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US - United States of America |
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September 8, 1971 |
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Hartford, Connecticut |
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c/o William Morris Agency |
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151 El Camino Drive |
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Beverly Hills, CA 90212 |
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Brooke Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality and model. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Arizona, with French, Chinese, Irish, and Portuguese heritage. She is the 4th of 7 children. She studied broadcast journalism at UCLA, but was quickly signed to top agencies, including the renowned Ford.
She did prominent television commercials for Bally Fitness clubs, Coca-Cola, and Discover Card. Brooke Burke is recognized worldwide as the hottest tour guide and adrenaline junkie on E! Entertainment Television's popular travel series, "Wild On..." (1997), seen in 120 countries and more than 400 million homes. After completing her "Wild On" assignment, Brooke segued to hosting E!'s pop culture countdown series, "Rank" (2001). E! network was looking for a replacement for popular host Jules Asner and found Brooke to be perfect for the role. She travelled the world extensively, profiling many popular travel destinations across the globe. Burke was replaced as host in 2002 by model Cindy Taylor.
Brooke completed her stint at E! in August 2003 and set her sights on an acting career, landing a cameo role in the Ben Stiller /Vince Vaughn comedy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and parts in the independent features The Hazing (2004) and Knuckle Sandwich (2004). In addition, she has guest-starred in such TV series as "Less Than Perfect" (2002), "It's All Relative" (2003), "The Bernie Mac Show" (2001), "Monk" (2002), "Rock Me Baby" (2003) and "That's Life" (2000), and made her stage debut performing a celebrity guest "CenterPIECE" monologue for the Los Angeles premiere of the off-Broadway play "Pieces (of Ass)." She is voicing Rachel in Electronic Arts' video game Need for Speed Underground 2, and asks the "People and Places" questions in the new video game, Trivial Pursuit Unhinged.
Her travels have allowed her to span the globe in search of "hot, hip and sexy" styles for swimwear, resulting in her partnering with Studio Italia designer Christina Andrade Brenner to develop a line of Italian-manufactured beachwear called "Barely Brooke," which she has described as "a mix of hot, simple, earthy looks, combined with island-inspired fabrics to create the best imagery of style from around the world." The collection, which offers bikinis, one-piece suits, matching pants, cover-ups and tops, appeared in "Sports Illustrated's 2003 Swimsuit Edition". In addition, Victoria's Secret recently offered one of the Barely Brooke collections in its popular catalogue.
She seems to have found the perfect balance among marriage (her husband is Garth Fisher M.D. of ABC's "Extreme Makeover" (2002)), motherhood (two daughters) and career.
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