Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31 1965) is a famous American actress and model. She was 12 when she was a child model. She received critical acclaim for her role in Louis Malle's 1978 film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling until her late teenage years and appeared in a variety of dramas during the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).In 1983, Shields suspended her career as a model in order to study at Princeton University, where she received a bachelor's degree in Romance Languages. Shields was cast in film roles of minor importance and then returned to acting in the 1990s. She also appeared on the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-2000), where she earned two Golden Globe nominations, and Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009). Shields returned to NBC in 2017 and had a recurring role as a Law & Order: Special Victims character from the 19th season of the show. Shields portrays Beverly Goodman in Adult Swim's animated series Mr. Pickles since 2014. Brooke Christa Shields was born in Manhattan, New York on May 31, 1965. She is the daughter of model and actress Teri Shields (nee Schmon, 1933-2012) and businessman Frank Shields (1941-2003). According to William Addams Reitwiesner research, Shields had ancestral connections to various noble families from Italy. 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 of Civitella Cisi, the Italian noblewoman and the daughter of the American prince was Teri's paternal grandmother. Her uncle was Alessandro Torlonia from Italy, who was married to Infanta Beatriz of Spain. The family of Teri paid Frank an amount of money to terminate her pregnancy.







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