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Brooke Shields Profile |
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Birth Date: May 31, 1965
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Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
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Birth Name: Brooke Christa Shields
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Brooke Christa Shields was born May 31st, 1965, in New York,
NY. The daughter of now divorced Frank and Teri -- a former
Revlon executive and model -- it seems that Brooke had
modeling written all over her.
As her manager, Brooke's mother wasted no time getting her
started in the industry, and at 11 months young, Brooke
posed in commercials for Ivory Snow.
Although it didn't take much convincing to see that Brooke
had the natural beauty necessary to model, her mother's
aggressiveness and persuasive attitude helped launch
Brooke's career. She was a popular model by the age of 12,
and she would soon have acting on her portfolio.
After her film debut in Alice, Sweet Alice, Brooke was cast
as child prostitute Violet in Louis Malle's 1978 film,
Pretty Baby. Her questionable nude scene at the age of 13
caused an uproar, and what turned out to be a lot of free
publicity for the film, thanks to fundamentalist and
anti-pornography organizations.
Brooke's trademark eyebrows were becoming recognized on TV,
what with appearances on shows such as The Doctors and The
Muppet Show, as well as on the big screen with roles in Tilt
and King of the Gypsies. But it was in 1980 that she would
star as Emmeline, in her claim to fame film, The Blue
Lagoon.
Although her hair was allegedly taped to her breasts so that
they wouldn't be fully exposed on film, the role involving
her in a sexual romp with another castaway on a deserted
island propelled her to fame.
Brooke may have been one of the 12 "Most Promising New
Actors of 1978" according to John Willis' Screen World, but
the rest of her acting career didn't do much to prove that
she was more than a pretty face. Not only is Brooke
considered a pretty face, but she was even hailed as Time
magazine's "Face of the '80s", thanks to the memorable The
Blue Lagoon and her provocative ads for Calvin Klein jeans,
proving that nothing could come between her and her Calvins.
But something did come between her and her acting career,
when she took a hiatus in the '80s to attend Princeton
University and receive her B.A. in French literature, after
roles in Endless Love and Sahara.
Brooke did random television stints in features such as
Change of Heart and The Diamond Trap; the title role in
1989's Brenda Starr; and a cameo in Speed Zone!. She was on
the Hollywood scene but was never a memorable presence,
until her role as Joey Tribbiani's stalker in a 1996 Friends
star-studded episode.
In 1996, Brooke was cast as the naïve Susan Keane Browne in
the NBC sitcom, Suddenly Susan. During her 4-year gig as
suddenly klutzy Susan, Brooke had other things on her plate,
such as a role in the documentary, Scratching the Surface,
along with Bridget Fonda and Whitney Houston, and parts in
the box-office blunders The Weekend, Black and White
(co-starring Robert Downey Jr. and Claudia Schiffer), and
The Bachelor (co-starring Renee Zellweger and Chris
O'Donnell).
Brooke may not have gained much recognition for many of her
roles, but she did receive the People's Choice Award for
Favorite Female in a New Series, for Suddenly Susan, as well
as the more prestigious Theater World Award in 1995, for her
turn as rebellious Rizzo in the Broadway rendition of
Grease, for which she received critical accolades.
The leggy actress has seen a lot of turbulence in her
personal life. She dated Liam Neeson, John F. Kennedy Jr.
and Dean Cain, was engaged to tennis pro Andre Agassi after
a much-publicized relationship (coincidentally, Brooke's
grandfather, Francis X. Shields, is a former tennis champ),
and is now married to TV writer Chris Henchy since April
2001, after her 2-year failed marriage to Agassi. In January
of 2000, Brooke's stalker of 15 years was arrested but
pleaded innocent.
Brooke was last seen in several guest appearances on Just
Shoot Me, as well as the 2001 film After Sex, and the
made-for-TV movies What Makes a Family and Widows. |
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Had her marriage to Andre Agassi annulled so she can remarry
in the Catholic Church.
