Keke Palmer accepts the Entertainer of the Year award onstage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) In December,

Keke Palmer won the top prize at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards, scoring the Entertainer of the Year prize. The “One of Them Days” actress expressed surprise at the win, admitting in her acceptance speech that she thought Cynthia Erivo would take the award.

Keke Palmer was named entertainer of the year at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards, which were held at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. on Saturday (Feb. 22). The other nominees in the category were Cynthia Erivo , Kendrick Lamar , Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe.