After graduating from high school, Peete entered Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She majored in Psychology and French. After she graduated in 1986, she considered attending graduate school and perhaps working in languages for the U.S. State Department. However, she decided to give an acting career a chance. Within a short time, Peete found roles on a television series and in two films.\n', '

Peete\'s children\'s book, My Brother Charlie, won her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in March 2011. In 2012 the book was awarded the Dolly Gray Children\'s Literature Award. \n', '

In March 2016, a reality series debuted entitled For Peete\'s Sake, documenting the everyday life of her family.\n', '

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