Cheryl Burke is an Emmy Award winning dancer on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. She began her ballroom dancing career at the age of 13, when she first began competing. She has won the DWTS competition twice with dance partners Drew Lachey and Emmitt Smith. Burke and partner Chad Ochocino made it to the final four before elimination in Season 10.

As a professional dancer, Cheryl Burke is teamed with Rick Fox for Dancing With the Stars season 11. Burke said one of the challenges to overcome will be the height difference. Fox is 6 feet 7 inches and Burke is 5 feet 4. To help with the difference, her dancing shoes will have four inch heels.http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/426856_tvgif16.html

Burke was the subject of tabloid fodder during the first part of 2008. Rumors began circulating that she and Drew Lachey had had a relationship during the taping of the show and while she was dating then boyfriend, Matthew Lawrence. Both of them denied the rumors. Shortly thereafter new rumors began circulating that she was dating 300 star Gerard Butler. In February 2009, Burke was romantically linked with 21-year old model Maxwell Zagorski, who works for Abercrombie & Fitch.People: Cheryl Burke's New Man: Model Maxwell Zagorski (February 20, 2009)

During Season 10 of Dancing With the Stars, rumors abounded of a possible relationship between Burke and her dance partner, NFL star Chad Ochocinco. During the season, Ochocinco bought expensive jewelry items for Burke which fueled the speculation.

• "I really hate him. (jokes) He's very sensitive, so I have to be careful with my words during practice because sometimes I can get so strict and straight to the point that I might hurt his feelings. As a dancer, he is very musical. But I need to teach him to move his hips. I need it to become more natural and not so technical." — Cheryl Burke on Cristian de la Fuente
• "To be recognized for a talent you've been working on all your life is an amazing feeling. The show was really nonstop work, but it was fun. And it was worth it. I have an agent now, and a publicist. Before, I didn't even know what a publicist was!" — Cheryl Burke on her career