Keshia Knight Pulliam Biography

Fast Facts

• At 8 months old, she appeared in a national print ad for Johnson & Johnson
• Made TV debut on Sesame Street when she was 3
• In 1984, she landed her breakout TV gig playing youngest child Rudy Huxtable on the NBC comedy The Cosby Show, a role that was meant to be a boy's part
• Was honored in 1984 with an NAACP Image Award
• Became the youngest female nominated for an Emmy in 1986
• In 1985, she landed her first movie part in The Last Dragon (1985)
• Won a Kid's Choice Award in 1991
• A frequent participant on celebrity-themed game shows, she was crowned the winner of a 2001 special edition of Weakest Link and a 2002 special edition of Fear Factor
• Started a production company called PullPenn in 2008
• Won the first of two NAACP Image Awards in 2009 for her work on the cable series Tyler Perry's House of Payne