Keshia Knight Pulliam may be one of the most recognizable faces on Celebrity Big Brother. She has a huge following from her days on The Cosby Show, and she’s, unfortunately, been involved in a lot of scandalous news lately. Despite the drama surrounding Keshia, she’s ready to reintroduce fans and the world to the sweetheart they used to love.
It’s hard to imagine someone who knows nothing about Keisha, but we’re sure those people exist. To familiarize yourself, or get a refresher, with some of her biggest and most interesting achievements, here are five fun facts about Big Brother: Celebrity Edition’s Keshia Knight Pulliam.
1. She’s one of Tyler Perry’s Regulars
Tyler Perry cast Keshia in her breakout adult role as Miranda Payne on House of Payne. She appeared on the show from 2007-2012. Keshia won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for this role.
In 2009, Keshia reunited with Perry to play Candace ‘Candy’ Washington in Madea Goes to Jail.
2. She Has Her Own Podcast
Since 2015, Keshia has had her own podcast called Kandidly Keshia. The podcast covers a wide range of topics and Pulliam gives her opinions and insight about them, as well as sharing some details about her life.
The show is broadcasted weekly, with the length of the episodes varying from about 20 minutes to about an hour. Kandidly Keshia currently has over 100 episodes, and the last one was recorded and posted on January 26, 2018.
3. She’s a Video Star
Keshia has appeared in two music videos. The first was in 2004 as the love interest of Chingy in ‘One Call Away.’
In 2010, she appeared in the video for Tank’s cover of the Bonnie Raitt classic ‘I Can’t make You Love Me.’
4. She Has the Longest Running Career Among the Celebrity Big Brother cast
Mark McGrath has been in the music industry for over 30 years. Chuck Liddell has been in his industry for over 20 years. However, neither of them compare to how long Keshia has been in the film industry.
She began her acting career at only nine months, appearing in a Johnson and Johnson ad. Keshia is only 38, but already been in show business for about 36 years. At three years old, she became a regular on Sesame Street. Then at five, she became Rudy Huxtable.
In 1986, At the young, young age of six, she was nominated for an Emmy award.
5. A Reality Competition Show Queen
Keshia has appeared on a lot of reality shows, especially ones involving competitions. We already mentioned that she appeared on the same season of Celebrity Apprentice as Brandi Glanville. Besides that, Keshia appeared on Celebrity Mole, The Weakest Link, Fear Factor, and Splash.
Keshia won The Weakest Link and Fear Factor. This shows that she’s good at trivia, and willing to endure to win. She might be more of a mental and physical threat than the Celebrity Big Brother houseguests are expecting. We’ll have to see if she can use her trivia skills to outwit, outlast, and outplay the other celebrities.
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