Keshia Knight Pulliam
Keshia Knight Pulliam was born in Newark, New Jersey, United States on April 9th, 1979 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 45, Keshia Knight Pulliam biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979) is an American actress.
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Personal life
Keshia Knight Pulliam was born in Newark, New Jersey, and is the granddaughter of Denise and James Knight Pulliam, Sr., a boss. James Knight Pulliam II, Mshon Knight Pulliam II, and Juwan Pulliam are among her three siblings. Knight Pulliam attended Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey, New Jersey.
When the Cosby Show came to an end in 1992, she and her family moved to Virginia, where Knight Pulliam attended the Potomac School in McLean and Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia, where she graduated in 1997. In 2001, she earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Spelman College. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.'s Eta Kappa Chapter.
Knight Pulliam proposed to former National Football League player Edgerton Hartwell on New Year's Eve, 2015. They were married in Knight Pulliam's Atlanta home the next day, January 1, 2016. On July 25, 2016, Hartwell filed for divorce. Ella Grace Hartwell, who was born on January 23, 2017, gave birth to a daughter. Knight Pulliam was granted primary custody of Ella in April 2018, but Hartwell was ordered to pay child care at about $3,000 a month.
She became engaged to actor Brad James in December 2020. After meeting on the set of the TV film Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta, Knight Pulliam began dating James in 2019. In late September 2021, the couple married in a private ceremony.
Career
In 1986, Knight Pulliam became one of the youngest actresses to be nominated for an Emmy Award, receiving a nomination at age 6 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series. She made her professional debut at 9 months old, in a national print advertisement for Johnson & Johnson baby products. At age 3, she was on Sesame Street. She continued working, appearing in television commercials and TV shows, and making her feature film debut in The Last Dragon (1985). She also appeared in the movies Polly and its sequel Polly: Comin' Home! with her Cosby Show co-star Phylicia Rashad. She is ranked at No. 27 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars".
Knight Pulliam won a celebrity version of Fear Factor in September 2002. She also won a celebrity version of The Weakest Link, and participated in Celebrity Mole: Yucatan. In 2004, she appeared in Chingy's music video for "One Call Away". In 2005, she played Darnelle in Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah. Knight Pulliam performed in Donald Gray's play The Man of Her Dreams in the fall of 2006 in St. Louis. In 2008, she joined the cast of Tyler Perry's House of Payne as Miranda, the new wife of Calvin Payne. The role earned her the 2009 and 2010 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2009, she played Candace "Candy" Washington-Collins in the film Madea Goes to Jail. Knight Pulliam appeared in Tank's 2010 music video for his cover of "I Can't Make You Love Me", playing his love interest.
In 2011, commenting on the fact that only white actors had won Golden Globe Awards that year, she said: "I think that there is definitely work to be done. It can always be more diverse. We live in a very multicultural and global society. More needs to be done to increase the representation of all people and really show the world for what it is. It’s not just one color."
In 2013, she was a contestant on the ABC celebrity diving show Splash. She was first to be eliminated. In 2015, Knight Pulliam was a contestant on the NBC show The Celebrity Apprentice Season 7 and was the first contestant eliminated after being the losing project manager for her team. In 2018, Knight Pulliam was a HouseGuest on the first season of the CBS series Celebrity Big Brother, where she was the second person evicted out of the house, on Day 13.
Awards and nominations
- 1986: Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series (nominated) The Cosby Show
- 2009: NAACP Image Awards Best Supporting Actress in the Comedy Series (won) Tyler Perry's House of Payne
- 2010: NAACP Image Awards Best Supporting Actress in the Comedy Series (won) Tyler Perry's House of Payne
- 2011: NAACP Image Awards Best Supporting Actress in the Comedy Series (nominated) Tyler Perry's House of Payne
- 2012: NAACP Image Awards Best Supporting Actress in the Comedy Series (won) Tyler Perry's House of Payne