Brooklyn Decker Biography

Brooklyn Danielle Decker Roddick (born April 12, 1987) 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 former tennis player Andy Roddick.

Early life

Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the daughter of Tessa (ne Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Decker, a pacemaker salesman. She has one brother, Jordan, who is three years younger. She and her family moved to Middletown, Ohio, then to Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte.

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. 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."

Career

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. 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. She worked for a period in Australia. She joined the cast of Sports New York to discuss the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament. In 2008, Decker rang the New York Stock Exchange bell with other Sports Illustrated models.

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.

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. Calling her selection "the news of a lifetime," Decker admitted that her mother cried when she heard her daughter would grace the cover.

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

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

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. 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.

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

Personal life

Decker began dating U.S. 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. Decker gave birth to their son Hank in September 2015.

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
2016	Lovesong	Lily
2016	Casual Encounters	Laura Leonard
2017	Band Aid	Candice

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	'	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 (13 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
2012	Razzie Award	Worst Screen Couple Shared with Adam Sandler and EITHER Decker OR Jennifer Aniston
2013	Razzie Award	Worst Supporting Actress	Battleship What to Expect When You're Expecting