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Keshia Knight Pulliam born April 9, 1979 is an American actress. She is most recognized for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Currently, she appears as reformed con artist Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy-drama Tyler Perry's House of Payne.
Contents
* 1 Personal life
* 2 Career
* 3 Filmography
* 4 Television
* 5 Awards and nominations
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Personal life
Keshia Knight Pulliam was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Denise and James Pulliam Sr, a manager. She has 3 younger brothers.
Pulliam attended Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey. After The Cosby Show ended her family moved to Virginia, where Pulliam attended the Potomac School (McLean, Virginia) and Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. She received a bachelor of arts degree in Sociology from Spelman College in 2001. Pulliam is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., initiated through the Eta Kappa chapter. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career
Pulliam became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Emmy, at age six for best supporting actress. Even before that — at age 3 — she played Keshia on Sesame Street. Her character on The Cosby Show, Rudy, was known for being the "baby" of the family. She is ranked #19 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". In a 2008 interview, she revealed that when she read for the role of Rudy, when she was only 5, she kept looking away from the director (Jay Sandrich), who finally asked her what she was looking at. She said when pointing to a monitor, "How can you make me on the TV?" Apparently, the director thought her role would be perfect for her: smart as a whip - cute as a bug, or a goldfish. Throughout the show's eight seasons, Pulliam had a wonderful on- and off-screen chemistry with Cosby, as the two shared their own friendships, when not filming. She also said of her TV father and her favorite episode of The Cosby Show, "Mr. Cosby and I, we had a competition going on to see who would do a better job at lip-syncing. That was our little inside thing. I think I did a better job." She also appeared on a 1997 episode of Cosby, playing a different character. Today, she is still friends with Cosby.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

keshia knight pulliam american actress