Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields was born May 31, 1965. At the age of 12, she was a child model. She earned critical acclaim for her performance in the film of Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling throughout her teens, and was featured in various dramas of the 1980s such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love (1981). In 1983, Shields quit her model profession to pursue a degree at Princeton University where she received an undergraduate degree in Romance Languages. In the 90s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in small parts in films. She was also a star in the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-192000), for which she won two Golden Globe nominations and Lipstick Jungle (2008)-2009. Shields returned to NBC in 2017, reprising her role as a key role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unified's 19th season. From 2014, Shields has voiced Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. Pickles and its spinoff Momma Named Me Sheriff. Brooke Christa Shields was a Manhattan, New York, born on May 31 of 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, 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 was of English, French, Irish as well as Italian ancestry.According to research by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields has ancestral ties to a number of noble families of Italy especially those 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. Marina Torlonia of Civitella Cisi of Civitella Cisi is an Italian noblewoman and the daughter of the American prince was Teri's paternal grandma. Her great-uncle, Alessandro Torlonia, an Italian nobleman was husband to Infanta Beatriz who was born in Spain. Teri was paid the sum of money by Frank's family to stop the pregnancy.