Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is a famous American model and actress. She was 12 when she began her career as a model for children. She earned critical acclaim for her part in Louis Malle’s 1978 film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling until her teens, and appeared in a variety of dramas in the 80s, such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).In 1983, Shields quit her job as a model and enrolled at Princeton University, where she received a bachelor's degree in Romance Languages. Shields began acting again in the late 1990s, and was seen in a few minor parts in films. She also appeared on the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-202000), where she was nominated for two Golden Globes. Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009) was her second nomination. Shields was back on NBC in 2017 and had an ongoing role as a Law & Order: Special Victims unit character in the show's 19th Season. Shields is the voice of Beverly Goodman on Adult Swim's animated series Mr. Pickles, and its spinoff Momma Named Me Sheriff. Brooke Christa Shields was born in Manhattan, New York on May 31, 1965. She was the daughter of actress and model Teri Shields (nee Schmon; 1933-2012) and businessman Frank Shields (1941-2003). The mother of the couple was English, German, Scotch-Irish and Welsh origin, and her father was of English, French, Irish and Italian ancestry.According to research by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields has ancestral links with many noble families from Italy, in particular those from Genoa as well as Rome. 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 Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, she was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite. Her great-uncle, Alessandro Torlonia, an Italian nobleman was the husband of Infanta Beatriz in Spain. Teri was paid an amount from the family of Frank to stop the pregnancy.