The name "Gretzky" is immediately recognizable, since Wayne Gretzky is widely considered the greatest hockey player of all time. Decades after he first became a star, his children are making their own names known. That includes Wayne Gretzky's oldest daughter, Paulina Gretzky, who has been a singer, model, and actor, and is also known for her long-time relationship with golfer Dustin Johnson.
Wayne has five children with his wife of over 30 years, actor Janet Jones: 32-year-old Paulina, 30-year-old Ty, 28-year-old Trevor, 20-year-old Tristan, and 18-year-old Emma. Paulina is the most famous of the five and has made some headlines herself. Read on to find out more about her career and family life today.
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She's tried out different careers.
s_bukley / Shutterstock.comWhile Paulina is often referred to as a model, it doesn't seem that she is signed to an agency or part of the high fashion world. She has appeared on the covers of Flare, Golf Digest, and Maxim, however, and she posts photos of herself posing in various settings on her Instagram account.
Paulina has also worked as an actor in a few projects. She was in 2009's Fame, Guns, Girls and Gambling in 2012, and in 2013's Grown Ups 2. She also started a singing career when she was younger. A song of hers was used on the reality TV show Laguna Beach.
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She's planning to get married soon.
Paulina has been engaged to Johnson since 2013. In the time since they first got engaged, they've welcomed two sons: six-year-old Tatum and three-year-old Rivers.
During a recent appearance on the podcast Pillows and Beer (via HollywoodLife), Paulina said, "I just do things my own way" in reference to her long engagement. She continued, "I fell in love with someone so fast and we had the best thing that ever happened to us, happen so quickly. The most important thing was my kids, Dustin and my career. Those things took precedent. Those things had to be established. So, after he won the Masters [in 2020], I said let’s do it, this makes sense."
Paulina also recently posted a photo of herself with wedding dress designer Vera Wang on Instagram. She wrote in the caption, "Making my dreams come true. You are a queen & friend @verawang thank you."
She made a political statement in 2018.
Paulina's Instagram posts are primarily her showing off her outfits and modeling on beaches, but there is one post that stands out for a controversial reason. In June 2018, Paulina posted a photo of herself standing in front of a helicopter with the name "Trump" written on it in large print, and the comments on the post are divisive.
Inquistr reported that the helicopter was Trump's "$7 million Sikorsky S-76 MAGAcopter." As for other family connections to the former president, Johnson and Trump were photographed together on a golf course in 2016, and Johnson and Wayne were pictured at a Trump golf course in 2020.
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She's focuses on her family more than anything.
Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesIn a 2014 interview with Golf Digest, Paulina was asked which of her pursuits—music, acting, modeling—meant the most to her, but she had a different answer altogether. "The most important thing for me right now is my relationship with Dustin," she said. "It's what makes me happiest, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's important for people to realize it's OK to be happy in love. If you don't want to give up something, that's OK. But if you're in love and have to give up something, that's OK, too."
In the more recent interview with Pillows and Beer, she explained that she wanted to support Johnson fully in his career, but is now making more time for herself. "I needed to be his teammate and be there for him to support him and love him and make sure he’s accomplishing what he needed to do," she said. "That’s what I did. And now I deserve to have a little bit of this time for me."
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