Brooke Christa Shields is the daughter of Frank Shields a Revlon executive and Teri Shields a former model born on May 31, 1965 in New York. Her grandfather was Francis Shields, a professional tennis player. Her grandmother, Marina Torlonia, was an Italian aristocrat, and through her Brooke can claim descent from Henri IV, King of France, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco, among others. Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was the sister of Glenn Close's grandfather.She, at the age of 11 months, was the Most Beautiful Baby in America for Ivory Snow soap advertisements and was a runway model by age three. After spending many years hawking products, she was in such demand that her mother started marketing her under the logo Brooke Shields & Co. Shields made her feature film debut in Alice Sweet Alice, 1976, but did not become a bona fide star until French director Louis Malle cast her as a 12-year-old New Orleans prostitute who becomes the romantic obsession of a much older painter in Pretty Baby, 1978. Her questionable nude scene at the age of 13 caused an uproar.
Her best-known film is The Blue Lagoon, 1980 in which she and teenage hunk Christopher Atkins find themselves shipwrecked for years on a desert island. While filming the Blue Lagoon, she had to have her hair glued to her breasts so nothing would show. While Shields is not considered a natural actor, she has ?something? - it?s more than just a pretty face that keep the roles coming her way non-stop. Shields tried her hand with a more serious role in tepid teen romance Endless Love, but did not succeed. So she took a break and decided to pursue her education.
Brooke's first college choice was Harvard. But mom Teri demanded the school accept Brooke BEFORE she applied for admission. It declined, and Brooke ultimately went to Princeton. While at Princeton University, where Shields was an honors graduate in French Literature, she pursued her love for the theatre. After graduation she made her Broadway debut as Rizzo in the hit musical Grease earning the Theatre World Award in 1994 for Outstanding Debut on Broadway.
Her best-known film is The Blue Lagoon, 1980 in which she and teenage hunk Christopher Atkins find themselves shipwrecked for years on a desert island. While filming the Blue Lagoon, she had to have her hair glued to her breasts so nothing would show. While Shields is not considered a natural actor, she has ?something? - it?s more than just a pretty face that keep the roles coming her way non-stop. Shields tried her hand with a more serious role in tepid teen romance Endless Love, but did not succeed. So she took a break and decided to pursue her education.
Brooke's first college choice was Harvard. But mom Teri demanded the school accept Brooke BEFORE she applied for admission. It declined, and Brooke ultimately went to Princeton. While at Princeton University, where Shields was an honors graduate in French Literature, she pursued her love for the theatre. After graduation she made her Broadway debut as Rizzo in the hit musical Grease earning the Theatre World Award in 1994 for Outstanding Debut on Broadway.
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