Brooke Shields

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Brooke Shields
Born	May 31, 1965 (age 41) New York City, New York
Spouse(s)	Chris Henchy (2001 - present) Andre Agassi (1997 - 1999) (annuled)
Notable roles	Violet in Pretty Baby Emmeline Lestrange in The Blue Lagoon Jade Butterfield in Endless Love

Brooke Christa Camille Shields^[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and model.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Personal life 1.2.1 Postpartum depression 2 Career after postpartum depression 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 Publication 5 Trivia 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Shields' career as a model began in the 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. In early 1980 (at age 14), Shields was the youngest fashion model to ever appear on the cover of the top fashion publication Vogue magazine. Later that same year (at age 15), Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline, "Do you wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world because of her dual career as a provocative fashion model and controversial child actress. TIME magazine reported, in its February 9, 1981 cover story, that her day rate as a model was $10,000. In 1983 Shields appeared on the cover of the September issue of Paris VOGUE, the October and November issues of American VOGUE and the December edition of Italian VOGUE.

Shields's film career began in 1978 with her appearance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, a movie in which she played a child living in a brothel (and in which there were numerous nude scenes). Because she was only 12 when the film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed, questions were raised about child pornography. This was followed by a slightly less controversial, but also less notable film, Wanda Nevada (1979).

After two decades of movies, her best-known films are still arguably The Blue Lagoon (1980), which included a number of nude scenes between teenage cousins on a deserted island (Shields later testified before a U.S. Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of them), and Endless Love (1981). She won the People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984.

Shields put her film career on hold to attend Princeton University from 1983 to 1987, graduating with a degree in French literature. Her senior thesis was titled "The Initiation: From Innocence to Experience: The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of Louis Malle, Pretty Baby and Lacombe Lucien." It was here at Princeton where she spoke openly about her sexuality and virginity. During her tenure at Princeton, Shields was a member of the Cap and Gown Club.

Shields' career stalled at various times, and she has told interviewers that her height (6'0") prevented her from getting roles opposite shorter male actors.

Shields has appeared in a number of television shows, the most successful being the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, in which she starred from 1996 until 2000 and which earned her a People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997.

Shields has appeared in many on-stage productions, mostly musical revivals, including Grease, Cabaret, Wonderful Town and Chicago on Broadway; she also performed in Chicago in London's West End.

Shields made a couple of guest appearances on That '70s Show. She played Mrs. Burkhart, Jackie's (Mila Kunis) mother, who later was briefly involved with Donna's (Laura Prepon) father (played by Don Stark). Shields left That '70s Show when her character was written out. Shields recorded the narration for the SONY/BMG recording of The Runaway Bunny, a Concerto for Violin, Orchestra, and Reader by Glen Roven. It was performed by the Royal Philharmonic and Ittai Shapira.

[edit] Personal life

Shields, whose middle name, Camille, is the name she adopted for her Confirmation at age 10, was born in New York City into a well-known American society family with links to Italian nobility. Her father was Francis Alexander Shields, and her mother was Teri Shields (né Maria Theresia Schmonn). Shields' parents divorced when she was a child, and her father later married Diana Lippert Auchincloss, the former wife of Thomas Gore Auchincloss (a half-brother of Gore Vidal and a stepbrother of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis). The actress has three half-sisters: Marina (who married Thomas William Purcell), Olympia, and Christiana Shields. Also, she has two stepsiblings, Diana Luise Auchincloss and Thomas Gore Auchincloss Jr.

Her paternal grandparents were Francis Xavier Shields, a tennis star of Irish descent, and his second wife, Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, a half-Italian, half-American socialite who was a sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain (an aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Shields is a second cousin once removed of the actress Glenn Close. Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore (wife of Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi) was Close's great-aunt, a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Shields' romantic relationships were the subject of many tabloid articles. Among the celebrities she dated were Ted McGinley (her high school prom escort), Dean Cain (her Princeton roommate and the first man with whom she had sex, according to an article published by the Associated Press)[1], John F. Kennedy Jr., Michael Bolton, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and Michael Jackson (his date to the 1984 Grammy Awards).

Shields was married from April 19, 1997, to April 9, 1999, to professional tennis player Andre Agassi; their marriage was annulled. Since April 4, 2001, she has been married to television writer Chris Henchy. They have two daughters: Rowan Francis (b. May 15, 2003) and Grier Hammond (b. April 18, 2006). Coincidentally, Shields' second child was born on the same day and in the same hospital as the first child of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, Suri.

