Daphnee Lynn Duplaix Bio
Daphnee Lynn Duplaix is an American actress, glamour and nude model. She was born on August 18, 1976, in New York City, New York, and has also been credited as Daphnee Duplaix and Daphnee Duplaix Samuel. Playboy named her its July 1997 Playmate at 20. Her appearance came during Playboy's 1990s print era, a period increasingly shaped by entertainment and celebrity culture.
Duplaix has natural breasts, brown eyes and black hair. Her measurements are 34-24-36.
Duplaix moved steadily from modeling into steady television work, finding her clearest mainstream foothold in daytime drama. She joined the cast of Passions in 2004 as Valerie Davis, a part she inhabited for four years and that brought her regular dramatic beats and a wider television audience.
Television continued to be a dependable avenue: in 2009 she took on the role of Rachel Gannon on One Life to Live, departing the storyline the following year when writers shifted the show’s direction. That same period included a turn in unscripted television when she hosted the Playboy TV game show Show Us Your Wits in 2009, a credit that underscored her comfort in both performance and hosting formats.
Her pictorial work remains a documented early chapter: the centerfold was shot by Richard Fegley, and she later appeared in several Playboy videos that extended the imagery beyond the magazine pages. Those projects sit alongside a range of screen credits and helped maintain her profile between secured acting parts.
Off camera, Duplaix’s life includes two marriages and four children. She was married to Ron Samuel, with whom she has three sons, and later married Grady Heiberg on June 28, 2014; the couple welcomed a daughter in 2015. More recently she returned to television in 2024 as Nicole Dupree Richardson on the forthcoming series Beyond the Gates, scheduled to premiere in 2025 on CBS, a reminder that her career continues to alternate between guest and recurring dramatic work and occasional hosting duties while family life remains central.
