keisha knight pulliam started working when she was still in diapers and would go on to become an
emmy nominated actress when she was just six years old after the role that made her famous was over
she continued working completed her education and unlike many other child stars managed to
stay completely scandal-free that wouldn't be the case forever though as she eventually had
to publicly deal with some personal drama that would test her in ways she never imagined american
actress keisha naipolium was born in newark new jersey the oldest of four and the only girl she
made her professional debut at eight months old in a national print advertisement for johnson and
johnson baby products by age three she would become a series regular appearing in a number
of episodes over the next couple of years on the educational children's television series
sesame street two years later in 1984 she would land the role she would become best known for
as rudy huxtable on the number one hit sitcom the cosby show she would play the role for the entire
eight year run of the show keisha became the youngest actress to be nominated for an emmy award
receiving a nomination at age six for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series after
the cosby show came to an end she continued working appearing in television commercials
tv shows and films kisha also pursued higher education and received a bachelor of arts
degree in sociology from spelman college in 2001. also at this time she began a streak
of appearing on various reality tv shows such as fear factor the weakest link and celebrity mole
yucatan if cosby show fans weren't aware of just how grown up little rudy was now
they would find out when she was featured in a 2004 spread in black men magazine
the following year she played the role of darnell in the comedy film beauty shop with queen latifah
in 2008 she started her own production company and began what would be another long-standing tv
role when she joined the cast of the tyler perry sitcom house of pain the role earned her several
naacp image awards for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series he should then took on
a very outside the box role playing a prostitute in another tyler perry production his 2009 comedy
drama film madea goes to jail in 2010 kisha established cam kizzy a non-profit organization
with the goal to inspire empower and develop youth between the ages of 11 to 16. three years later
she returned to reality tv again this time as a contestant on the celebrity diving show splash
unfortunately she was first to be eliminated also that year kisha began one of her more high profile
relationships when she began dating radio and tv personality darian morgan better known as big
tigger she became a contestant on the celebrity apprentice season seven a couple of years later
keisha followed in her splash footsteps becoming again the first person eliminated after being the
losing project manager for her team keisha decided to then give podcasting a try and debuted her very
own show called candidly keisha in 2015. on new year's eve that year keisha shocked many fans
after becoming engaged to former nfl linebacker ed hartwell after dating for four months
a major reason for the surprise was that people were under the impression that she was
still in a relationship with big tigger he even started receiving an abundance of congratulatory
messages from his friends apparently he and keisha quietly ended their relationship
several months before ed came into the picture and thanks to us weekly running the story
alongside a photo of tigger instead of ed people naturally assumed tigger was the groom to be
keisha and ed were married the very next day after the engagement january 1st in her atlanta home
the honeymoon however would be over just as fast just six months later ed would file for divorce
prior to this news keisha had recently revealed that she was pregnant after the
divorce bombshell she spoke out about ed accusing her of being unfaithful in their marriage in an
exclusive interview with entertainment tonight he also requested a dna test to prove paternity
kisha maintained that it was actually ed who stepped out of their marriage not her after
he confessed his indiscretions she initially took steps to initiate a divorce ed's apologies
and promises though convinced her to reconsider only for him to turn around and file for divorce
himself ed told his side of the story to page six saying that keisha was adamant about getting
married and having a baby right away he claimed that he wanted to slow things down and that he
wasn't sure if he was truly in love with her he added that paternity of the baby was in question
because they had stopped having relations due to her steadfastness about having a child she also
frequently stayed out late as well as traveled out of town and didn't keep in touch with him he even
had thoughts of the baby possibly belonging to ex-boyfriend big tigger keisha would give
birth to their daughter in january 2017. their divorce was finalized in april the following year
keisha received primary custody of their child and ed was ordered to pay child support
of about three thousand dollars a month no matter what was going on in keisha's personal life
she was not going to let that stop her from accomplishing her professional goals
she tapped into her love of food and cooking and started keisha's kitchen company which offers
several types of dried spice blends which can be added to a variety of dishes later that year kisha
was seen by bill cosby's side as she supported him during his sexual assault trial she spoke publicly
that while she doesn't condone sexual assault in any form she believes that a person is innocent
until proven guilty and that's not the man she experienced in 2018 kisha was a house guest on
the first season of celebrity big brother she would be the second person evicted from the house
then lifetime came calling over the next two years she starred in several movies for the television
network in 2019 keisha and her business partner aryan simone founded the fearless fund with less
than one percent of venture capital given to women of color in the u.s the company's mission
is to support early stage businesses with the tools they need to access funding since
forming they've committed to investing millions in pre-seed seed and series a startups led by women
of color the following year more drama between keisha and ed hartwell would start up again online
gossip and entertainment magazine bossip reported that keisha had accused her ex-husband of being a
deadbeat father and failing to provide for their child to the tune of almost 32 thousand dollars
she also wanted him behind bars for the offense keisha's personal life would take a happy turn in
december of that year when she became engaged to actor brad james they began dating the year before
after working together on the set of the tv movie pride and prejudice atlanta they actually already
met a couple of times before then but keisha admits that she didn't remember the interaction
2021 would turn out to be a very productive and positive year for keisha she's still a part of
the house of pain family that is currently airing its 10th season in may she became the new global
education ambassador for hair care and beauty brand myell organics the company joined forces
with rutgers university and the newark business hub to provide chances for select aspiring black
women entrepreneurs to receive educational business support and an opportunity to compete
for funding of their ventures the brand's founder and ceo monique rodriguez said kisha was selected
because of her passion for providing opportunities for mentorship education and venture capital for
black women keisha also finally found her happily ever after with brad this year when they married
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