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Cheryl Burke Profile |
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Birth Date: May 12, 1984
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Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
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Birth Name: Cheryl Bautista Burke
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Biography |
Cheryl Bautista Burke (born May 12, 1984) is a professional
dancer based in New York City. She is best known for winning
the second and third seasons of ABC's American version of
Dancing with the Stars with Drew Lachey (February 2006) and
Emmitt Smith (November 2006).
Growing up in San Francisco, California, Cheryl came from a
family that loved to dance. At four years old, she began
taking ballet lessons and performing throughout the Bay
Area. When she was eleven, she discovered ballroom dancing
and decided to change her focus. She began training in both
standard ballroom and latin dances. By the age of thirteen,
Cheryl was competing and traveling all over the world. She
graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School in 2002. Cheryl is
of Filipino, Irish and Russian descent.
For Cheryl, dancing is a way of life. It provides a medium
for her to express her inner feelings and passion all the
while maintaining focus and composure during extremely
high-pressure situations. It is dancing that has made her
such a competitor (both on and off the floor) and made her
strive for perfection in anything that she sets out to do.
Cheryl says that her dancing style is unlike anyone else's.
She takes pride in being a "rule breaker" and feels that her
greatest achievements in dancing are still to come.
Cheryl Burke made Dancing With The Stars franchise history
by becoming the first professional dancer to win two
championships. Furthermore, she made Dancing With The Stars
history by becoming the first professional dancer to win
"back to back" titles (two consecutive championships in a
row). Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars
Championship with 98 Degrees boy band member Drew Lachey in
the second season of Dancing with the Stars (US TV series).
And she won her second championship with NFL (National
Football League - American Football) star Emmitt Smith in
the third season of Dancing With The Stars in the USA.
Cheryl Burke's feat has never been done before by anyone in
any of the Dancing With The Stars franchises world wide.
Honors include 2005 World Cup Professional Rising Star Latin
Champion UK Championships and 4th in U.S. in the "Under
21s." Last year, Cheryl won the Dancing With the Stars
title, with Drew Lachey. She also won the third season with
Emmitt Smith.
Cheryl Burke was nominated twice for Outstanding
Choreography on the 2006 Emmy Awards, making her the
youngest nominee in that category.
Cheryl lives in Los Angeles and is now receiving many
Hollywood offers. Although her calendar is filling up, she
recently returned to her childhood home in the Bay Area to
support local schools. In March 2006, she helped the
International School of the Peninsula (ISTP) in Palo Alto,
CA, raise $250,000 for its educational programs. The
following weekend, along with DWTS runner-up Jerry Rice, she
helped Menlo School raise funds for their school. Cheryl and
her family are known for their volunteering and
philanthropy. Cheryl, along with Louis Van Amstel and Ashly
DelGrosso, appeared on the September 22, 2006 episode of The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody, titled "Loosely Ballroom". |
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Other
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Winner, with her partner Drew Lachey, of "Dancing with the
Stars" (2005/I) [February 2006].
She began her dancing career when she began training in
ballet at the age of 4 and at the age of 11 began ballroom
dancing.
Is half Filipina, half Irish/Russian
Eurasian like fellow actresses Kelly Hu, Shannyn Sossamon,
Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Jessica Anderson, Devon Aoki, Moon
Bloodgood, China Chow, Kristin Kreuk, Jaymee Ong, Maggie Q,
Nicole Scherzinger, Monica Young and actors Anthony Begonia,
Andrew Johnston, Brandon Lee, Keanu Reeves, Rob Schneider,
Russell Wong and Michael Wong.
Winner, with her partner Emmitt Smith, of "Dancing with the
Stars" (2005/I) [November 2006]. |
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