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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), which rates everything
in entertainment, from Hollywood's sexiest stars to the best date
movies. 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 lends her voice to Atari's "Trivial Pursuit Unhinged" video game as the celebrity host of its "People and Places" category. During her three-year stint as host of "Wild On," she guided tours for areas ranging from the Australian outback to the Mayan Riviera, trekked the endangered bamboo forests of Bali, partied in the hyperactive nightlife of the world's most exotic capitals and done everything from grasping the fin of a wild shark in Belize to flying in a Russian MIG-17 at negative G forces. She finds that it's more rewarding to see each country not as a tourist but as an explorer with an eye to that particular country's culture. 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. Raised in Tucson, Arizona (her French, Irish and Portuguese ancestry contribute to her stunningly exotic look), Brooke developed an affinity for the desert as a child and never envisioned herself as a Hollywood personality or television star ("When I was young I wanted to do something innocuous, like become a drummer in a rock-and-roll band," she's said). 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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