A pretty, huggable African-American child actress, Keshia Knight Pulliam brought precocity and good comic timing to the role of Rudy Huxtable, the youngest of the kith and kin peopling NBC's highly popular sitcom, "The Cosby Show" (1984-92). Over the course of the series, she literally grew up before the eyes of audience, moving from a cute little girl to an attractive pre-teen. As Pulliam aged, she branched out in to TV-movies, appearing as "The Little Match Girl" (NBC, 1987), starring in a distaff remake of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (NBC, 1989) and playing the title role in "Polly" (NBC, 1989), a musical loosely adapted from the 1960 Disney film "Pollyanna", and its 1990 sequel "Polly Comin' Home!" (NBC, 1990). After a period out of the limelight, she reemerged as host of the 1996 CBS special "Where Are They Now Part 2" as well as reuniting with her former onscreen parents Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad in a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom "Cosby".In 2002, Pulliam was cast in her first role since graduating from Spelman College. She portrayed the character Temple in the made for television drama "What About Your Friends."
Profession(s):
Actor, model
Sometimes Credited As:
Keisha Knight
Keisha Knight Pulliam
People's Choice Award Favorite Young TV Performer 1988
NAACP Image Award "The Cosby Show" 1986
2005 Appeared in the comedy "Beauty Shop" starring Queen Latifah
2002 Starred in the television feature "What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway"
1990 Reprised role of Polly in the sequel "Polly Comin' Home!" (NBC)
1989 Starred in the ABC TV-movie musical "Polly", directed by Debbie Allen
1987 Essayed first leading role in a made-for-TV film, "The Little Match Girl" (NBC)
1985 Appeared in the feature film, "The Last Dragon"
1984 - 1992 Played Rudy Huxtable on popular NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show"
Began career appearing in print ads and TV commercials
Made acting debut on an episode of the children's show, "Sesame Street"
