Brooklyn Decker

Brooklyn Danielle Decker (born April 12, 1987) is an American model and actress best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, most notably the cover of the 2010 issue. She has worked for Victoria's Secret's 2010 "Swim" collection and has ventured into television with guest appearances on Chuck, Ugly Betty, 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 retired tennis player Andy Roddick. --- 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. 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." Decker has been featured in pictorials in Teen Vogue,Cosmopolitan, FHM, and Glamour, and has modeled for The Gap, Intimissimi and Victoria's Secret. 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 behind-the-scenes television special. 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. Decker received her first feature film role in the film Just Go with It opposite Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, where she played the object of Sandler's affection. --- Decker won Esquire magazine's 2010 "Sexiest Woman Alive" bracket challenge. She was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'. --- Decker married former tennis player Andy Roddick on April 17, 2009.