Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields was born on May 31 on the 31st of May, 1965. As a child model, she earned acclaim for her work for her lead role in Louis Malle’s film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued to model until her late teens and starred in several films in the 1980s for instance, 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 obtained a bachelor's diploma in Romance Languages. Shields began acting again in the early 1990s, and was seen in a few minor role in movies. She also played a prominent role in the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-192000), in which she was awarded two Golden Globe nominations and Lipstick Jungle (2008)-2009. Shields was back on NBC in 2017 to reprise her role as a prominent role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unified's 19th season. Shields voices Beverly Goodman in Adult Swim's animated series Mr. Pickles since 2014. Brooke Christa Shields was a Manhattan, New York, native born on May 31, 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, who was a model and actress, and Frank Shields, a businessman (1941-2003). According to the work of William Addams-Reitwiesner, Shields is related to various noble families of Italy specifically 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. Marina Torlonia di Civitella Cisi di Civitella was her paternal grandmother. She was the daughter of an American socialite and an Italian prince. Her great-uncle, Alessandro Torlonia, an Italian nobleman, was the husband of Infanta Beatriz in Spain. Teri was paid an amount by the family of Frank to stop the pregnancy.