After appearing in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month July 1997, she appeared in several Playboy videos, gradually moving into acting, finally becoming a regular cast member in American television soap opera Passions as Valerie Davis in 2004.
Daphnée Lynn Duplaix is married to Ron Samuel (now calling herself Daphnee Duplaix Samuel), with whom she has twin sons Jaylen and Sebastian (born 2003).
On January 15, 2007, Daphnée gave birth to her third child, son Jaxson Ronald Samuel weighed in 7 lbs. 5 oz. and measured 21 inches.