Daphnée Duplaix
Daphnée Lynn Duplaix Samuel (born August 18, 1976) is an American actress and model. Early life. Duplaix was born August 18, 1976, in Manhattan, New York and is of Haitian, French, and Italian descent. 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. 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". She next began appearing as Rachel Gannon on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live" on April 7, 2009. Personal life. Duplaix was previously married to Ron Samuel, with whom she has three sons. On June 28, 2014, she married Grady Heiberg. Their daughter was born born in 2015.