Holly Robinson Peete: Inspirational Speaker

Actress, author and philanthropist Holly Robinson Peete empowers audiences with inspiring insights on diversity, resilience, advocacy and work-life balance shaped by her decades in entertainment and her family’s lived experiences.

Quick Facts:

  • Highlights:
    • Acclaimed actress, author, talk show host, activist and philanthropist
    • Finalist on Celebrity Apprentice with record breaking fundraising for the HollyRod Foundation
    • Original co host of CBS’s The Talk
    • NAACP Image Award winning co author of My Brother Charlie
  • Formats: Keynote speaker, diversity empowerment advocate and storyteller
  • Audiences: Corporate groups, women’s leadership events, community organizations, parent groups, schools and audiences seeking inspiration, advocacy insights and actionable guidance for navigating modern life.
  • Outcomes:
    1. Practical strategies for work life balance and personal resilience.
    2. Insightful perspectives on advocacy, inclusion and community impact.
    3. Inspiring, real world tools for managing life and career challenges with confidence.
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  • Travels from: Los Angeles, CA
  • **Fee range: $50,001 - $75,000

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Keynote Topics:

In this talk, Holly Robinson Peete offers her “crazy working momma” tips for maintaining a successful work-life balance. Audiences will walk away and inspired and refreshed, knowing that if Holly can do it – so can they!

Robinson Peete’s tips include:

  • Staying prepared and ahead of the curve: If you know better, you do better.
  • Taking care of you: If momma isn’t happy and healthy, no one is!
  • Lights out/work out: Stress, sleep deprivation, and lack of exercise cause not only weight gain, but poor reactions to stress.
  • Delegate: Other people are capable too!
  • Just say no: You can’t please others at your own expense.
  • Remain flexible: Relax, breathe, and go with the flow.
  • Cut yourself some slack: You get another shot tomorrow. Manage and minimize guilt and feelings of failure.

In this presentation, Peete shares with audiences a heartrending, candid look inside the personal journey of their son’s autism and offers a first-of-its-kind, inspirational road map that will help families facing similar challenges move forward.

  • SHARING THE WEALTH OF HEALTH
  • FROM JUMPIN’ TO HANGIN’: BALANCING LIFE
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: NEVER STAND ON THE SIDELINES
  • MATTERS OF LIFE: SUPPORTING THE STRUGGLES OF A LOVED ONE BATTLING CANCER

Talent Short Bio

Holly Robinson Peete is an acclaimed actress, bestselling author, talk show host, activist and philanthropist whose life in the entertainment industry began at age four alongside her father on Sesame Street. Over a career spanning more than two decades, she has become a respected voice for autism, Parkinson’s disease and community empowerment while maintaining a dynamic presence across television, film and media.

Holly has appeared in numerous hit series, including Mike and Molly, the WIGS drama Blue and Access Hollywood Live’s Plugged In panel. She was an original co host of CBS’s The Talk, launched after her widely praised run on Celebrity Apprentice, where she reached the finals and broke fundraising records for the HollyRod Foundation. Her advocacy work placed national focus on causes deeply personal to her family, particularly autism and Parkinson’s.

A celebrated author, Holly won the 2006 Quill Literacy Award for Get Your Own Damn Beer, I’m Watching the Game and co authored the NAACP Image Award winning children’s book My Brother Charlie with her daughter. Her musical talents have also been featured across beloved shows including 21 Jump Street and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, as well as her portrayal of Diana Ross in The Jacksons: An American Dream.

Actress, author, talk show host, activist and philanthropist, Holly Robinson Peete has been touched by the entertainment industry all of her life.  Her career as an actress dates back more than two decades and has led her to becoming a voice for her father, her son and her community.

Robinson Peete can currently be seen weekly on Access Hollywood Live’s “Plugged In” panel. Recently, Holly made an appearance on Youtube’s WIGS’ web series Blue alongside Julie Stiles and also had a recurring role on hit comedy series “Mike & Molly”shortly after successfully launching the CBS daily talk show “The Talk” as one of the original co-hosts.  “The Talk” came on the heels of the enormous success Robinson Peete had on the third season of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice”.

Making it all the way to the finals, Robinson Peete set a fundraising record for her charity, HollyRod Foundation shedding a national spotlight on two causes very personal to the Peete Family: autism and Parkinson’s disease.

Her first book, Get Your Own Damn Beer, I’m Watching the Game: A Women’s Guide to Loving Pro Football, won her the 2006 Quill Literacy Award. A celebrated author, Holly Robinson Peete co-authored with her 12-year-old daughter the NAACP Image Award-winning My Brother Charlie, a children’s book about autism from the sibling’s perspective.

Holly’s singing talents have been displayed on theme songs for both “21 Jump Street” and “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”, and she also did her own signing as Diana Ross in the miniseries “The Jacksons: An American Dream”. Robinson Peete says fondly that singing is her “first love and passion”.

Her longevity and visibility in the entertainment community has led Robinson Peete to a successful career as a spokesperson for some of the country’s biggest brands. Robinson Peete’s consumer friendly personal brand has partnered with Target, Toys”R”Us, Colgate , Skechers, Epipen and Carnation among others.

Holly Robinson Peete had her first experience in front of the camera at the age of four when she appeared on television opposite her father, Matthew Robinson who served as a producer and portrayed the original beloved character of “Gordon” on the award-winning children’s program “Sesame Street”.  While she knew even at that young age her calling was to be an actress, Holly opted to lead a typical childhood rather than searching to be the next child star.

Whether discussing how she maintains a successful work-life balance or her son’s autism, Holly Robinson Peete delivers inspiring keynotes filled with vital tips and roadmaps for managing their own lives and careers to her audiences.

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