[edit] Postpartum depression

In the spring of 2005, Shields spoke to magazines (such as the Guideposts shown here) and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to publicize her battle with postpartum depression, an experience that included depression, thoughts of suicide, an inability to respond to her baby's needs, and delayed maternal bonding. The illness may have been triggered by a traumatic childbirth, the death of her father three weeks earlier, stress from in vitro fertilisation, a miscarriage, and a family history of depression, as well as the hormones and life changes brought on by childbirth. Her book, Down Came the Rain, discusses her experience.^[2]

In May 2005, Tom Cruise, a Scientologist whose religion frowns on psychiatry, condemned Shields both personally and professionally, particularly for both using and speaking in favor of the antidepressant drug Paxil. As Cruise said, "Here is a woman, and I care about Brooke Shields because I think she is an incredibly talented woman, you look at [and think], where has her career gone?" Shields responded that Cruise's statements about anti-depressants were "irresponsible" and "dangerous." She said he should "stick to fighting aliens", (a reference to Cruise's starring role in War of the Worlds as well as some of the more exotic aspects of Scientology doctrine and teachings), "and let mothers decide the best way to treat postpartum depression." The actress responded to a further attack by Cruise in an essay War of Words published in The New York Times on July 1, 2005, in which she made an individual case for the medication and almost cried, "In a strange way, it was comforting to me when my obstetrician told me that my feelings of extreme despair and my suicidal thoughts were directly tied to a biochemical shift in my body. Once we admit that postpartum is a serious medical condition, then the treatment becomes more available and socially acceptable. With a doctor's care, I have since tapered off the medication, but without it, I wouldn't have become the loving parent I am today." ([2]). On Thursday, August 31, 2006, according to USAToday.com [3], Cruise privately apologized to Shields for the incident, and Shields accepted, saying it was "heartfelt". Three months later, she and her husband attended the wedding of Cruise and Katie Holmes in November 2006.

[edit] Career after postpartum depression

Shields' career was literally brought back to life after she wrote her book. Shields went from struggling actress appearing in plays to multiple-product spokesperson and guest starring on prestigious shows like FX's Nip/Tuck and CBS' Two and a Half Men.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

• The Last Guy on Earth (2006) (post production)
• Bob the Butler (2005)
• The Outsider (2005) (documentary)
• The Easter Egg Adventure (2005) (voice)
• Rent-a-Husband (2004)
• Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) (documentary)
• Massholes (2000) (Cameo)
• After Sex (2000)
• The Bachelor (1999)
• Black and White (1999)
• The Weekend (1999)
• The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
• Junket Whore (1998) (documentary)
• Scratch the Surface (1997) (documentary)
• Freeway (1996)
• The Seventh Floor (1994)
• Un Amore Americano(1994)
• I Can Make You Love Me (1993)
• Freaked (1993)
• Legends of the West (1992) (documentary)
• Running Wild (1992)
• Backstreet Dreams (1990)
• Brenda Starr (1989)
• Speed Zone! (1989) (Cameo)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) (Cameo)
• Sahara (1983)
• Endless Love (1981)
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Wanda Nevada (1979)
• Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
• Tilt (1979)
• An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) (Cameo)
• Pretty Baby (1978)
• King of the Gypsies (1978)
• Communion (1976) Also Known as Alice Sweet Alice

[edit] Television

• After the Fall (1974)
• The Prince of Central Park (1977)
• The Muppet Show (1980) (the youngest person to make a guest appearance on this show)
• Wet Gold (1984)
• The Diamond Trap (1988)
• The Simpsons (1993) (guest appearance)
• I Can Make You Love Me (1993)
• An American Love (1994)
• Nothing Lasts Forever (1995) (miniseries)
• Suddenly Susan (1996 - 2000) (also producer)
• Friends (guest appearance in 1996)
• The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (1998)
• What Makes a Family (2001)
• Widows (2002) (miniseries)
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2003) (voice)
• Gone But Not Forgotten (2004) (miniseries)
• That '70s Show (recurring role during 2004)
• Nip Tuck (Guest Star 2006)
• Law and Order: Criminal Intent "Siren Call" 2006
• The Batman as Julie
• Hannah Montana (guest appearance in 2007)
• Two and a Half Men (guest appearance in 2007)

[edit] Publication

• 1970s Movies
• 1980s Movies
• 1990s Movies
• Today Movies

[edit] Trivia

• According to iMDB.com, her legal birthname is Brooke Christa Shields.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000222/bio
2. ^ Shields, Brooke (2005). Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression. Hyperion. ISBN 1-4013-0189-4

[edit] See also

• List of famous tall women

[edit] External links

• Brooke Shields' Fansite
• Brooke Shields at the Internet Movie Database
• Brooke Shields at the Notable Names Database
• Brooke Shields at Yahoo! Movies
• Brooke Shields at TV.com
• WebMD article on Shields and Postpartum Depression
• "Regarding Ardy": an online short film with Brooke Shields
• William Morris listing
• The "Runaway Bunny" violin concerto, by Glen Roven and narrated by Brooke Shields
• Brooke Shields on Tom Green Live