Cheryl Burke is well known for being an American dancer, television host, and model. Cheryl is a dancer on the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ reality series. She has been featured in commercials for various companies and has accumulated a net worth of $ 3 million.
Cheryl Burke’s career
Cheryl was named World Cup professional and Ohio state ball rising star in Latin Champion. This was in 2005 after high school, and it marked her professional journey into international competitions. She started as a dancer on the reality show, Dancing With The Stars. Her first mirror ball trophy was with 98degrees member Drew Lachey in season two. In the third season, she won another championship with Emmitt Smith a retired footballer. She returned for season four but was eliminated in the semifinals in May 2007.
During the seasons she visited 38 different cities and went out on tours. She went back for season six and worked with Christian de la Fuente but in season seven she was working with Maurice Greene where she was eliminated as she finished in fifth place. In the ninth season, she competed with former US House of Representatives majority leader Tom Delay but had to withdraw from the competition as Tom had stress fractures on his feet.
Cheryl finished in second place in season 13 when she partnered with Rob Kardashian and finished in third place when she partnered with William Levy the following season.
She choreographed the paso double with Tony Dovolani and performed live with Gipsy Kings. She also created a fitness video with Latin dances and had Maksim Chmerkovskiy as her co-instructor.
For season 15 she went back for a chance to win another mirror ball trophy with Emmitt Smith who was in season 3, unfortunately they were eliminated in the semi-finals. She was partnered with comedian D.L. Hughley and finished in 9th place. She however made it to the finals in third place in season 17 partnering with Jack Osbourne. For seasons 18 and 19 she worked with Drew Carey and Antonio Sabato Jr as she chose to leave after some time since her contract expired.
In 2016 she competed in season 23 with Ryan Lochte an Olympic swimmer and in season 25 with NFL receiver Terrell Owens, finishing in sixth position. Actor Juan Pablo Di Pace and Cheryl were eliminated in the semi-finals in season 27. She went back for season 28 with Ray Lewis, AJ McLean for season 29 and for the thirtieth season she paired with Cody Rigsby an instructor at Peloton. After season 31 finale with Sam Champion, she left the show.
Early Life Of Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke’s early life begins with her birth on May 3rd, 1984. She was born and raised in San Francisco, USA. The mother Sherri Bautista is Filipino, while the dad Stephen Burke is American. The parents however divorced while she was still an infant. Her mother was a nurse but turned into an entrepreneur running a healthcare company, she got married again when her dad moved to Thailand. She has two sisters Nicole and Mandy.
Cheryl became interested and started training in Latin ballroom dancing at the age of 11 and started competing in international competitions. She graduated in 2002 from Menlo-Atherton High School.
Details Of Cheryl Burke’s Personal Life
Burke and her husband, Mathew Lawrence, met in 2006. They dated and in May of 2018, he proposed to Burke during her 34th birthday.
In 2011, Cheryl published her autobiography describing how she was molested at five years old by a handyman, Gerry Depaula, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
