Cheryl Burke

Cheryl Burke reads to me as a genuine pioneer rather than just a familiar face on Dancing with the Stars. Twenty-six seasons on a single competition show is staggering endurance, and being the first female pro to win, then the first to win back-to-back, isn't luck but craft sustained over years. I'm always drawn to performers whose glamour conceals relentless physical discipline, and that's exactly her story. Staying at the top of any field is harder than reaching it once, and Burke did both repeatedly. I respect the sweat behind the sparkle, and the quiet stubbornness it takes to keep delivering long after the novelty fades.

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Name (English)

Cheryl Burke

Name (Japanese)

シェリル・バーク

Reading

しぇりる・ばーく

Born

May 3, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Height

163 cm

Occupation

choreographer / dancer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

High school

Menlo-Atherton High School

• Official sitehttp://strictlycheryl.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cherylburke/
• Xhttps://x.com/cherylburke
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%20Burke
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2620638

Tags

• California
• choreographer
• dancer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.