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In 1983, Shields suspended her modeling career to attend [[Princeton University]], where she subsequently graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[Romance languages]]. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor roles in films. She also starred in the [[NBC]] [[sitcoms]] ''[[Suddenly Susan]]'' (1996–2000), for which she received two [[Golden Globe]] nominations, and ''[[Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle]]'' (2008–2009).

Shields was born in [[Manhattan]], New York City,<ref name=BIO/> on May 31, 1965,<ref name=BIO>{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/brooke-shields-9542246 | title = Brooke Shields Biography | publisher = Biography.com / [[Fyi (TV network)|Fyi]] ([[A&E Networks]]) | access-date = November 12, 2014 | archive-date = December 9, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181209135615/https://www.biography.com/people/brooke-shields-9542246 }}</ref> the daughter of actress and model [[Teri Shields]] (''[[née]]'' Schmon) and businessman [[Francis Alexander Shields]]. Her mother was of English, German, [[Ulster Scots people|Scotch-Irish]], and Welsh descent,<ref>{{cite news |title=Meeting the ancestors |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0705/blog_tv_tvwatch.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217201624/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0705/blog_tv_tvwatch.html | archive-date=February 17, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/life/905W-000-017.html|title=LIFE MAGAZINE – AMERICA FALLS FOR A MILLION DOLLAR BABY – 905W-000-017}}</ref> while her father had English, French, Irish, and Italian ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1237292|title=Kudrow gets to root of family trees|first=Bill|last=Burke|date=March 5, 2010|newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|access-date=March 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307025455/http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1237292|archive-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref>

 

 

When Teri announced that she was pregnant, Francis's family paid her a sum to terminate the pregnancy. Teri took the money, but violated the agreement and gave birth to Brooke.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/30/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-2012.html |title=The Lives They Lived |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 30, 2012 |date=December 28, 2012}}</ref> Francis married Teri, but they were divorced when Shields was only five months old.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20645378,00.html#disqus_thread|title=Brooke Shields's Mother, Teri Shields, Dies at 79|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828205610/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20645378,00.html#disqus_thread |archive-date=August 28, 2016 }}</ref> She has two stepbrothers and three half-sisters.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shields|first=Brooke|title=Welcome to Your World, Baby|url=https://archive.org/details/welcometoyourwor0000shie|url-access=registration|publisher= HarperCollins|year=2008|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/Churches/StMonicas.shtml |title=St. Monica Church |first=Gary |last=Wayne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817145240/http://www.seeing-stars.com/Churches/StMonicas.shtml |archive-date=August 17, 2010 }}</ref> When Shields was only five days old, her mother openly stated she wanted her to be active in show business, saying: "She's the most beautiful child and I'm going to help her with her career."<ref>{{cite book|last=Conner|first=Floyd|title=Hollywood's Most Wanted|page=[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodsmostwa0000conn/page/107 107]|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodsmostwa0000conn|url-access=registration|quote=...Her beauty was going to contribute to mankind.|year=2002|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=1-57488-480-8}}</ref> Growing up, Shields took piano, ballet, and [[horse-riding]] lessons.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/brooke-shields-interview-2 |title=Being Brooke |magazine=[[Good Housekeeping]] |first=Jenny |last=Allen |access-date=November 13, 2014 |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128015257/http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/brooke-shields-interview-2 |archive-date=November 28, 2014 }}</ref>

==Career==

=== 1966–1977: Modeling and career beginnings ===

Shields began her career as a model when she was 11 months old in 1966. Her first job was for [[Ivory Soap]], when she was photographed by [[Francesco Scavullo]].<ref name=actors/> She continued as a successful child model with [[model agent]] [[Eileen Ford]], who, in her [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] biography, stated that she started her children's division just for Shields. Ford said of her: "She is a professional child and unique. She looks like an adult and thinks like one."<ref>{{cite book |last=Handel |first=Gerald |title=Childhood socialization|page=37|year=2006|publisher=Aldine Transaction |isbn=0-202-30641-0}}</ref>

 

