Rudy Huxtable

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Keshia Knight Pulliam as "Rudy Huxtable"
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Keshia Knight Pulliam as "Rudy Huxtable"

Rudith Lillian "Rudy" Huxtable is the name of a fictional character portrayed by actress Keshia Knight Pulliam on the American television sitcom The Cosby Show, which was broadcast on NBC from 1984 until 1992.

Rudy was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1979 and is the youngest of five children born to obstetrician Heathcliff Huxtable and Clair Huxtable, an attorney.

In 1986, Knight Pulliam was nominated for an Emmy for her work as Rudy. Knight Pulliam, who was just six years old at the time, became the youngest actress ever to receive an Emmy nomination.