Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields, born May 31 1965, is an American actress. She was 12 when she began her career as a model for children. She was praised by critics for her performance in Louis Malle's 1978 film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued to model until her late teens and starred in several films in the 1980s such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).In 1983, Shields stopped her career as a model to go to Princeton University, where she obtained a bachelor's diploma in Romance Languages. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in small role in films. She was also a mainstay in the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-192000), for which she received two Golden Globe nominations and Lipstick Jungle (2008)-2009. In the year 2017, Shields returned to NBC with a recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the show's 19th season. Shields portrays Beverly Goodman in Adult Swim's animated show Mr. Pickles since 2014. Mr. Pickles since 2014. Brooke Christa Shields was a Manhattan, New York, native , born on May 31, 1965. She is the daughter of Teri Shields, actor and model, and Frank Shields, a businessman (1941-2003). Her mother was of English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh descent, while her father was of English, French, Irish and Italian ancestry.According to research conducted by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields is a descendent of numerous 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. Marina Torlonia di Civitella Cisi di Civitella was her paternal grandmother. She was the daughter of an American socialite as well as an Italian prince. Her great-uncle was the Italian nobleman Alessandro Torlonia, the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain.When Teri announced that she was pregnant, the family of Frank offered her a sum of money to terminate the pregnancy.







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