Brooke Burke is an American actress, model and a TV personality
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Brooke Burke is an American actress, model and a TV personality
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She married Dr. Garth Fisher, a recognized Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, in 2001. The couple had two daughters - Neriah Shae Fisher, born out of wedlock, in March 2000 and Sierra Sky Fisher in April 2002.
The couple ended their five-year relationship in August 2005, soon after which she started dating singer and former Baywatch star, David Charvet.
The duo welcomed their first daughter, Heaven Rain Charvet, in January 2007, followed by a son, Shaya Braven Charvet, in March 2008. She officially married David on August 12, 2011, thus becoming Brooke Burke-Charvet.
Brooke Lisa Burke was born on September 8, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, as the middle child of seven siblings - three older sisters and three younger brothers.
She was blessed with beautiful and exotic looks due to her multi-ethnic ancestry. Her father, George Burke had a French and Irish background, while her mother Donna had a Portuguese-Jewish heritage.
Her parents divorced when she was two, after which her mother moved to Tucson, Arizona, with the kids. Her mother met and married Armen Hartounian, who looked after the kids while she took up three jobs to finance the household.
She went to Sahuaro High School and Palo Verde High School for her formal education.
Due to her striking features, she came into limelight when she was just 14 and won her first beauty pageant. Though she always wanted to become a rock band drummer, but her good looks dragged her into the entertainment industry.
During her course study at UCLA, she modeled for various agencies, like Ford, Wilhelmina, and Cunningham-Escott-Dipene, where she appeared in several ads, commercial catalogues, swimsuit editorials, magazine covers, and posters.
She went on to model for various brands, such as Coca Cola, Discover Card, M Professional Cosmetics, and Anheuser-Busch and got extensively involved with modeling. She is currently the spokesperson for Skechers.
In 2001, she signed a two-year deal with ‘Rank’, a pop culture countdown series giving rates to every aspect related to entertainment, with E! channel.
She started her acting career in 2004 with the comedy movie ‘Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story’ where she made a special appearance. Later, she starred in ‘The Hazing’ and ‘Knuckle Sandwich’ also.
She has a number of sitcom roles to her credit, some being That’s Life (2000), The Bernie Mac Show (2001), Monk (2002), Less Than Perfect (2002), It’s All Relative (2003), and Rock Me Baby (2003).
Her career took a major turn when she was cast to host the adventure-packed travel show, ‘Wild On’ on E! Entertainment channel in 1997. Her three-year contract with the show made her a popular star.
She participated in the seventh season of the popular show ‘Dancing With the Stars’ with dancing professional, Derek Hough, as her partner and won the competition with the mirror ball trophy.
She co-hosted the show ‘Dancing With the Stars’ from season ten to season seventeen, along with Tom Bergeron, before being terminated for the eighteenth season.
She has appeared in various men’s magazines, namely, Maxim, FHM, and Stuff, apart from posing nude for the cover of Playboy in 2001.
In 2007, she launched an online store, BabooshBaby.com that sells wraps for expectant mothers called Tauts. She, then, started ModernMom.com, providing suggestions and tips on maternity and childbirth.