Keke Palmer said her parents Sharon and Larry Palmer "were very cautious about the roles I played as a young Black child" when she first started acting ...

“After Akeelah and the Bee, they didn’t think it was good for me to play a drug dealer,” Palmer told ... The actress was around 13 years old when Half Nelson released.

Keke Palmer's parents had a say in what types of roles she took on as a child actress. Palmer's parents first met in drama school and spent time as amateur actors before starting a family. Keke is ...

One of those roles included that of a middle school student in the 2006 award-winning film Half Nelson, which starred Ryan Gosling as a teacher struggling with addiction. “After Akeelah and the Bee, ...