Keke Palmer has been within the highlight since childhood, charming audiences as Akeelah in “Akeelah and the Bee,” Nikki in “Madea’s Household Reunion,” and most not too long ago as Dreux in “One among Them Days.” In between these main tasks, Palmer was launched to an entire new viewers on Nickelodeon because the star of “True Jackson, VP.” Now, forward of her newest film hitting theaters this Friday, Palmer is wanting again on her time because the fictional vice chairman of a significant style model, and revealing whether or not she’d ever contact the function once more.
Talking with Parade, Palmer was able to reply when requested whether or not she’d contemplate stepping again into the function of True within the Nickelodeon authentic collection.
“Oh yeah. I’m a kind of folks that began appearing as a child that actually nonetheless loves my child work,” Palmer mentioned. “Not all the pieces I can revisit as a result of perhaps there’s not a narrative there—however by way of wanting again, I’ve no disgrace.”
“True Jackson, VP” aired on Nick from 2008 to 2011 and adopted Palmer, a 15-year-old woman who landed a task as an government at a high-powered NYC style model.
In the present day, Palmer mentioned she might see her character as the top of the corporate or in one other management function.
“She is curating areas, and she or he’s being simply the boss like she actually grew to become,” Palmer shared, including that her character was thrown into maturity at an early age. “… so she’s now coping with having to return and perceive the areas by which she was not cultivating—whether or not that’s love or friendships or simply issues that began to run whenever you’re on the market chasing your dream and being bold,” she mentioned.
Palmer added, “She’s going to revisit that a part of herself that she stored deferring.”
Keke Palmer Mentioned Her New Position In ‘I Love Boosters’ Reminds Her Of True Jackson
Palmer’s latest function as Corvette within the Boots Riley-directed “I Love Boosters” has despatched the actress down reminiscence lane, as she not too long ago mentioned that her new movie reminds her of “True Jackson, VP.”
In “I Love Boosters,” coming to theaters Might 22, 2026, Palmer leads a bunch of thieves who steal and resell garments from an ultra-wealthy dressmaker.
“It’s so humorous, it was reminding me of True Jackson, VP,” Palmer mentioned simply days in the past, earlier than joking that there have been some variations together with her co-stars.
“The entire Christie Smith [played by Demi Moore], she was not a pleasant Max Madigan, OK, she was not!” Palmer joked.
Keke Palmer Mentioned Starring In Her Personal Present Was ‘Unimaginable’
When “True Jackson, VP” aired, Palmer joined an elite record of Black actresses with their very own exhibits, together with Tia and Tamera Mowry and, in fact, Raven Symoné.
Throughout her dialog with Parade, Palmer mentioned taking part in the titular function of True Jackson within the early 2000s was “one of the vital unbelievable, distinctive and particular occasions in my life.”
The mom of 1 defined that she skilled “many grand firsts” in her life, and grew up eager to be like Symoné, who made headlines after showing in “The Cosby Present” and her Disney authentic, “That’s So Raven.”
“It was so cool to have my very own present,” Palmer mentioned.
Being The Lead Of Her Personal Present Was A Lot For Palmer To Deal with
However together with her personal present additionally got here laborious work and sacrifice.
Palmer mentioned it took her a while to return to phrases with the “troublesome actuality” of being a baby star. “There was a lot that got here with fame; it modified my life,” she mentioned.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t appear to be the 32-year-old would change her expertise for the world, saying she “liked working” on “True Jackson, VP” and the sensation of being on the present’s set together with her family and friends.
“I hope and need that at some point I can do one other sitcom with the stay studio viewers once more,” she mentioned.
Palmer Recalled One other Youngster Star Flexing His Black Card
During the last a number of months, Palmer has spoken about life as a baby actress.
In accordance with a earlier report from The Blast, she recalled being shocked when, at age 14, she was hanging out with “Everyone Hates Chris” star Tyler James Williams and he pulled out a black American Specific card.
“All of us hanging out, kicking it, and we go someplace,” Palmer mentioned. “Tyler James, 14, he pull out a Black Card, and we was like, ‘What the h-ll is that?’ He’s like, ‘It’s a Black Card.’”
Palmer joked that she was caught off guard within the second earlier than saying it was rumored that Williams was making over six figures per episode again then.
“It was means totally different for me,” she joked about her Nickelodeon wage. “It was totally different. He was on community, however I used to be doing my factor.”
