Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields was born May 31 of 1965. She began her career as a child model who gained acclaim when she was 12 years old for her leading role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued to model into her teens, and appeared in a variety of dramas in the 1980s, such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).In 1983, Shields quit her job as a model in order to study at Princeton University, where she obtained a bachelor's diploma in Romance Languages. In the 90s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor parts in films. She was also on the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-202000), which was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009) was her second nomination. Shields was back on NBC in 2017 for the role of a regular 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 a Manhattan, New York, native on May 31 of 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, model and actress, and Frank Shields, a businessman (1941-2003). The mother of the couple was English, German, Scotch-Irish and Welsh origin, and her father had English, French, Irish and Italian ancestry.According to the work of William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields has ancestral connections to numerous noble families from Italy and, specifically, from Genoa and 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 was Italian nobleman Alessandro Torlonia, the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain.When Teri announced that she was pregnant, the family of Frank provided her with a lump sum to terminate the pregnancy.