American mannequin and actress

Brooklyn Danielle Decker [ 2 ] ( born April 12, 1987 ) [ 1 ] is an american model and actress best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the brood of the 2010 issue. In accession 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 ( 2011 ), and late starred in Battleship ( 2012 ) and What to Expect When You’re Expecting ( 2012 ). In 2015, she was cast as a series regular, portraying Mallory Hanson, on Netflix ‘s Grace and Frankie. Decker has been married to tennis player Andy Roddick since 2009 and they have two children.

early life [edit ]

Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, [ 3 ] the daughter of Tessa ( née Moore ), [ 4 ] a nurse, and Stephen Decker, a pacesetter salesman. [ 3 ] She has a younger brother, Jordan. [ 5 ] She and her family moved to Middletown, Ohio, [ 3 ] then to Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. [ 5 ] She graduated from David W. Butler High School. [ 6 ] Decker was discovered in a Charlotte shopping plaza as a adolescent, and began her modeling career as the side of Mauri Simone, a promenade dress godhead. She won the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention. [ 7 ]

career [edit ]

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

Decker has been featured in editorials in Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, FHM and Glamour and graced international covers of GQ, Esquire, Glamour and Flare. She has appeared in campaigns for The Gap, Intimissimi and Victoria ‘s Secret and appeared in music video recording for Jimmy Buffett and the band 3 Doors Down. She is besides 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. [ 8 ] She was again featured in the 2007 edition, and hosted the 2007 sub-rosa television receiver special. She returned for a third back-to-back meter in 2008. Decker was chosen traverse daughter for the 2010 edition, shoot on placement in the Maldives islands. In 2007, she had a fall back sport on the CNN/SI web site 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. [ 9 ] She worked for a period in Australia. She joined the cast of Sports New York to discuss the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament. [ 10 ] In 2008, Decker rang the New York Stock Exchange bell with other Sports Illustrated models. [ 11 ]
dekker in 2009. 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 conserve. [ 12 ] 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. [ 13 ] Calling her survival “ the news of a life, ” Decker admitted that her mother cried when she heard her daughter would grace the cover. [ 14 ] Decker served as a node evaluate in the fifth hertz from Germany’s Next Topmodel. [ citation needed ] She was reportedly considered for the lead female function in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. [ 15 ] Decker won Esquire magazine ‘s 2010 “ Sexiest Woman Alive ” bracket challenge. [ 16 ] MTV Networks ‘ NextMovie.com named her one of the ‘Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011 ‘. [ 17 ]
Battleship in 2012 decker at the Australian premiere ofin 2012

In 2011, Decker was cast as the female lead, Samantha Shane, daughter of a naval officeholder who works as a physical therapist, in the film Battleship, which was based on the board game of the lapp list. The function allowed her to spend some time with the Wounded Warriors Project. She besides traveled to checkup hospitals in Pearl Harbor and San Antonio and worked with troops who came back injured from oversea. [ 18 ] She was besides part of the corps de ballet cast of the comedy What to Expect When You’re Expecting ( 2012 ), based on the book of the like mention. She played the wife of Dennis Quaid ‘s character. [ 19 ] In 2015, Decker took on a precede character as Mallory Hanson, the daughter of Jane Fonda ‘s character Grace, on the Netflix drollery serial Grace and Frankie, and her performance has received critical applaud. The series ‘ seventh and final temper is set to tune in 2022. She was named one of the “ 100 Hottest Women of All-Time ” by Men’s Health. [ 20 ]

personal life [edit ]

Decker began dating U.S. tennis player Andy Roddick in 2007 and they became engaged in March 2008. The couple married on April 17, 2009, and used to live in Roddick ‘s home township of Austin, Texas ; nowadays they live in Charlotte, North Carolina. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The couple have a son born in 2015 [ 23 ] and a daughter born in 2017. [ 24 ]

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She has besides appeared in several Dietz & Watson commercials along with her conserve. [ 25 ]

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