Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress and model. Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon, as well as TV shows such as Suddenly Susan, That '70s Show and Lipstick Jungle.
Background
Ethnicity:
Through her father's side, Brooke Shields has Italian, French, Irish, and English roots, along with high social position and relations to nobility. Her paternal grandmother was the Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia.
Brooke Shields was born in New York City to Frank and Teri Shields (née Schmon), who divorced several months after she was born. Shields has two stepbrothers and three half-sisters.
When Shields was five days old, her mother openly stated she wanted her to be active in show business, "She's the most beautiful child and I'm going to help her with her career."
Education
For her confirmation at the age of 10, Shields adopted her middle name, "Camille". While attending high school, Shields resided in Haworth, New Jersey.
Career
When she was 12 years old, Shields played a child prostitute her age in the 1978 film Pretty Baby. Eileen Ford, founder of the Ford Modeling Agency, said of Brooke Shields: "...She is a professional child and unique. She looks like an adult and thinks like one."
Works
film
1976 Alice, Sweet Alice
1980 The Blue Lagoon
1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan
1992 Running Wild
1998 The Misadventures of Margaret
1999 The Disenchanted Forest
2000 After Sex
2011 Chalet Girl
Religion
Shields was raised in the Roman Catholic faith.
Connections
Shields has two stepbrothers and three half-sisters.