Daphnée Duplaix

Daphnée Duplaix
Duplaix at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, New York on October 17, 2009
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 1997
Preceded by	Carrie Stevens
Succeeded by	Kalin Olson

Daphnée Lynn Duplaix Samuel (born August 18, 1976) is an American actress and model.^[1]

Career

After appearing in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month July 1997, she appeared in several Playboy videos. Her Playmate pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley.

In early Playboy publications her first name is spelled Daphneé (with an acute accent on the second 'e'). Her Playboy centerfold is signed Daphnee, and she also used that form on her official web site.^[2]

Duplaix became a regular cast member on the American television soap opera Passions in 2004, playing Valerie Davis until 2008. In January 2009, Duplaix served as a host of the Playboy TV game show Show Us Your Wits.^[3] She next began appearing as Rachel Gannon on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live on April 7, 2009.^[4][5]

In 2024, Duplaix joined the cast of Beyond the Gates as Nicole Dupree Richardson.^[6] The soap will premiere in early 2025 on CBS.^[7]

Personal life

Duplaix was previously married to Ron Samuel, with whom she has three sons.^[8] On June 28, 2014, she married Grady Heiberg. Their daughter was born in 2015.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Striptease	Stripper
1997	The Blackout	Fly Girl
	Kickboxing Academy	Melinda
1998	Let's Talk About Sex	Chloe
1999	Foolish	Clarisse
	Lost & Found	Flight Attendant
2000	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	Salon Receptionist	TV movie
2002	Demon Island	Julie
2003	The Road Home	Deidre
	The Fighting Temptations	Tiffany
2005	Heart of the Beholder	Detective Deborah Burbach
2008	The Governor's Wife	Reporter Jill Quigly	TV movie
2013	I Married Who?	Jessica	TV movie
2014	Beautiful Girl	Brianna
	The Cookie Mobster	Constance	TV movie
	Love in an INSTAnt	Daph	Short
2015	Ex-Free	Jessica
	The Motel Sunset	Anna Motawbi	Short
2016	Unreported	Michelle
2017	The Cheaters Club	Mrs. Idrid
2022	Unreported	Michelle

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Steve Harvey Show	Shelia	Episode: "Everybody Loves Regina"
	The Wayans Bros.	Tasha	Episode: "The High Life"
1999	Women: Stories of Passion	Dr. Merrill Thompson	Episode: "Voodoo"
	Rude Awakening	Cute Girl #2	Episode: "Powerless Over the What?"
	V.I.P.	Iris Leon	Episode: "Ransom of Red Val"
	City Guys	Rayna	Episode: "Marriage Go-Round"
	Just Shoot Me!	Tanya	Episode: "Hello Goodbye"
2000	Angel	Serena	Episode: "Expecting"
	For Your Love	April	Episode: "The Craving"
	The Parkers	Vanessa	Episode: "Cheers"
2001	Kate Brasher	Kelly	Episode: "Georgia"
	My Wife and Kids	Tiara	Episode: "A Little Romance"
	Felicity	Samantha	Episode: "Girlfight" & "Senioritis"
	Off Centre	Sales Girl	Episode: "Let's Meet Mike and Euan"
2001–03	The District	Giselle	Recurring cast: season 1, guest: season 3
2002	Weakest Link	Herself	Episode: "Playboy Playmates Edition"
	The Invisible Man	Rachel	Episode: "Mere Mortals"
	Dharma & Greg	Laura	Episode: "The Mamas and the Papas: Part 1 & 2"
	Half & Half	Geneva	Episode: "The Big Upsetting Set-Up"
2003	CSI	Amelia Rueben	Episode:"Grissom Versus the Volcano"
2004–08	Passions	Valerie Davis	Regular Cast
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Melanie	Episode: "Ambush" & "Danger"
2009	CSI: NY	Dr. Catherine Rydell	Episode: "No Good Deed"
2009–10	One Life to Live	Rachel Gannon	Regular Cast
2011	Harry's Law	Barbara	Episode: "Wheels of Justice"
	Last Man Standing	Misty Cavanaugh	Episode: "Home Security"
	Femme Fatales	Alexis	Episode: "Speed Date"
2012	House of Lies	Alisette Kauffman	Episode: "The Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments"
2013	The Mindy Project	Woman #2	Episode: "Mindy's Minute"
2025	Beyond the Gates	Nicole Dupree Richardson

References

1. "Playmate Playmates". wekinglypigs.com. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
2. "official website". Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2005.
3. "Playboy TV's New Game Show". PR Newswire. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
4. "One Life to Live: Daphnee Duplaix The New Rachel Gannon!". Soaps.com. February 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
5. "Comings and Goings: Daphnee Duplaix (Rachel Gannon)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 34. March 3, 2009. p. 19.
6. Lewis, Errol (September 19, 2024). "Tamara Tunie Returns to Daytime Playing Family Matriarch in CBS Drama Beyond the Gates". Soap Opera Network. United States. Archived from the original on September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
7. Rice, Lynette (September 19, 2024). "'Beyond The Gates': Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix & Karla Mosley Cast In New CBS Daytime Soap". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
8. "Daphnee Duplaix Expecting Third Child". People.com. October 30, 2006. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
9. Heiberg, Daphnee Duplaix (September 19, 2015). "Bellamy Grace Heiberg Making Her Debut". Instagram.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2016.

External links

• Daphne Duplaix at IMDb