heroine". For the role, she won a Black Reel Award and an NAACP Image Award. She also had a supporting role in the 2006 film Madea's Family Reunion. The following year, Palmer appeared in the thriller Cleaner. She portrayed a lead role in the television film Jump In!. Palmer also starred in two television programs Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Just Jordan. Palmer released her debut album So Uncool on September 18, 2007. The album charted at number 86 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Keke Palmer was in a relationship with Darius Jackson from 2021 to 2023. The couple has a child together. As of 2025, she is listed as single.
She grew up in a Catholic household. Her parents, Sharon and Lawrence "Larry" Palmer, who met in drama school, had both worked as professional actors before settling into full-time jobs. Her father, who is a Catholic deacon, works for a polyurethane company, and her mother is a high school teacher who works with autistic children. In an interview with Glamour in 2022, Palmer said she prefers to go by Lauren and said she would like to be called by her given name "more than anything". Palmer first sang in a church and performed at a stage show at a Chicago tourist destination. In 2002, she auditioned for a stage production of The Lion King at age nine.
Strahan, Sara and Keke ended unexpectedly in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic ended live studio programming through the industry, and ABC decided to shift the timeslot towards news. Palmer later received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host alongside Haines and Strahan. That same year, Palmer began starring in a web television comedy series titled Turnt Up with the Taylors, in which she portrays all of the characters. She released an extended play titled Virgo Tendencies, Pt. 1 on August 28. On August 30, Palmer hosted the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, during which she also performed her song "Snack". She released a follow-up EP – Virgo Tendencies, Pt. 2 – in December 2020. The following year, Palmer won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her performance in Turnt Up with the Taylors. Later in the same year, Palmer briefly hosted a reboot of the classic 90's MTV dating show Singled Out with Joel Kim Booster as her co-host for the short-lived online streaming service network Quibi. In 2021, she hosted the reality competition series Foodtastic for Disney+. In 2022, Palmer starred in Alice, directed by Krystin Ver Linden, which had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. She served as narrator on Not So Pretty, a documentary investigating the beauty industry directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering for HBO Max. Palmer also voiced the character of Izzy Hawthorne in the Pixar animated film Lightyear, a spinoff of the Toy Story film series. That same year, she starred as Emerald Haywood in the Jordan Peele-directed science-fiction horror Nope for which she received critical attention; her performance won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. In August 2022, Palmer debuted as host of an NBC reboot of the game show Password, with Jimmy Fallon as executive producer/permanent celebrity guest. For the last three episodes of Karma's World, in September 2022, Palmer voiced Cece Dupree, a conniving and ruthless rapper.
On February 9, 2023, it was announced that Palmer was set to star alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in the David O. Russell film Super Toys. The film is a period piece set in the 1970s. In June 2023, it was announced Palmer had been invited to join The Academy as an actor. Palmer starred in Usher’s music video for his single "Boyfriend", which was released on August 16, 2023. In June 2024, Palmer started a girl group called DivaGurl; similar to The Pussycat Dolls, where Nicole Scherzinger is the lead singer, Palmer is the lead singer of DivaGurl. In 2025, Palmer co-headlined the film One of Them Days with SZA and received widespread critical acclaim.
Palmer spoke publicly about her turbulent relationship with singer Trey Songz after he allegedly tricked her into being in a music video while at a party in 2017. Palmer accused the singer of "sexual intimidation," disclosing that she hid in a closet to avoid being filmed and berated by Songz, only to later realize that he and his friends had recorded her without prior knowledge or consent. Songz denied the claims during an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show, stating, "I did not put her in the video without her permission. I don't care that much to sneak Keke Palmer in the video for two seconds."
In June 2021, Palmer began dating fitness instructor Darius Jackson. While hosting Saturday Night Live on December 3, 2022, Palmer announced she was expecting her first child with Jackson. Palmer and Jackson separated in October 2023, following a series of alleged incidents surrounding domestic violence throughout their relationship. In November of that year, Palmer was granted a temporary restraining order against Jackson as well as temporary sole custody of their son. She dropped the requests in May 2024 and their domestic violence restraining order hearing was canceled.
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Net Worth
Keke Palmer is active on various social media platforms, including Instagram and Twitter, where she engages with her fans and promotes her projects. However, specific details about her followers or engagement metrics are not provided in the search results.
Education
Overall, Keke Palmer is a dynamic figure in American entertainment, known for her versatility and impact across different media platforms.
As a singer, Palmer has released five extended plays. Outside of acting, she has also hosted the talk shows Just Keke (2014) and Strahan, Sara and Keke (2019–2020), as well as the game show Password since 2022. She recently launched KeyTV Network, an online entertainment content platform, in 2021, and released her second book, Master of Me, a hybrid memoir and self-help manual, in 2024.
Palmer hosts her own podcast, Baby, This is Keke Palmer. Her biography I Don’t Belong to You: Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice was published on January 31, 2017. On August 5, 2024, Palmer announced her second book Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative, which was released on November 19, 2024.
