Brooklyn Danielle Decker was born in Ohio and raised in North Carolina. Her mother is a nurse, her father sells pacemakers and she has one younger brother. When Brooklyn was younger, she wanted to be a veterinarian and credits it to her parents' love of animals.
Actress and former model Brooklyn Decker is the oldest child of Tessa, a nurse and Stephen, a pacemaker salesman. She has a younger brother called Jordan. When Decker was a teenager, she was discovered by a talent spotter in a shopping mall in Charlotte, North Carolina and embarked on a modeling career. Her first modeling engagement was for a prom dress maker.
Decker made her acting debut in the 2007 made-for-television film "Lipshitz Saves the World," a comedy that also starred Leslie Nielsen and Ty Burrell. The model-turned-actress made memorable guest appearances on a number of hit primetime shows in 2009, including the spy thriller "Chuck" (NBC, 2007- ) and the stylish dramedy "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 2006-2010). That same year, Decker married tennis ace and U.S.
