Brooke Shields Biography

• Birth Name

  

  Brooke Shields

• Birth Date

  05/31/1965

• Birthplace

  New York, New York

• Credits

  

  7 Movies, 14 TV appearances, 5 awards
  

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• Family

  Daughter: Grier Hammond Henchy
  born April 18, 2006; father Chris Henchy

  Daughter: Rowan Francis Henchy
  born May 15, 2003; father Chris Henchy

  Father: Frank Shields
  born c. 1936; married Teri Shields in March 1965; divorced in November 1965

  Grandfather: Francis X Shields
  died in 1975

  Half-Sister: Cristiana Shields
  younger

  Mother: Teri Shields
  born c. 1934; married Frank Shields in March 1965; divorced in Nove

  mber 1965; managed daughter's career from her birth until 1995

• Notes

  "Humor was always an outlet for me--it's the easiest defense and the easiest diffusion, whether from fear or just breaking the ice." --Brooke Shields quoted in Newsday, October 19, 1996
  "I have been photographing for 50 years, but I've never known anybody lik

  

  e Brooke. She went through all those stages, a baby, little girl, a teenager, and always was fabulous to work with. I've never seen her be temperamental or uncooperative. She's an

  amazing young lady." --photographer Francesco Scavullo in Biography, October 1997.
  

  "I never want to do anything for money. Anyway, I'm so naive about finances. Once my mother mentioned an amount and realized I didn't understand, she had to ex

  plain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood"---Brook Shields to People July 08, 1985
  "When I look back at the past 30 years, it's amazing to me that that kid did
  

  survive the first 10. I don't know how she did it. I can't say it was healthy, but we did

  the best we could within these circumstances thrown at me. OK, my parents were divorced. But I don't remember being unhappy. I was a kid. You don't labor through what's not fun." --Shields reflecting on her childhood in Rolling Stone, October3, 1996.
  

• Milestones

  (1984) Acted in the TV-movie "Wet Gold", a loose remake of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"; incorrectly touted as the actress' TV-movie debut
  (2001) Acted on stage in the L.A. production of "The Vagina Monologues" (January)
  (1992) Appeared in "Love Letters" on stage in L.A. opposite David Keith
  Appeared in commercials, including Richard Avedon's Colgate ads and a campaign for Breck shampoo
  

  

  (1981) Appeared in controversial advertising campaign for Calvin Klein jeans

  (1980-1993) Appeared in numerous TV specials hosted by Bob Hope
  

  (1966) At 11 months of age, posed in Ivory Snow advertisements photographed by Francesco Scavullo
  (1968) Became a runway model at age three (date approximate)
  (1978) Breakthrough film role as a child prostitute in Louis Malle's controversial "Pretty Baby"; appeared nude in several scenes
  (1995) Broadway musical debut as Betty Rizzo in "Grease"; had toured in role prior to her six-month NYC stint
  (2004) Cast as Jackie's mom for 3 episodes in the Fox comedy "That 70's Show"
  (1994) Cast as a documentary filmmaker in "Born Wild"; also sang in the film
  

  

  (1986) Cast in title role of the comic strip reporter "Brenda Starr"; film not released theatrically until 1989 (in Europe and Japan) and not until 1992 in the USA

  (1979) Co-starred with George Burns in "Just You and Me, Kid"

• (2002) Co-starred with Rosie Perez, N'Bushe Wright and Mercedes Ruehl in the ABC thriller miniseries "Widows"
  

  (1977) Film acting debut, "Communion/Alice Sweet Alice" (filmed in 1976)
  

  

  Fired her mother as her manager
  

  (2006) Had a recurring role as Christian's therapist in "Nip/Tuck" (FX)
  (1999) Had featured role as a prospective bride for "The Bachelor",

  starring Chris O'Donnell
  (1979) Had title role in "Wanda Nevada"
  (1988) Headlined the CBS movie "The Diamond Trap"
  (2005) Made her British stage debut in "Chicago," starring as the hard-boiled jailbird Roxie Hart; continued the role as the murderess Roxie Hart on Broadway
  (1996) Made memorable guest appearance in a two-part episode of the NBC sitcom "Friends"; played a rabid soap opera fan pursuing actor Joey Tribiani (Matt LeBlanc)
  Participated in CBS' "Circus of the Stars"
  (1992) Played a spoiled socialite bride in an episode of the NBC series "Quantum Leap"
  (1981) Played the young heroine of "Endless Love", directed by Franco Zefferelli
  (1999) Portrayed a documentary filmmaker married to a gay man (Robert Downey Jr) in "Black and White"
  (1993) Portrayed the title role in the CBS movie "I Can Make You Love Me: The Stalking of Laura Black"
  (2004) Replace Donna Murphy in the Tony-winning revival of "Wonderful T

  own"
  (2001) Replaced Gina Gershon as Sally Bowles in Broadway production of "Cabaret"
  (1993) Reprised performance in "Love Letters" at New Mexico Rep, co-starring Martin Hewitt (her leading man in "Endless Love")
  (1986) Stage acting debut in Off-Broadway repertory production of Marguerite Duras' "The Eden Cinema"
  

  

  (1994) Starred in the low-budget thriller "The Seventh Floor"
  (1980) Starred opposite Christopher Atkins in "The Blue Lagoon"
  

  TV series debut, the title role of a San Franciscan journalist in the NBC sitcom "Suddenly Susan"; made producer as of the 1998-1999 season
  (1977) TV-movie acting debut, "The Prince of Central Park" (CBS)
  (2000) Played Gena Rowlands' daughter in "The Weekend" (filmed in 1998); screened at the Seattle Film Festival