Brooke Burke

Biography

Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television and fitness personality, model, author, actress, and businesswoman. She is known for hosting the E! Network travel show Wild On! (1999–2002), CBS's Rock Star (2005–2006), and TV Land's She's Got the Look (2010). After winning the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars, Burke served as co-hostess of the show from seasons 10 to 17 (2010–2013). In 2017, Burke launched "Brooke Burke Body," a fitness app with workout videos featuring her. Since 2023, Brooke has served as the host of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, joining the series in its 10th season.

== Early life == Brooke Lisa Burke was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Arizona, the younger of two siblings born to Donna and George Burke. Her mother is of half Portuguese background; she was adopted and then raised Jewish. Her father is of Irish and French descent and left the family when she was two years old. She was thereafter raised by her mother and Armenian stepfather in her mother's Jewish faith. She is raising her children Jewish, although she also celebrates Christmas. She attended both Sahuaro High School and Palo Verde High School in Tucson where she was homecoming queen in 1989. She later studied broadcast journalism.

== Career ==

=== Television === After rising to national fame as a lingerie model for the Frederick's of Hollywood catalog in the early 1990s, Burke was tapped to serve as the host of the popular E! travel series Wild On! from 1999 to 2002. In 2005, Burke landed her first primetime network hosting gig on CBS's Rock Star: INXS (2005) and the subsequent Rock Star: Supernova (2006), both produced by Mark Burnett. In 2010, Burke became the host of She's Got the Look on TV Land, a modeling competition series for women over 35. That same year, she was named co-hostess of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she remained for seven seasons (2010–2013). Burke served as the co-host of the Miss America pageant in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016. From 2016 to 2018, Burke hosted and co-produced the Saturday morning show Hidden Heroes, a hidden camera television show developed for teenagers in which each episode reveals the widespread goodwill in our world by secretly capturing heroes in action. Her other television credits include hosting the digital series and network show I Dare You on TV Land (2018) as well as a recurring role on Melissa & Joey (2014–2015). Burke has hosted Penn & Teller: Fool Us since 2023, replacing Alyson Hannigan as of the 10th season.

=== Dancing with the Stars performances === On November 25, 2008, Burke, with Derek Hough as her partner, won the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars beating Super Bowl champion Warren Sapp and his partner Kym Johnson. Burke has the privilege as the only contestant to spend 9 out of 11 weeks at the top of the leaderboard.

=== Magazine appearances === Burke has featured on the cover of many fitness, fashion, and lifestyle magazines, including Fitness, Women's Health, Redbook, and Ladies Home Journal. She also has appeared in numerous men's interest magazines such as Maxim, Stuff, Playboy, and FHM.

=== Entrepreneurial ventures === In 2007, Burke founded and launched BabooshBaby.com, the online store for her popular post-pregnancy belly wraps Tauts. Burke later developed Baboosh Body, a fitness product (belly wrap) made to trim the tummy. In 2011, she launched the online community for mothers, ModernMom.com, of which she remains the co-CEO. In 2012, Burke brought her own personal brand of fitness workouts to consumers via a DVD series with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The four DVD series consisted of Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke: Strength & Condition, Transform Your Body with Brooke Burke: Tone & Tighten, Brooke Burke Body: Sexy Abs, and Brooke Burke Body: 30-Day Slimdown. Inspired by her dedication to promote women's awareness of the importance of physical and mental health, Brooke's next fitness project was to create her signature "Booty Burn" workout which she personally teaches in her hometown of Malibu, California. In 2017, Burke launched Brooke Burke Body, a fitness lifestyle app.

=== Books === Burke wrote her first book, The Naked Mom: A Modern Mom's Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice, and Soulful Reflections, in 2011. In it, she reflects on motherhood, Hollywood, romance, and the challenges of creating a blended family. In 2016, she co-authored her second book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Less, a guide to simplifying your life, with Amy Newmark.