Brooklyn Decker Biography

Brooklyn Decker was born in 1987, in Kettering, Ohio. The daughter of medical professionals, she grew up with dreams of one day becoming a veterinarian. "That's because my parents are big animal lovers,” she explains. “We have four dogs and a cat."

Luckily for men everywhere, Brooklyn Decker’s best intentions were sidetracked during her early teens when she was discovered at a mall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brooklyn Decker’s modeling agency promptly entered her in a number of contests and she rewarded their faith by running away with the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention. Before long, Brooklyn Decker’s smiling face was popping up everywhere, including popular prom magazines. "It was so cool because everybody at school had a copy," she recalls.
Brooklyn Decker’s rising profile soon attracted the attention of national periodicals and she began posing for Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Elle Girl, Vogue, FHM, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Spin. In fact, Brooklyn Decker found herself to be in such high demand that she made the decision to leave Charlotte behind to head for the bright lights of New York City.

Blake Lively Biography

Some girls grow up dreaming of a career in Hollywood. Others, like Blake Lively, have to be dragged into it by their brothers. Blake’s parents were both talent agents in L.A., so she had nothing but doors open. Still, she resisted Tinseltown’s siren call. So, brother Eric went behind her back and secretly signer her up with his agent. Unbeknownst to Blake, her career path had been laid out for her.
Imagine, a young Blake Lively trying to focus on her school (she was trying to get into Stanford) while being inundating with calls from her new “agent” with auditions and interviews. Not wanting to disappoint her brother, she said yes and joined the legions of hot, blond girls lining up for roles.

Blake got her first big role by bucking the traditional audition routine. It was for Sisterhood of Traveling Pants. Poor Blake was nervous beyond belief. Instead of reading her lines, she passed her headshot to the producers and awkwardly shuffled off. Luckily for her, the character she was auditioning for was equally awkward and she won the part
Buoyed by her relative ease in winning that first major role, Blake Lively decided that maybe Stanford could wait. She was going to focus on acting. Was she blessed? Talented? Lucky to have ridiculously connected parents? Maybe a little of each, as she quickly landed the role of "Serena van der Woodsen" on the highly-anticipated teen drama Gossip Girl.

She played the bad girl gone good, and played it well. The show was a ratings disappointment, but squeaked out a second season where it began to graph upwards in both quality and viewership.

Becki Newton Biography

Born and raised in Connecticut, Becki Newton’s off-kilter childhood -- Becki was a brainy, artsy child with very little fashion sense -- ensured that her passion for acting became evident at an exceedingly early age. As such, Becki slowly but surely honed her craft by performing in a variety of local plays and musicals. Following her graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a degree in European history, Becki moved to New York City and began to pursue an acting career in earnest. She got her start on a series of commercials.

Becki was consequently hired to host a celebrity interview show on TBS called Movie Junky, which she parlayed into a short-lived stint on the daily soap The Guiding Light. In 2004, Becki made her cinematic debut with a small but pivotal role opposite Topher Grace and Laura Linney in the drama P.S. She followed that up with a three-episode arc on the popular NBC show American Dreams, and also popped up in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit with Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloney, and Charmed with Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan.
Becki’s big break came in 2006, after she successfully auditioned for the role of Amanda Tanen on the ABC dramedy Ugly Betty with costars America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams. The show, which quickly emerged as one of the breakout hits of the ’06-’07 season, transformed Becki into an instant celebrity. And it wasn’t long before the up-and-coming actress found herself being recognized everywhere she went.

Becki is also featured in the drama August Rush (2007) alongside Keri Russell, Robin Williams and Terrence Howard, and will also appear in the highly anticipated second season of Ugly Betty.