Meet Paulina Gretzky: Pro Golfer Dustin Johnson’s Wife, Actress, Model, & More

Coming from a famed family of the Gretzky’s and being married to a successful golfer, Dustin Johnson, there are times when Paulina Gretzky’s personality may get sidelined. However, the 35-year-old has made a name for herself. From being a teenager to now a successful entrepreneur and model, Gretzky’s life has always been adventurous.

Shifting the camera lenses, take a journey through Gretzky in how she became herself despite the various pressures. From a singer to an actress, she has done many things in her life and always tried to shatter the limits that bound her.

Paulina Gretzky’s early rise to success

Paulina Gretzky comes from an athletic and celebrated family. Her father, Wayne Gretzky, was the great NHL player who massively impacted the Ice Hockey scene. Her mother, Janet Jones, was an iconic actor in the 80s. Although her father has Canadian ancestry, Gretzky was born in Los Angeles on December 19th, 1988.

She is the oldest of her siblings and probably the most popular too. Throughout her childhood, Gretzky was influenced by sports and the bling of Hollywood. And the latter attracted her more. Studying at the Nightingale Bamford School, Gretzky got an early introduction to social media and started posting pictures on it. This led to her eventual fame.

Later in 2003, the 35-year-old made her first public performance. Gretzky sang, ‘I Will Remember You’ at the 2003 Heritage Classic and started her singing career. A year later, she was in Toronto, Canada singing the national anthem at the 2004 Hockey World Cup. In 2005, Gretzky ventured to start her modeling life. She made her debut on the cover of ‘Flare’ in August of that year.

She was also the cover girl for Golf Digest in May 2014. While balancing her modeling and singing careers, she released her debut single, ‘Collecting Dust’ in 2006 at the age of 17. Paulina Gretzky’s life was already filled with adventures and she had found quite a success in modeling and singing. But the model wanted more from herself, so off was she to become an actress like her mother.

Paulina Gretzky’s acting career

Paulina Gretzky’s debut in the film fraternity happened with Justin Timberlake on her side. She was part of the movie called ‘Alpha Dog’ in 2006, which was not as successful as she would have expected. However, Gretzky isn’t the one to stop by one failure. She continued to persevere and landed another movie in 2009.

She played the role of a blonde in a reboot of the film called ‘Fame’. Following her hectic schedule, Gretzky then did two projects in 2012. One was the action thriller, ‘Guns, Girls, and Gambling’, where she played the role of a deputy. Another was Salma Hayek and Adam Sandler starred in Grown Ups 2. She was the ‘Bikini Girl Daisy’.

To date, Gretzky has done only these few movies. However, her journey from a social media star to an actress, singer, and model has been all sorts of great. While growing up, Gretzky felt the pressure of being as great as her parents but she said in an interview with KIND Magazine that she was stuck on the question “What is Paulina Gretzky going to do?”

To find the answer, Gretzky learned everything she wanted to and now she is a supermodel, designer, actress, and singer. Moreover, she also loves and plays hockey and golf. The 35-year-old has finally found her true self and in the contest to do that she also met the love of her life.

Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson’s relationship

In 2009, Dustin Johnson met Paulina Gretzky’s mother at a golf event. Janet Jones liked Johnson and invited him over for dinner. That night, Gretzky and Johnson met for the first time. Gretzky found the LIV pro a gentleman and they quickly exchanged numbers. However, they didn’t start dating until three years later in 2013.

The model started showing up to Jonson’s games on the PGA Tour and supporting him through wins and losses. As they grew closer, Johnson proposed to her in August 2013. The diva exclaimed in a now-deleted Instagram post, “Never been happier”. Throughout their relationship, the couple have been through many ups and downs.

Interestingly, in 2018, it was rumored that they’d broken up as Gretzky deleted all her Instagram posts with Johnson. However, two weeks later, Gretzky’s celebratory kiss to Johnson at the Ryder Cup as he won the morning session, shattered all the rumors. After nearly 10 years of engagement, Gretzky and Johnson tied the knot on April 23, 2022.

The two were joined by family and friends at the luxury Blackberry Farm, situated three hours’ ride from Nashville. They have been married for two years and will be celebrating their anniversary soon. Sharing so many years together, does Gretzky have decided to be a parent with Johnson?

Does Paulina Gretzky has children?

A year after the engagement, Gretzky had announced her first pregnancy with Dustin Johnson. The supermodel took to her Instagram and shared a picture from the maternity shoot cradling her baby. The couple welcomed their firstborn on January 19, 2015, and named him, Tatum Gretzky. More than two years later, Gretzky shared the news of expecting another child.

The two welcomed River Jones Johnson, the second son on June 14th, 2017. His middle name was given after Gretzky’s mother’s last name. The duo also share a pet labradoodle called Charlie. The two live happily in her abode in North Palm Beach as a family of five.

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The life of Gretzky has always been public, yet the finer details of a recent horrible experience were revealed by her in the Netflix series Full Swing. She revealed that after Johnson joined LIV Golf, the two received “death threats”.This has overwhelmed the model. However, she has taken control of things and is currently in Miami supporting her husband for another LIV Golf event.

The duo has surpassed all the negativity thrown at them and come out stronger.

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