Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields, born May 31 1965 was an American actress. As a child model she was praised by critics when she played the main role in Louis Malle's movie Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling throughout her teens and appeared in several dramas throughout the 1980s such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981). In 1983 Shields left her modeling career to attend Princeton University where she received a bachelor's in Romance Languages. Shields played minor roles in films as well as a return to acting in the 1990s. She also appeared on the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-202000), where she was nominated for two Golden Globes. Lipstick Jungle (2008-2009) was her second nomination. Shields returned to NBC in 2017 in the role of a regular Law & Order: Special Victims character from 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 , born on May 31 of 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, who was a actress and model, as well as 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 as well as Italian ancestry.According to research conducted by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields is a descendent of many noble families from Italy particularly 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. Her paternal grandmother was Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, who was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite. Her great-uncle was Alessandro Torlonia from Italy, who was married to Infanta Beatriz of Spain. Teri's family paid Frank a sum of money to end her pregnancy.