Daphne Deckers

Daphne Muriël Deckers (born 10 November 1968) is a Dutch television presenter, writer and occasional actress. In 1989 she started her career at RTL-Véronique, where she eventually became the host of '' Holland's Next Top Model'', which she took over after the second season from Yfke Sturm.

Deckers began her career as a model, and later took up acting. In 1997 she appeared in the James Bond movie ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' and co-presented the first series of '' Big Brother''. She now writes children's books and books about family life and related subjects.

Early life

Soon after Deckers was born in Nijmegen, her family moved to the small town of Persingen. While studying mass communications, she became a model. In 1997, she posed for Playboy and appeared in the 1998 February issue of the magazine.Playboy 1998
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Career

Acting

Deckers was part of the American NBC-mini series ''Remember'', based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, where she happened to appear with another Dutch actor, Derek de Lint. She also appeared in the movie '' All Stars;'' and had a small part in the James Bond movie ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' as a PR representative of villain Elliot Carver, played by Jonathan Pryce.

Television

Deckers has also hosted multiple television shows, such as '' Big Brother'', ''Reisgids'', ''TV Woonmagazine'' en ''101 Vrouwen''. In July 2007, she began presenting her first season as a judge on ''Holland's Next Top Model,'' later called ''Benelux's Next Top Model''. Since 2007, she has also been a fashion expert for RTL Boulevard, and in September 2012 became the permanent replacement for presenter Winston Gerschtanowitz. She currently has her own weekend television programme on 100%NL, ''Naakte Waarheid'', which is in its second season.

Author

In 1993 Deckers wrote columns for Veronicablad. Not long after she was asked to write a weekly column for a newspaper in Limburg. At the end of 1994, she began writing a weekly column for Viva. Then in 1999, she combined all of these columns and wrote the book ''De Echte Deckers'' (1999). After the publishing of her book, she continued writing a weekly column for the ''De Telegraaf''. She bundled these columns into two books: ''Opwaartse drukte'' (2002) and ''Decksels'' (2005). Today she continues to write a weekly column for the ''De Telegraaf'' and she also writes columns for ''Reader's Digest''.

Deckers has published two books, which have earned her the name as 'example mother'. She published ''De geboorte van een moeder'' and ''De geboorte van een gezin''. In 2003 her book ''De geboorte van een gezin'' was nominated for the NS Publiekprijs. Not only does Deckers write about upbringing, but she also writes children's books, such as ''De veschrikkelijke ijstaart'', ''De matroos in de doos'' and ''Marijn in de woestijn''. Her second children's novel was adapted into a play in 2007. In 2012 she wrote her first romance novel, ''Alles is zoals het zou moeten zijn''. This novel was adapted to film in 2020. The film '' Life as It Should Be'' became the third highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020.

Personal life

On 7 July 1999, Deckers married tennis player Richard Krajicek. They have two children. On 21 May 2010 she won the Lifetime Achievement Award for her extensive modelling career at the Dutch Model Awards in Amsterdam. She is also an ambassador for the Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp. In 2010 she launched her own lingerie line, ''TC World of Women''.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deckers, Daphne
1968 births
Big Brother (Dutch TV series)
Dutch game show hosts
Dutch film actresses
Living people
People from Nijmegen
Dutch columnists
20th-century Dutch actresses
Dutch women columnists