Brooke Christa Shields Bio

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31 1965) is an American actress and model. She started out as a young model who gained acclaim when she was 12 years old for her role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978). She continued modeling throughout her teens and starred in many dramas in the 1980s such as The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love (1981). In 1983 Shields quit her model career to study at Princeton University where she received a bachelor's degree in Romance Languages. Shields played minor roles in films as well as a return to acting in the 1990s. She also played a prominent role in the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996-192000), in which she was awarded two Golden Globe nominations and Lipstick Jungle (2008)-2009. Shields returned to NBC in 2017, reprising her role as the main role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unified's 19th season. Since 2014, Shields has voiced Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. Pickles and its spinoff Momma Named Me Sheriff. Brooke Christa Shields is a New Yorker who was born May 31st, 1965 in Manhattan. She is the daughter and businessman Frank Shields (1941-1903). According to the research of William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields is related to a number noble families from Italy and particularly 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, Alessandro Torlonia, an Italian nobleman was the husband of Infanta Beatriz in Spain. Teri was paid the sum of money by Frank's family to terminate the pregnancy.







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