Keshia Knight Pulliam was born on 9 April 1979, in Newark, New Jersey USA, and is a popular actress, perhaps still best remembered for her role when a child actress in the TV sitcom The Cosby Show. She is also known for her role in “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”, but during her career as an actress Keshia has won several NAACP Image Awards, and was nominated for Emmy Award in 1984.
So you might wonder how rich is Keshia Knight Pulliam, as of late 2017? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that Keshia’s net worth is over $14 million dollars, mainly coming from Pulliam’s career as an actress which began in the early 1980s, and which might become higher as her career continues.
Keshia Knight Pulliam Net Worth $14 Million
Keshia appeared in her first commercial – for Johnson & Johnson – when she was only 9 months old. When Pulliam was three years old she became a part of “Sesame Street”, and the movie entitled “Polly”. After that Keshia’s net worth started to grow quickly – one of her most famous roles was that of Rudy in “The Cosby Show” created by Bill Cosby, Michael J. Leeson and Ed. Weinberger from 1984-92. Other movies and shows that Keshia has appeared in include “The Last Dragon”, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”, then in 2002 Pulliam participated in “Fear Factor” and “The Weakest Link,” and won both of these shows. In 2004 Keshia appeared in Chingy’s music video for the song entitled One Call Away, and all these projects added steadily to Keshia Knight Pulliam’s net worth.
In addition, the following year Keshia acted in the movie entitled “Beauty Shop”, directed by Bille Woodruff, in which she had an opportunity to work with such actors as Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Alfre Woodard, Adele Givens and many others. In 2008 Keshia became a part of “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” through 2012, which also gained a lot of success and boosted Keshia’s popularity, not to mention that it had a huge impact on the growth of Pulliam’s net worth. There are more movies that Keshia has appeared in, including “Death Toll” in 2008, “Madea Goes to Jail” 2009 and others among over 20 TV productions. All these appearances increased Keshia’s net worth – additionally, Pulliam was a part of “Splash” in 2013, and “The Celebrity Apprentice Season 7” in 2015, but was the first eliminated in both TV shows.
Just to mention that despite her acting commitments, Keisha didn’t neglect her education, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Spelman College in 2001.
In her personal life, Keisha Knight Pulliam married American Football player Edgerton Hartwell in 2016, and their daughter was born in 2017; however, meantime Hartwell had apparently filed for divorce, apparently a somewhat acrimonious situation still to be resolved, including custody of their daughter!
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