Revealed: Keshia Knight Pulliam's Total Wealth in Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Keshia Knight Pulliam has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What is Keshia Knight Pulliam's Net Worth and Salary?

She also starred in "Tyler Perry'sHouse of Payne" from 2007 to 2012. Keshia was nominated for a Primetime Emmy at the age of 6, making her the youngest actor to receive the honor. Knight Pulliam was ranked #27 on VH1's 2014 "100 Greatest Kid Stars" list.

After Knight Pulliam's Johnson & Johnson ad, she began booking commercials and appeared on "Sesame Street" when she was 3 years old. In 1984, she landed the life-changing role of Rudy Huxtable on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show." Keshia appeared on 177 episodes and earned several award nominations for her performance. She also played Rudy in "Back to Next Saturday" (1985), "A Different World" (1987-1988), and "The Earth Day Special" (1990). In 1985, Knight Pulliam made her big screen debut in "The Last Dragon," and in 1987, she appeared in the TV movie "The Little Match Girl." She also co-starred with her TV mom,Phylicia Rashad, in "Polly" (1989) and "Polly Comin' Home" (1990) and appeared in the 1987 made-for-TV movie "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

Keshia Knight Pulliam is an American actress who has a net worth of $2 million. Knight Pulliam is best known for playing Rudy Huxtable, the spunky, pint-sized youngest daughter of Dr. Cliff Huxtable, on the sitcom "The Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992.

Keshia won celebrity versions of "The Weakest Link" in 2001 and "Fear Factor" in 2002 and competed in "Celebrity Mole: Yucatán" in 2004. She then appeared in 2005's "Beauty Shop" and "The Gospel" before landing her award-winning role on the TBS series "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," appearing on 95 episodes. Though the show ended in 2012, it was announced in February 2020 that a ninth season would be airing on BET. Knight Pulliam has also appeared in the films "Cuttin Da Mustard" (2008), "Death Toll" (2008), and "Madea Goes to Jail" (2009) and guest-starred on "Psych" (2010) and "Guys with Kids" (2013). In 2015, Keshia was the first contestant to be eliminated on the seventh season of "The Celebrity Apprentice," and in 2018, she competed on "Celebrity Big Brother" and was the second houseguest evicted after asking to leave the show for personal reasons.

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Keshia Knight Pulliam was born on April 9, 1979, in Newark, New Jersey. She grew up with mother Denise, father James Sr. (a manager), and brothers James, Mshon, and Juwan. When Keshia was just 5 months old, her parents took her to a local talent agency, and at 9 months old, she landed a national print ad for Johnson & Johnson. She studied at Rutgers Preparatory School, and when her family relocated to Virginia after "The Cosby Show" ended, she attended the Potomac School and Foxcroft School. Knight Pulliam graduated from Foxcroft in 1997 and earned a B.A. in sociology from Spelman College in 2001. As a Spelman student, Keshia was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

Keshia's "House of Payne" salary was revealed in 2012 when she was sued by her former talent agency over unpaid commissions. According to the lawsuit, talent agency Greene & Associates claimed it agreed to take her on as a client in 2007 in exchange for a standard 10% commission cut. Greene & Associates claimed it helped procure Keshia the role on "House of Payne." In early seasons, she was paid $7,500 per episode. At her peak in the last several seasons, she earned $20,000 per episode. There were 22 episodes per season in later seasons, so that would have worked out to around $440,000 pre-tax earnings per year in those seasons. Greene & Associates claimed they were owed $100,000 in unpaid commissions at the time of the 2012 filing (which implied prior gross earnings of $1 million) and $250,000 for future commissions.

Ultimately, Keshia Knight Pulliam's financial journey is a testament to their success.

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