Meet Keshia Knight Pulliam, the ever-adorable actress who played Rudy Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”. See her biography, photos and video here.
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Having fallen out of the spotlight for awhile, Keshia made news again last year when she was rumored to have a pretty bad cocaine addiction. Most recently she was seen at Denver Nuggets star Kenyon Martin’s New Year’s Eve/30th Birthday party.
As a biography, Keshia Knight Pulliam was born April 9, 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, so her age is 28. Keshia started acting from the age of 3 on “Sesame Street”, but she landed it big in 1984 when she got the role of Rudy Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”, which she played until 1992. When she was six, she was even nominated for a supporting actress Emmy. Keshia has continued acting, her biggest role being the film “Beauty Shop”.
Pulliam graduated in 2001 from Spelman University. The next year she participated in a celebrity episode of “Fear Factor”, which she won. She’s also won a celebrity episode of “The Weakest Link”.
Keshia has been trying to shed her good girl Huxtable image since she left the show. In 2004, she shot a 6-page lingerie and swimsuit spread for Black Men magazine. She also starred in one of Chingy’s music videos, “One Call Away”. Of her attempts of breaking the Rudy shell, Keshia says,
“I knew it was going to be a shock for people because people are used to seeing me as a little girl, as Rudy from ‘The Cosby Show’ at 10 years old. I have to let them know that now I’m a woman.”
In 2006, it was reported that Pulliam was struggling with a cocaine addiction. That would be interesting considering in the interview below she discusses how she became the well-adjusted child star she is today.
Keshia is ranked 11th on E!’s list of “50 cutest child stars all grown up”.
In the past, Pulliam has dated Quentin Richardson of the New York Knicks.
See more photos of Keshia Knight Pulliam and a video below.
Keshia Knight Pulliam Photos
Interview with Keshia Knigh Pulliam - Video
January 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I can tell that you are a very smart person. And sweet too. I saw a commercial with this girl on it from Baldwin Hill. She looks just like you. She’s smart too. I thought that it was you, but my roomate disagreed with me. So we looked it up online and it turns out that my roomate was right. I wasn’t too surprised though, because I knew that you were way too smart to be on that show baldwin hill. That show has a bunch of drama going on, and boy was I a fool for thinking that it was you. You’re too smart for that nonsense. But anyway, when I watched that interview, I heard you say a lot of stuff that is true and sends out a good message. If these bad little boys who sag and think that drugs are cool heard that, it would probably change the way that they think. And if these crazy ghetto teenage girls who don’t think much of themselves and end up getting knocked up heard that, it would change the way they think too. Well, I have to go, but I hope you got my message and stay away from drugs, and stay safe. I wish you only the best. Well, Goodbye.