BROOKE SHIELDS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Brooke Shields was born on May 31st, 1965 in New York City, New York with the birth name Brooke Christa Shields. Her parents were frank and Teri Shields. Just a couple months after she was born her parents marriage ended in divorce.
Her career first began as a model at only eleven months old. She worked for such products as Ivory soap and by the age of twelve she was already working as an actress starring in the film, "Pretty Baby" (1978) followed by another film role in, "The Blue Lagoon" (1980). At fourteen years old she was gracing the cover of Fashion magazines such as Vogue. At the age of fifteen she became the youngest model to over be on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine. Between the years of 1980 and 1985, she appeared on more than 300 magazine covers internationally.
She continued her education at New Lincoln School and then graduated from The Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey in 1983. She was also the model for Calvin Klein jeans.
There was a lot of controversy around her acting and modeling. At the age of ten a nude photograph as taken of her and put up in a art gallery but later was removed. Also, in her first film there was a lot of nudity and adult content causing a big uproar.
As her career progressed she continued to get work in such films as, "Wanda Nevada" (1979) and "Endless Love" (1981). Along with working as an actress she also managed to earn a French Literature degree from Princeton University and is even a published author for the book, "Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression".
She has also received a number of honors and awards throughout her career such as, The People's Choice Award between 1981 and 1984 as favorite Young Performer as well as the people's choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997 for her role on the sitcom, "Suddenly Susan" (1996). People's Magazine has also chosen her as "One of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1996 and 2000. They also chose her as one of the most intriguing people of the year in 1978, 1980 and 1996.
Brooke starred in the Lifetime movie, "What Makes a Family" (2001) and has also made numerous television appearances on such series as, "That 70's Show", "Nip/Tuck", "Two and a Half Men", "Entourage", "Lipstick Jungle" and "The Middle".
Along with her modeling career, film and television career, she has also appeared on stage in a variety of Broadway Productions such as, "Grease", "Wonderful Town", "Cabaret", "Chicago" and "The Addams Family".
Brooke Shields has been married twice throughout her lifetime. Her first husband was famous tennis player, Andre Agassi but this only lasted less then 2 years before the marriage was annulled. She then married Chris Henchy in 2001 and they have two children and remain married today.
She continues to work as an actress and resides in New York.
Filmography
2011 The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011 That Is All
2011 Chalet Girl
2010 The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
2010 Furry Vengeance
2010 Funny or Die Presents...
2010 The Middle.
2007-2009 Hannah Montana
2008-2009 Lipstick Jungle
2008 The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show
2008 The Midnight Meat Train
2008 Justice League: The New Frontier
2007 Bag Boy
2007 The Batman
2007 Two and a Half Men
2006 Nip/Tuck
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2005 Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 Bob the Butler
2005 New Car Smell
2004 The Easter Egg Adventure
2004 That '70s Show
2004 Our Italian Husband
2004 I'm with Her
2003 Gary the Rat
2003 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
2002 Widows
2001 Just Shoot Me!
2001 What Makes a Family
1996-2000 Suddenly Susan
2000 After Sex
1999 The Bachelor
1999 Black and White
1999 The Weekend
1998 The Misadventures of Margaret
1998 The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
1997 The Larry Sanders Show
1996 Friends
1996 Freeway
1995 Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 Running Wild
1994 The Seventh Floor
1994 The Postgraduate
1994 An American Love
1993 Tales from the Crypt
1993 Freaked
1993 I Can Make You Love Me
1992 Quantum Leap
1990 Backstreet Dreams
1989 Brenda Starr
1988 The Diamond Trap
1988 Speed Zone!
1984 Wet Gold
1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan
1983 Sahara
1982 The Doctors
1981 Endless Love
1980 The Blue Lagoon
1979 Just You and Me, Kid
1979 Wanda Nevada
1979 Tilt
1978 King of the Gypsies
1978 Pretty Baby
1977 The Prince of Central Park
1976 Alice Sweet Alice
1974 After the Fall