Keshia Knight Pulliam

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Background information <tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Keshia Knight Pulliam</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">April 9, 1979 (age 27)</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Newark, New Jersey, United States</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Acting/Model</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">Acting/Model</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1982 - present</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">[1]</td></tr>

Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is an American actress of Jamaican descent.

She is most recognized and remembered for her role as Rudy Huxtable on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show. She 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.

Knight Pulliam attended Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, New Jersey and graduated from Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. She graduated from Spelman College in 2001 and participated in a celebrity version of Fear Factor in 2003. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

In 2004, Knight Pulliam posed for a six-page lingerie and swimsuit layout in Black Men magazine in an attempt to get rid of her Rudy "little girl" image. The same year, she starred in Chingy's music video for "One Call Away".