Brooke Shields Biography
Brooke Shields is an actress and model from the United States. She began her career as a child model, and at the age of 12, she received critical praise for her major performance in Louis Malle’s film Pretty Baby. She continued to model throughout her late adolescence, and in the 1980s, she acted in a number of dramas, including The Blue Lagoon and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love.
How old is Brooke Shields? – Age
She is 56 years old as of 31 May 2021. She was born in 1965 in Manhattan, New York, United States. Her real name is Brooke Christa Shields.
Brooke Shields Family – Education
She is the daughter of Teri Shields, an actress and model, and Frank Shields, a businessman. Her mother was English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh, and her father was English, French, Irish, and Italian. Shields had ancestors from a variety of noble families in Italy, including Genoa and Rome, according to William Addams Reitwiesner’s study. Gattilusi-Palaiologos-Savoy, Grimaldi, Imperiali, Carafa, Doria, Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Chigi-Albani, and Torlonia are the dynasties in question. Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, an Italian noblewoman who was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite, was her paternal grandmother. Her great-uncle was Alessandro Torlonia, an Italian aristocrat who married Infanta Beatriz of Spain.
Camille, after Camillus de Lellis, was her confirmation name at the age of ten. Shields has revealed that her first brush with the paparazzi occurred when she was 12 years old in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria in New York. She attended Princeton University after graduating from Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1983. Shields’ four-year transcript was featured in the July 1987 issue of Life Magazine, shortly after she graduated from college. The New York Times published a lighthearted op-ed piece based on the transcript, attempting to debunk the premise that Princeton produces exceptional, well-rounded graduates.
Brooke Shields Husband
Shields revealed in the June 2009 issue of Health magazine that she lost her virginity to actor Dean Cain while they were dating at Princeton when she was 22 years old. She claimed that if she had a better self-image, it would have happened sooner. Shields championed physical fitness as an extension of femininity in the 1990s, claiming that femininity and athletics can coexist.
Shields has had two marriages. She was married to tennis player Andre Agassi from 1997 to 1999; the couple had been together since 1993. After her divorce from Agassi, she married Chris Henchy, a television writer, in 2001, after meeting through mutual friends in 1999. They live in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, with their two daughters.
Brooke Shields Vegan
Shields is a vegan and a proponent of animal welfare. Despite speaking out against the fur industry in 1989, Shields went on to found Kopenhagen Fur and design her own mink fur coat.
Brooke Shields Daughters
She is a mother of two daughters; Rowan Francis Henchy, born on 15 May 2003 in Manhattan, New York, United States, and Grier Hammond Henchy born on 18 April 2006 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Brooke Shields and Michael Jackson
Shields gave a speech during Michael Jackson’s memorial service on July 7, 2009. She said in her speech that she met Jackson when she was 13 years old and the two became friends right away. She told memories in her eulogy, like the time she was his date for one of Elizabeth Taylor’s weddings, and the two sneaked into Taylor’s room to have a first look at her gown, only to find Taylor asleep in the bed.
Shields spoke with tears in her eyes, recalling the numerous moments she and Jackson shared and making a little jest about his famed sequin glove. She also cited Jackson’s favorite song, Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile,” which Jermaine Jackson later sang at the funeral service. Jackson revealed that he was dating Shields at the time in a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey. Jackson has repeatedly begged Shields to marry him and adopt a kid with him, according to her.
Brooke Shields Theater
In the 1994 production of Grease, Shields portrayed Rizzo, and in the 1998 revival of Cabaret, she played Sally Bowles. In the 2003 production of Wonderful Town, she took over for Donna Murphy in the role of Ruth Sherwood. Shields was cast as Roxie Hart in a long-running production of Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End in April 2005. This made her the first performer to star in the Broadway productions of Chicago, Cabaret, and Grease.
Brooke Shields Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $40 Million.
Brooke Shields Depression
Shields spoke to magazines and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show between April and May 2005 to publicize her battle with postpartum depression, which included depression, suicidal thoughts, inability to respond to her baby’s needs, and delayed maternal bonding. Her memoir, Down Came the Rain, details her experience and raises public awareness about postpartum depression.
Brooke Shields advocated for the use of Paxil to treat postpartum depression in 2005, prompting Tom Cruise to call her “irresponsible” and “dangerous.” He also advised her to “stick to fighting aliens” and leave it up to mothers to decide what is best for their children. Shields responded with an op-ed in The New York Times titled “War of Words” on July 1, 2005. On August 31, 2006, Cruise apologized to Shields in person for the incident, which she accepted. She attended Cruise’s wedding to Katie Holmes in November of that year.
Brooke Shields TV Shows
♦ 2014–16, 2018 – The Middle
♦ 2019–present – Momma Named Me Sheriff
♦ 2018–19 – Jane the Virgin
♦ 2018 – Murphy Brown
♦ 2017 – Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special
♦ 2017 – Nightcap
♦ 2017–18 – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
♦ 2016 – Flower Shop Mystery: Mum’s The Word
♦ 2016 – Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud
♦ 2016 – Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
♦ 2016 – Scream Queens
♦ 2016 – When Calls the Heart
♦ 2014–16 – Creative Galaxy
♦ 2014 – The Michael J. Fox Show
♦ 2014–2019 – Mr. Pickles
♦ 2013 – Army Wives
♦ 2013 – Super Fun Night
♦ 2011 – Chalet Girl
♦ 2010 – Who Do You Think You Are?