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SHRINK, Keke Palmer, 2009

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Where to watchShrink: Amazon Prime Video

14.

The only performer who seems at ease is Palmer, who portrays Olivia Hill.

(We swear we aren’t just saying that because this list is about her.)

JOYFUL NOISE, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, 2012

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Where to watchJoyful Noise: Apple TV+ (to rent)

13.

Where to watchLightyear: Disney+

12.

Palmer stars as Jackie, a young teen who also narrates the film.

Lightyear

Keke Palmer’s Izzy Hawthorne joins forces with Chris Evans' Buzz in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear.'.Pixar

Where to watchBrotherly Love: Netflix

11.

Where to watchAlice: Starz

10.

Where to watchThe Longshots: Tubi

9.

BROTHERLY LOVE, Keke Palmer, 2015

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Where to watchScream: Resurrection: Netflix

8.

Where to watchThe Trip to Bountiful: Amazon Prime Video (with a premium subscription)

7.

Where to watchTrue Jackson, VP: Paramount+

6.

Alice, Keke Palmer, Common, 2022

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As Zayday, Palmer is one off the only characters whom you root for to survive the killer.

Where to watchScream Queens: Hulu

5.

Here, Palmer keeps a hesitant naivete even as her character graduates further and further into moral dubiousness.

THE LONGSHOTS, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, 2008

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Where to watchPimp: Starz

4.

Bambi needs a job to rehabilitate himself, a task which cannot be accomplished without a government ID.

Palmer appears as Samaara, the mother of Bambi’s child, who is now locked up herself.

Keke Palmer, Scream Resurrection, VH1

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Where to watchImperial Dreams: Not available to stream

3.

Where to watchAkeelah and the Bee: Amazon Prime Video

2.

Where to watchHustlers: Philo

1.

THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Keke Palmer, Vanessa Williams, 2014

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Emerald is a terrifically written character as well, a true live-wire catalyst for the ensuing adventure.

Where to watchNope: Amazon Prime Video

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TRUE JACKSON V.P., Keke Palmer, 2008

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SCREAM QUEENS: Chanel #5 (Abigail Breslin, L) and new Sorority Pledges Grace (Skyler Samuels, C) and Zayday (Keke Palmer, R) are horrified on SCREAM QUEENS premiering September 2015 on FOX. u00A92015 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Steve Dietl/FOX

Abigail Breslin, Skyler Samuels, and Keke Palmer in ‘Scream Queens’.Steve Dietl/FOX

Pimp, Keke Palmer, 2018

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Keke Palmer, Imperial Dreams, Netflix, 2014

Netflix

AKEELAH AND THE BEE, Keke Palmer, 2006

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HUSTLERS

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Nope

Keke Palmer as Emerald Haywood in ‘Nope’.Universal Pictures