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Keke Palmer

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Lauren Keyana “Keke” Palmer is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2006 for her role in Akeelah and the Bee. She was also a series regular on Fox’s Scream Queens (2015–2016) and starred in Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022). She has over 100 acting credits to her name.

In 2015, she released the music video “I Don’t Belong to You”, in which she starts the song in bed with a man and ends up in lingerie at the house of a woman.

This led to quite a bit of speculation regarding Palmer’s sexuality. She has refused to embrace any labels but has certainly implied that she is sexually fluid.

In a People magazine interview, she said,

The video was to represent the young woman today — it’s not the traditional woman anymore — and not the specifics of “Am I gay? Am I straight? Am I bi?” I’m making the rules for myself, and I don’t have to be stuck down to one label.[1]

In 2023, she discussed her journey of embracing her sexuality in an interview in episode three of The Best Podcast Ever with Raven and Miranda, discussing her attraction to both men and women and the challenges she faced as a child star grappling with her sexuality. 

She recalled questioning if she could truly be herself, feeling societal pressures that made her overthink her identity. Palmer’s awareness of her sexuality began at a young age, but she suppressed these thoughts until her late teens, keeping her attraction to women private because she also liked men. It wasn’t until she was around 17 or 18 that she decided to explore her bisexuality.

Because I like guys too, it was like, “That’s another little extra thing that no one really has to know about, I don’t really have to live out.”

Beyond her screen and music achievements, Palmer expanded into digital media with her critically acclaimed podcast Baby, This Is Keke Palmer launched in 2021. The show blends candid conversations about mental health, sexuality, and Black womanhood with humor, featuring guests like Lena Waithe and Janelle Monáe.

This era also highlights Palmer’s relentless versatility: hosting NBC’s game show Password (2022–present), voicing Izzy Hawthorne in Pixar’s Lightyear (2022), and co-founding the girl group DivaGurl as lead singer. Her 2024 memoir, Master of Me, and Emmy-winning digital series, Turnt Up with the Taylors, underscore her relentless and versatile work. Palmer’s career is truly a master at reinventing herself, and we celebrate that she refuses to be boxed in.