Holly Robinson Peete Biography

Fast Facts

• Started the HollyRod Foundation with her husband, 13-year NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, to assist those living with Parkinson's disease and to help families raising children with autism after her father was diagnosed with Parkinson's
• Received the NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Literary Work" for her children's book "My Brother Charlie" in 2011
• Graduated with a degree in psychology and French from Sarah Lawrence College in New York before studying overseas at Sorbonne in France
• Made her television debut at the age of 4, appearing on the children's show "Sesame Street․"
• Was the only original cast member to last through the whole tenure of the TV show "21 Jump Street․"
• Appeared in the music video for "Dance with my Father" by Luther Vandross
• Sang the theme song for "21 Jump Street" while being an actor on the show
• Was proposed to by her husband Rodney Peete on the set of "Hangin' With Mr․ Cooper," where she played the character Vanessa Russell