She was stalked by 41-year-old Mark Ronald Bailey (a New
Jersey accountant from Los Angeles), while he was armed with
a handgun, over a period of three months (October 1999 to
January 2000). He was arrested on 1/10/2000 but pleaded not
guilty. The criminal complaint alleged Bailey "did
maliciously and repeatedly follow and harass Brooke Shields,
and made a credible threat...with the intent that she be
placed in reasonable fear for her safety, and for the safety
of her immediate family." On 9/5/2000, Bailey pleaded no
contest to stalking and terrorizing her; he was ordered to
undergo counseling and psychological evaluations, after
prosecutors claimed he sent more than 100 cards and letters
to her over the past 15 years...causing her "extreme fear
and shock." The terms of his probation include staying away
from her for 10+ years and keeping his distance from "her
family, her household members, her employees, her employers
or any of her agents." Ironically, seven years prior to this
entire ordeal, Shields had won critical acclaim for her
portrayal of another real-life stalking-victim (whose case
inspired America's first anti-stalking law): California
computer-engineer Laura Black, whose story was told in and
by the TV docudrama I Can Make You Love Me (1993) (TV).
College sweetheart was Dean Cain (Princeton, '88). They both
belonged to the same Princeton 'eating club' called 'Cap and
Gown'
Added 'Camille' to her name at her Communion when she was 10
years old
Nude photos of Brooke, taken by photographer Garry Gross,
when Shields was 10, were displayed in Manhattan's American
Fine Arts Gallery, September 10th, 1998. The actress had
sued Gross in 1981, tearfully testifying that the pictures
embarrassed her, but a court decision in 1983 gave Gross the
okay to display the photos.
The hardcover version of the novel "Evalore" by Eva Jones
has a close-up photo of Brooke on the dust jacket. Copies of
the novel with the dust jacket intact are collectables. ISBN
0397012594.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1978" in
John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 30.
Started her career in a TV commercial for Ivory soap.
Chosen as Time magazine's Face of the '80s.
Princeton graduate in French Literature, with a minor in
Italian, but says she spent most of her time making pottery,
to relax.
Her grandfather was Frank Shields, a professional tennis
player who acted in a few films in the 30s
While filming The Blue Lagoon (1980), she had to have her
hair glued to her breasts so nothing would show.
Appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the
song "Voices That Care."
Daughter of Teri Shields
Dated Michael Bolton
Dated Liam Neeson
Dated John Kennedy Jr.
Became engaged to writer/producer boyfriend Chris Henchy on
15 July 2000 whilst on vacation in Mexico.
Chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world
by People Magazine. [2000]
Chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world
by People Magazine. [1996]
Chosen as one of the most intriguing people of the year by
People Magazine. [1996]
Chosen as one of the most intriguing people of the year by
People Magazine. [1980]
Chosen as one of the most intriguing people of the year by
People Magazine. [1978]
Dated Michael Jackson
Appeared on the cover of the 1977 album "Magic is a Child"
by the progressive rock group Nektar.
The music group Blondie's 1978 album "Parallel Lines"
contains the song "Pretty Baby," written about Brooke
Shields.
In 1981, the New Jersey-based music group The Jitters
released a single titled "All the girls want to look like
Brooke Shields", which was a minor alternative radio hit.
Between the years of 1980 and 1985, she appeared on more
than 300 magazine covers internationally.
Her grandmother, Marina Torlonia, was an Italian aristocrat,
and through her Brooke can claim descent from Henri IV, King
of France, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco,
among others.
Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was the sister of Glenn
Close's grandfather.
On 25 February 1997 she and Andre Agassi filed suit against
The National Enquirer claiming it printed "false and
fabricated" statements about them and sought damages. The
October 8, 1996 Enquirer headline read: "Brooke
Shields...Suddenly on Top of the World...Therapy Ends the
Nightmare of Pill-Popping, Binge-Eating and Tears;" the
October 29 story, headlined "Brooke Wedding Disaster, Agassi
Explodes," claimed that Agassi "lashed into" Brooke, Agassi
and Teri "tangled like wildcats," Teri demanded a prenup,
and Brooke "threatened" to derail the wedding. The case was
dismissed.
