Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields was born May 31 in 1965. She started out as a young model and gained critical acclaim when she was 12 years old for her lead role in the film of Louis Malle Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling into her teens, and was featured in 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 attend Princeton University where she received an undergraduate degree in Romance Languages. Shields had a few film roles and returned to acting roles in the 1990s. She also appeared on the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-202000), where she was nominated two Golden Globe Awards. Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009) was her second nomination. In the year 2017, Shields was back on NBC with a recurring part in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which is currently in its 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 a Manhattan, New York, native born on May 31 the year 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, who was a actress and model, as well as Frank Shields, a businessman (1941-2003). Her mother was of English, German, Scotch-Irish and Welsh origin, and her father was of English, French, Irish, and Italian ancestry.According to research conducted by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields has ancestral connections to 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 the Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, she was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite. Her great-uncle was Italian nobleman Alessandro Torlonia, the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain.When Teri announced that she was pregnant, Frank's family provided her with a lump sum to stop the pregnancy.