Keshia Knight Pulliam was born on April 9, 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is an Emmy nominated Jamaican American actress.

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.

She graduated from Spelman College in 2001 and participated in, and won, a celebrity version of Fear Factor in September 2002. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

She is best known for her role as Bill Cosby's youngest daughter and child, Rudy Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show.

She also appeared in The Last Dragon (1985), Beauty Shop (2005), The Gospel (2005) and Death Toll (2007).

Filmography

• "House of Payne" (1 episode, 2007)
• Death Toll (2007)
• Cuttin Da Mustard (2006)
• The Gospel (2005)
• Beauty Shop (2005)
• Christmas at Water's Edge (2004) (TV)
• Motives (2004)
• What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway (2002) (TV)
• "Cosby" (1 episode, 1997)
• "The Cosby Show" (177 episodes, 1984-1992)
• Polly: Comin' Home! (1990) (TV)
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989) (TV)
• Polly (1989) (TV)
• "A Different World" (3 episodes, 1987-1988)
• The Little Match Girl (1987) (TV)
• The Last Dragon (1985)

Awards

• People's Choice Award Favorite Young TV Performer 1988
• NAACP Image Award "The Cosby Show" 1986