How Playing Burgess on Chicago P.D. Mirrors Marina Squericiati’s Real Life (EXCLUSIVE)
Working mom Marina Squerciati is well-versed in balancing the thrill of a gig with after school pick-up.
After playing Detective Kim Burgess for 13 seasons and counting on Chicago P.D., you better believe Marina Squerciati shares some characteristics with the Intelligence Unit icon. Squerciati reveals that she can relate to Burgess as she balances the thrills of her career with the whirlwind of raising a little one.
During her chat with NBC Insider, Squerciati opened up about the newlywed era between Burgess and Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger), admitting that the couple has been together “so long and they’ve been through so much” that they’re not exactly “new” to exploring married life together. As adoptive parents to their teenage girl Makayla (Ramona Edith Williams), Burzek have settled into a domestic groove.
When the couple isn’t busting Windy City criminals, they’re helping their daughter get ready for school, watching a movie on a weekday night, enjoying a blissful day-to-day that they deserve after their adrenaline-fueled shifts. It’s a carefully curated equilibrium that the One Chicago star can certainly connect with.
“I just think they’re just a normal couple,” Squerciati told us. “In a couple of episodes, I’m doing the dishes. And I like that. I’m packing a lunch. That’s her vibe. She’s also a bada*s and takes down criminals and bad guys and bad girls. But she also has to be home for pickups, so all that stuff is true to my life, as well.”
Marina Squerciati can relate to Mama Bear Burgess: “I’m living it and filming it”
Squerciati reflected on her own journey as a working mom after she and Chicago Fire star Miranda Rae Mayo and Chicago Med icon Jessy Schram visited TODAY to chat about the new seasons of the One Chicago shows.
“What I like about it is that it kind of keeps the show grounded in that they’re just two parents trying to get their kids to school,” Squerciati said. “And yes, they run into the danger of Chicago life. But also, at the end of the day, who’s doing pick up? And I know I can relate to that, because at the end of the day, after 14 hours of shooting, who’s doing pick up? Who’s getting her to soccer?”
“So I’m living it and filming it,” Squerciati added. “And I love that it shows real life and also this heightened reality.”
As a mother of two and longtime P.D. star, Squerciati knows better than anyone that adaptability, attention to detail, and thinking on her feet are all advantageous to staying balanced as a working mom. In a 2021 interview with the
“As a working mom myself, it’s this constant hustle of trying to do your job while trying to take care of your kid, and earn a living at the same time,” she revealed. “Sometimes, I feel like I’m doing everything kind of well — I’m not killing it [laughs]; I’m doing okay.”
Kim Zolciak Shares the Latest on Her & Kroy Biermann's Youngest Daughter, Kaia
Kim Zolciak has offered a rare update on her and Kroy Biermann's “baby girl,” Kaia Biermann. The Real Housewives of Atlanta
“Ask me anything,” she captioned a Story. “You will get the actual truth.”
The post showed Kim sitting in a car, holding up the peace sign as her mother, Karen Zolciak, sat in the backdrop.
“I love my mom,” Kim added.
Kim Zolciak compares Kaia to her mom, Karen Zolciak: "Almost identical"
The request garnered dozens of inquiries and a few statements, one of which was about Kaia’s resemblance to Karen.
“No question, but Kaia definitely looks like your mom,” one fan wrote.
Kim agreed, saying the grandmother and granddaughter had “almost identical baby pictures.”
The Don't Be Tardy mom returned to Instagram shortly after to reveal Kaia’s hairstyling skills.
“When [Kaia] does her first ‘messy bun,’” Kim captioned the photo, which showed the 11-year-old girl rocking her stylish ‘do.
Ariana Biermann says her sister Kaia is a "character of her own"
Kim gave birth to Kaia and her twin brother, Kane Biermann, in November 2013, making her and Kroy parents of six. The now-estranged couple also shares two older sons, Kroy Jagger "KJ," Biermann, 14, and Kash Biermann, 13, as well as two adult daughters, Brielle Biermann and Ariana Biermann. Kroy legally adopted the latter two in 2013.
Although Kim provides regular updates on her oldest sons and daughters, she has tended to keep her twins out of the public eye, especially in recent years as she and Kroy navigate their divorce. The estranged couple confirmed their split in early 2023, when Kaia was 9 years old. They have since moved into separate homes and are coparenting in Georgia.
Ariana spoke about her younger siblings in a May interview with The Daily Dish, saying she still considered Kaia and Kane her “babies.”
"Kaia, she is amazing," the Next Gen NYC
Kim Zolciak shares insight into daughter Kaia's "fiesty" personality
Kim also shed light on Kaia’s personality back in 2018, when she revealed several “fun facts” about her twins. She said Kaia was born 29 minutes before Kane and weighed in at exactly 6 pounds.
“It's like a mini Kim and Kroy running around!” she wrote about the kids. “They are inseparable and have a bond I could never describe… Kaia is the most demanding, witty, hair pulling, right handed feisty sweet little girl I ever did meet.”
She continued: “When I found out it was TWINS I cried! How the hell am I going to do this?!? 4 kids in 30 months! It's been a blast and I couldn't imagine life any other way! All my girls have darker hair and hazel eyes and all my boys have light hair and lighter eyes like their daddy!”
Kim recently revealed she went on her first date roughly two years after her and Kroy’s split. See what she had to say about the new man in her life.