Brooke's legal birthname is Brooke Christa Shields. Her
birth certificate was reproduced in both the 1978 and 1982
editions of "The Brooke Book." It is a widely misheld, and
often reported, misconception that her birthname is Christa
Brooke Shields.
Appeared on the cover of the book "I Love Ice Cream" by
Carolyn Vosburg Hall. Doubleday, 1976. ISBN 0-385-11266-1
Appeared on the cover of the book "Helene" by John Bowers.
Ballantine Books, 1976. ISBN 0-345-24906-2-150
For her role in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Shields became the
first ever "Winner" of a Worst Actress RAZZIE Award. She
went on to "win" several more RAZZIES, and in 2000 was
nominated as Worst Actress of the Century.
Appeared as one of the children in the flashback schoolroom
scene in "Annie Hall" (1977) though her footage was cut out
of the finished film.
Was paid $1 million in 1981 to endorse Wella Balsam shampoo.
Appeared on the cover of American Vogue thirteen times
between 1980 and 1987. She made her first cover appearance
at the age of fourteen.
At the age of fifteen, Shields became the youngest model
ever to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan.
Attended and graduated from Dwight Englewood High school, in
Englewood New Jersey, along with actress Mira Sorvino.
Her first daughter with Chris Henchy, Rowan Francis, was
born on 15 May 2003 at a Manhattan, New York hospital. Her
second daughter, Grier Hammond, was born on 18 April 2006.
Measurements: 33-25-36 (modeing at age 16 and 5'6"), 34
1/4B-25 1/4-35 (in 1989 at 6'), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth
magazine)
At the ripe old age of 16, she had already appeared on the
cover of every major fashion magazine including;
Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Mademoiselle,
Seventeen, and Vogue.
Named one of the most glamorous women of all time by
Harper's Bazaar magazine. Others on the list included Coco
Chanel, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Nicole Kidman
(2004).
Attended her prom with Ted McGinley, who was seven years her
senior.
The poor construction of sentences in her book "On Your Own"
was the subject of an article by William Safire in the New
York Times.
Ethnic background includes English, Italian and German
Was a cheerleader in high school and college.
Having taken jazz dance classes for years, she showed off
her skills in the opening credits and a few episodes of
"Suddenly Susan" (1996)
Her book "Down Came the Rain" debuted at number six on The
New York Times Best Sellers list.
Named one of the 20th Century's 100 most beautiful women by
the British magazine Harpers & Queen. Others on the list
included Gloria Swanson, Vivien Leigh, Lauren Bacall, Sophia
Loren, Josephine Baker, and Catherine Deneuve (2005)
Ranked #12 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
Is an only child.
Was ranked #22 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel".
She has 3 half sisters: Marina, Cristiana and Olympia. She
also has half brothers and a step sister named Diana.
Her paternal grandmother was Marina Torlonia (1916-1960),
daughter of the Italian Prince of Civitella-Cesi. Marina's
brother, Prince Alessandro (1911-1986) married the Infanta
Beatriz of Spain (1909-2002), an aunt of King Juan Carlos.
Their granddaughter Sibella Weiller (b. 1968), Brooke's
second cousin, married in 1994 Prince Guillaume of
Luxembourg (b. 1963), a younger brother of the reigning
Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Was the youngest guest star to appear on "The Muppet Show"
(1976). Brooke appeared in the show's final season when she
was 15 years old.
Brooke gave birth to her second child with her husband Chris
Henchy, a girl named Grier Hammond Henchy on April 18, 2006
in Los Angeles. Grier weighed in at 7 lbs. and was 20
inches.
Chosen as one of the 100 most beautiful people in the world
by People Magazine. [2006]
Turned down the roles of Emily in Wild Orchid (1990) and
Roxy, Catherine's girlfriend, in Basic Instinct (1992)
because producers couldn't assure her the parts didn't
require nudity. |
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