Photo: Paula R. Lively from Zanesville / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Keshia Knight Pulliam fascinates me as a case study in surviving child stardom with grace. Becoming the youngest Emmy nominee ever as Rudy Huxtable could have defined and confined her entire life, yet she chose Spelman College, rebuilt herself as an adult actress on Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and has since moved behind the camera as a director. That trajectory takes patience and self-knowledge most former child actors never find. The Cosby Show's complicated legacy makes her position harder, not easier, and I respect how steadily she has navigated it. Hers is a quiet, durable kind of success.
Overview
Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress. She landed her breakthrough role as Rudy Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), and became the youngest person to be nominated for an Emmy Award, when she earned a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Keshia Knight Pulliam
- Name (Japanese)
- ケシア・ナイト・プリアム
- Reading
- けしあ・ないと・ぷりあむ
- Born
- April 9, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Spelman College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Cosby Show | — | |
| Notable work | Tyler Perry's House of Payne | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.