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BROOKE SHIELDS
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Name : Brooke Shields Date Of Birth : 31st May, 1965
Place Of Birth : New York, USA Star Sign : Sign
Height : 6' Education : Graduated from Princeton University
Occupation : Actress Father : Frank Shields (Revlon executive)
Mother : Teri Shields (former model, manager) Half-Sister : Marina Shields
Husband
: Chris Henchy (TV
writer)
Andre Agassi (professional tennis player)(Divorced)
Shields began her professional career at only eleven months of age when she was
selected as the Ivory Snow Baby, and by age 3 was a runway model. Since that
time she has graced the covers of hundreds of magazines – most notably Time
magazine as the Face of the Eighties, and Life magazine on three separate
occasions. Shields continues to be featured in publications worldwide and in
recent product endorsements such as Ivory.
At age 9, Shields won her first acting role in Holy Terror
and went on to star in Louis Malles’ Pretty Baby, the Palme D’or Award winner at
the Cannes Film Festival, and Franco Zeferilli’s Blue Lagoon. She has worked
with such film greats as Susan Sarandon, Shelly Winters, Henry and Peter Fonda,
George Burns, Charles Durning, and Hal Holbrook. Currently, Shields has starring
roles in the soon to be released films: The Weekend with Gena Rowlands, Black
and White with Robert Downey Jr., The Bachelor with Chris O’Donnell, and After
Sex.
While at Princeton
University,
where Shields was an honors graduate, she pursued her love for the theatre, and
after graduation made her Broadway debut as Rizzo in the hit musical Grease
earning the Theatre World Award in 1994 for Outstanding Debut on Broadway.
Shields has received numerous awards and accolades. In 1997
and 1998 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a
Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was also nominated for The American
Comedy Awards’ Funniest Female Performer in a Television Series – Leading Role.
She won five People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Young Performer in 1981, 1982,
1983 and 1984 and Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997.
In 1999 Shields received the Genii Award for Outstanding Success in Television,
Stellar Achievements in Television Performances and Good Citizenship in the
Television Community. The actress also is the proud recipient of the First
Annual Fun, Fearless, Female Award from Cosmopolitan magazine.Shields is the
author of The Brooke Book and On Your Own. In addition to her professional
career, she continues to be a strong advocate for children’s rights and
literacy.