Brande Roderick

Brande Nicole Roderick (born June 13, 1974) is an American model and actressknown for her appearances in Baywatch and Playboy. In April 2000, she was selected as Playmate of the Month and then became the Playmate of the Year in 2001.

Career
In 2000, Roderick starred as Leigh Dyer in Baywatch. In April 2000, she appeared in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. In 2001, Roderick became the Playmate of the Year. In 2003, she starred in the Bollywood movie Out of Control, as the American wife of an Indian man (played by Riteish Deshmukh) who, on a visit to India, gets pressured by his family into marrying an Indian girl.

Other recent film credits include Starsky & Hutch, Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, Club Wild Side 2 and The Nanny Diaries. In addition, she has guest-starred in Joey, The Parkers, Just Shoot Me!, Fear Factor and Beverly Hills, 90210.[2]

Appearances
Roderick is a "Girl of RPS" for the USA Rock Paper Scissors League.[3] In 2006, Roderick was one of six celebrity contestants on the CBS summer series, Gameshow Marathon. She was the runner-up to Kathy Najimy. In 2009, she appeared in the second season of Celebrity Apprentice.[4] Throughout the season, each celebrity raised money for a charity of his or her choice; Roderick selected the California Police Youth Charities.[5] On the second to last episode of Celebrity Apprentice 2, she was eliminated along with fellow contestant Jesse James from the final four.[2]

In April 2009, Roderick served as host of the Playboy Shootout reality competition on Playboy TV.[6]

In February 2012, Roderick hosted the Aces & Angels Super Bowl XLVI Party in Indianapolis, Indiana alongside Leeann Tweeden and Elaine Alden. In 2013 she returned in Celebrity Apprentice 6 All-Star, with Claudia Jordan and Dennis Rodman of season 2.

Ventures
As of 2008, Roderick had a networking company named Financially Hung.[7][8]She described the company as being "like MySpace for adults."[9]

Roderick runs the online fantasy gaming website FantaZ. She also has a business partnership with Adam Levine of Maroon 5 in the Italian designer shoe label Pantofola d'Oro.

Personal life
Roderick was born in Novato, California, and attended Santa Rosa Junior College.[1][10] She dated the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner from 2000 to 2001 and was also romantically linked to former NFL quarterback Cade McNown.[11][12] In August 2006, she became engaged to Glenn Cadrez, a former NFL linebacker who played 11 seasons for the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs.[13] The couple married in June 2007, and had their first child in March 2010.[14]

Filmography
2016 Anderson Bench Megan Bench

2011/I Let Go Brande Roderick

2008 Toxic Cherry

2007 The Nanny Diaries Tanya

2007 Bunny Whipped Casey

2006 The Game (TV Series) Suri

- The Rules of the Game (2006) ... Suri

2006 Hood of Horror Tiffany

2005 Lucky 13 Coolmint Girl

2005 Joey (TV Series) Robin

- Joey and the Tijuana Trip (2005) ... Robin

- Joey and the Christmas Party (2005) ... Robin

2005 The Daily Habit (TV Series) Host

2004 Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (TV Movie)

2004 Starsky & Hutch Heather

2003 Out of Control Sally Turner / Sally J. Bedi (as Brandy Rodericks)

2003 The Parkers (TV Series) Lola

- The Mack Is Like Wo! (2003) ... Lola

2003 Dracula II: Ascension (Video) Tanya

2003 Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (TV Movie) Leigh

2000-2001 Baywatch (TV Series) Leigh Dyer

- Rescue Me (2001) ... Leigh Dyer

- Makapu'u Lighthouse (2001) ... Leigh Dyer (credit only)

- Dead Reckoning (2001) ... Leigh Dyer

- Trapped (2001) ... Leigh Dyer

- The Return of Jessie (2001) ... Leigh Dyer (credit only)

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2001 Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) Brande Roderick

- At Long Last Allie (2001) ... Brande Roderick

2000 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (TV Series) Blonde on Commuter Train

- The Wedding Dress (2000) ... Blonde on Commuter Train

1999 Stripper Wives Brande

1999 Jesse (TV Series) Susan

- Students Get Flu/Carrie at Zoo/Monkey Throw Poo (1999) ... Susan

1998-1999 Love Boat: The Next Wave (TV Series) Kelly / Amazon Woman

- About Face (1999) ... Kelly

- Bermuda Triangle Episode (1998) ... Amazon Woman

1998C lub Wild Side 2 Tina / stripper

1998 Erotic Confessions (TV Series) Lorna

- Masquerade (1998) ... Lorna (uncredited)

1998 Life of a Gigolo Krista

1998 Sheer Passion Stacy

1998 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) Upscale Customer

- The Following Options (1998) ... Upscale Customer

1998 Beach Movie Lizzy