Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields, born May 31 1965 was an American actress. At age 12, she began her career as a model for children. She earned critical acclaim for her role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling until her teens and was a part of numerous dramas during the 1980s, such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love (1981). In 1983 Shields quit her model career to study at Princeton University where she received an undergraduate degree in Romance Languages. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor roles in films. She was also a star in the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-192000), where she earned two Golden Globe nominations and Lipstick Jungle (2008)-2009. Shields returned to NBC in 2017 in a recurring role as a Law & Order: Special Victims character from the 19th season of the show. Since 2014, Shields has voiced Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. Pickles and its spinoff Momma Named Me Sheriff. Brooke Christa Shields was a Manhattan, New York, born on May 31 the year 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, a actress and model, as well as Frank Shields, a businessman (1941-2003). Based on William Addams Reitwiesner research, Shields had ancestral connections with various noble families from Italy. These are namely (in chronological order of descent from 1355 to 1965) the Gattilusi-Palaiologos-Savoy, Grimaldi, Imperiali, Carafa, Doria, Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Chigi-Albani, and Torlonia dynasties. Her paternal grandmother was the Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi she was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite. Her uncle was Alessandro Torlonia from Italy, who was married to Infanta Beatriz of Spain. Teri's family paid Frank an amount to stop her pregnancy.