Brooklyn Decker

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Brooklyn Decker
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Decker at the 2012 premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting
Born Brooklyn Danielle Decker
(1987-04-12) April 12, 1987 (age 37)
Kettering, Ohio, U.S.
Other names Brooklyn Roddick
Years active 2003–present
Spouse(s) Andy Roddick (m. 2009)
Children 1
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Hair color Blonde[1]
Eye color Blue[1]

Brooklyn Danielle Decker[2] (born April 12, 1987)[3] is an American fashion model and actress best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of the 2010 issue. In addition to working for Victoria's Secret for the 2010 "Swim" collection, she has ventured into television with guest appearances on Chuck, Ugly Betty, The League, and Royal Pains. She made her feature film debut in Just Go with It, and later starred in Battleship and What to Expect When You're Expecting. Decker is married to tennis player Andy Roddick.

Early life

Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the daughter of Tessa (née Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Decker, a pacemaker salesman. She has one brother, Jordan, who is three years younger.[4][5][6] She and her family moved to Middletown, Ohio, then to Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. She is of German, English, Irish and Dutch ancestry.[7]

She was discovered in a Charlotte shopping mall as a teenager. Decker began her modeling career as the face of Mauri Simone, a popular prom dress maker. She won the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention.[8] In a January 2011 interview with Self magazine, Decker stated that she suffered from an eating disorder and states, "My father did an intervention and got me to stop obsessing about everyone else and wrecking my body."[9]

Career

External image
image icon Decker's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover from February 12, 2010

Decker has been featured in pictorials in Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, FHM, and Glamour, and has modeled for The Gap, Intimissimi and Victoria's Secret. She has appeared in music videos for Jimmy Buffett and the band 3 Doors Down. She is also an avid North Carolina Tar Heels basketball and Carolina Panthers fan.

In 2005, within two months of moving to New York City, Decker auditioned for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, in which she first appeared in 2006.[10] She was again featured in the 2007 edition, and hosted the 2007 behind-the-scenes television special. She returned for a third consecutive time in 2008. Decker was chosen cover girl for the 2010 edition, shot on location in the Maldives islands. In 2007, she had a recurring feature on the CNN/SI website called "She Says, Z Says," along with Paul Zimmerman, discussing NFL football games of the week. Decker appeared in the 2007 made-for-television Lipshitz Saves the World.[11] She worked for a period in Australia. She joined the cast of Sports New York to discuss the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament.[12] In 2008, Decker rang the New York Stock Exchange bell with other Sports Illustrated models.[13]

Decker in March 2012.

Decker made a guest appearance on NBC's Chuck, where she played a model applying to be a "Buy More Girl." She made a guest appearance on USA Network's Royal Pains on July 30, 2009. Decker played swimsuit model Rachel, while Peter Jacobson played Alan, her nebbish husband.[14]

On February 8, 2010, David Letterman announced on Late Show with David Letterman that Decker had been chosen as the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covermodel.[15] Calling her selection "the news of a lifetime," Decker admitted that her mother cried when she heard her daughter would grace the cover.[16]

Decker served as a guest judge in the 5th cycle from Germany's Next Topmodel.[citation needed] She was reportedly considered for the lead female role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[17] Decker won Esquire magazine's 2010 "Sexiest Woman Alive" bracket challenge.[18]

MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'.[19]

In 2011, Decker was cast as the female lead, Samantha Shane, daughter of a naval officer who works as a physical therapist, in the film Battleship, which was based on the board game of the same name. The role allowed her to spend some time with the Wounded Warriors Project. She also traveled to medical hospitals in Pearl Harbor and San Antonio and worked with troops who came back injured from overseas.[20] She was also part of the ensemble cast of the comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), based on the book of the same name. She played the wife of Dennis Quaid's character.[21]

She was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health.[22]

Personal life

Decker at the Battleship Australian Premiere 2012

Decker began dating American tennis player Andy Roddick in 2007 and became engaged in March 2008. The couple wed on April 17, 2009, and now live in Roddick's home town of Austin, Texas.[23][24] On May 2, 2015, Decker announced she was pregnant with their first child.[25] She gave birth to their first child, a son, in September 2015.[26]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Just Go with It Palmer Dodge Film debut
2012 Battleship Samantha "Sam" Shane
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting Skyler Cooper
2014 Stretch Candace
2015 Results Erin
2015 Untitled Warren Beatty project Barbie Completed
2015 Casual Encounters Laura Leonard Post-production
2016 Lovesong Lily Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Lipshitz Saves the World Rebecca Fellini Unsold TV pilot
2009 Chuck Job applicant Episode: "Chuck Versus the Beefcake"
2009 Royal Pains Rachel Ryder Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over"
2009 Ugly Betty Lexie Episode: "The Wiener, the Bun and the Boob"
2012 The League Gina Gibiatti Episodes: "Our Dinner with Andre", "12.12.12", "The Curse of Shiva"
2013 New Girl Holly Episode: "Cooler"
2014 Friends with Better Lives Jules Talley Main role (12 episodes)
2015–present Grace and Frankie Mallory Hanson Series regular

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2011 Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Breakout: Female Just Go with It Won
2012 Razzie Award Worst Screen Couple Shared with Adam Sandler and EITHER Decker OR Jennifer Aniston Nominated
2013 Razzie Award Worst Supporting Actress Battleship
What to Expect When You're Expecting		 Nominated

References

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  18. ↑ Brooklyn Decker Is Your 2010 Sexiest Woman Alive. Esquire magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
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  23. ↑ "The WAGS of the U.S. Open". Maxim magazine. September 2010. page 38
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  25. ↑ http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/05/02/brooklyn-decker-pregnant-expecting-first-child-andy-roddick/
  26. ↑ http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/10/04/brooklyn-decker-andy-roddick-welcome-baby/

External links

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