Biography
Who is Daphne Deckers?
Early Life and Education
Daphne Deckers Muriël Deckers was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on November 10, 1968. Soon after she was born, her family moved nearby to the small village of Persingen. She attended Canisius College for her education.
While studying mass communications, she began working as a model. In 1997, she posed for Playboy and appeared in the February 1998 issue of the magazine.
Acting and Television Career
Daphne started her career in 1989 at RTL-Véronique. She later appeared in the American NBC mini series Remember and the movie All Stars. In 1997, she played a PR representative of villain Elliot Carver in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.
She co presented the first series of Big Brother and hosted shows such as Reisgids, TV Woonmagazine, and 101 Vrouwen. In July 2007, she became a judge and host on Holland's Next Top Model, taking over after the second season from Yfke Sturm. She also worked as a fashion expert for RTL Boulevard and hosted the weekend programme Naakte Waarheid on 100%NL.
Writing and Books
In 1993, Daphne started writing columns for Veronicablad and later wrote for a newspaper in Limburg, Viva, and De Telegraaf. She bundled her newspaper columns into books including De Echte Deckers, Opwaartse drukte, and Decksels. She also wrote columns for Reader's Digest.
She published parenting books such as De geboorte van een moeder and De geboorte van een gezin, with the latter nominated for the NS Publiekprijs in 2003. Her children's books include De verschrikkelijke ijstaart, De matroos in de doos, and Marijn in de woestijn. Her 2012 romance novel Alles is zoals het zou moeten zijn was adapted into a film titled Life as It Should Be in 2020.
Personal Life and Awards
On July 7, 1999, Daphne married tennis player Richard Krajicek. They have two children together named Emma Deckers and a son. On May 21, 2010, she won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dutch Model Awards in Amsterdam for her modelling career.
She serves as an ambassador for the Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp. In 2010, she also launched her own lingerie line named TC World of Women.
Birthday and age
Daphne Deckers was born on November 10, 1968, which makes Daphne 58 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Daphne shares the date with 71 other famous people.
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