After appearing in the [[After the Fall (1974 film)|1974 TV adaptation]] of [[Arthur Miller]]'s play ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]'', Shields made her feature film debut in the [[New Jersey]]-shot horror film ''[[Alice, Sweet Alice]]'' (1976), portraying a young girl who is murdered during her first communion.<ref name=edwards/> She was cast in the part after director [[Alfred Sole]] had seen her in a print advertisement for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine.<ref name=edwards>{{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Matthew |title=Twisted Visions: Interviews with Cult Horror Filmmakers |publisher=McFarland |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-476-66376-0 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina|page=30}}</ref> The film was later re-released in 1981, capitalizing on Shields's rising fame at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34596030/the_indianapolis_star/|title=Looking for Brooke Better look fast|work=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|last=Rose|first=Rita|date=March 10, 1981|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Next, Shields worked with director [[Woody Allen]] in his 1977 film ''[[Annie Hall]]'', but her role was cut out of the final edit of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11279436/Brooke-Shields-I-stuck-up-for-mum-but-now-I-want-a-say.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11279436/Brooke-Shields-I-stuck-up-for-mum-but-now-I-want-a-say.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Brooke Shields: 'I stuck up for mum, but now I want a say'|last1=Walden|first1=Celia|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=December 8, 2014|access-date=June 10, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

 

 

 

===1978–1979: Breakthrough film work===

 

She graced the cover of the May 29, 1978 issue of ''[[People Magazine|People]]'', which bore the headline "Brooke Shields, 12, stirs furor over child porn in films."<ref name="Distractify">{{cite web |last1=Piazza |first1=Bianca |title="Kiddie Porn" or Art? Inside the Controversy of 1978's 'Pretty Baby' |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/kiddie-porn-or-art-inside-the-controversy-of-1978s-pretty-baby/ar-AA19t6Bu |website=Distractify |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref>

 

 

 

Other movies Shields appeared in, in the wake of ''Pretty Baby'', were ''[[Wanda Nevada]]'' and ''[[Tilt (1979 film)|Tilt]]'', both of which were released in 1979.

 

In 1980, 14-year-old Shields was the youngest fashion model ever to appear on the cover of ''Vogue''. Later that same year, Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for [[Calvin Klein]] jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline: "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing."<ref name=actors/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/04/calvin200804?currentPage=7|title=Calvin to the Core|first=Ingrid|last=Sischy|author-link=Ingrid Sischy|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=March 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.style.com/beauty/icon/121407 Style.com ''Brooke Shields'']</ref> Brooke Shields ads would help catapult Klein's career to super-designer status.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Ann C.|title=Delights, desires and dilemmas: essays on women and the media|page=xii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MD2mUa5dxYsC&pg=PR12|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=0-275-96156-7}}</ref>

 

She won the [[People's Choice Award]] in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984. During this same period, she starred in the [[USPHS]] [[Public service announcement|PSA]] sponsored by the [[American Lung Association]] as an initiative that [[VIP]]s should become examples and advocates of non-smoking.<ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=George |title=Health, Education and Youth: A Review of Research and Development |page=189 |year=1984 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=0-905273-54-0}}</ref>

 

 

In the mid-1980s, Shields began her support of the [[USO]] by touring with [[Bob Hope]].<ref>[http://www.uso.org/uso-entertainment-history.aspx USO History] Retrieved February 11, 2011</ref>

 

 

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===1983: ''Sahara'' & Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor===

 

For ''Sahara'', Shields earned the distinction of being the only actress ever to win the [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor]]. At the [[1984 Golden Raspberry Awards|1984 Razzies]], she was nominated for both the [[1984 Golden Raspberry Awards#Worst Actress|Worst Actress Award]] and Worst Supporting Actor, as "Brooke Shields (with a moustache)".<ref>[http://www.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=24 Razzie Awards: 1984 Archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228144258/http://www.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=24 |date=2009-02-28 }}</ref>

 

After making a minor appearance in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', Shields took a career hiatus to focus on her academic studies. She enrolled at [[Princeton University]] in the fall of 1983 and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[French literature]] in 1987.<ref name=nymag/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/brooke_shields|title=Brooke Shields – PEOPLE.com}}</ref> She was a member of the [[Princeton Triangle Club]] and the [[Cap and Gown Club]]. Her autobiography, ''On Your Own'', was published in 1985.<ref>Shields, Brooke (1985) ''On Your Own'' New York: [[Villard Books]] pp. 220 {{ISBN|0-394-54460-9}} [[OCLC]] [http://worldcat.org/oclc/11915327 11915327]</ref> Her 1987 senior thesis was titled "The Initiation: From Innocence to Experience: The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of [[Louis Malle]], ''[[Pretty Baby (1978 film)|Pretty Baby]]'' and ''[[Lacombe Lucien]]''."<ref name=actors/><ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Shields|first=Brooke Christa|date=1987|title=The Initiation: From Innocence to Experience: The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films of Louis Malle, "Pretty Baby" and "Lacombe Lucien"|url=http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp01qr46r1433}}</ref>

 

Shields played the eponymous lead in the 1989 movie ''[[Brenda Starr (1989 film)|Brenda Starr]]'', which had been shot in 1986 for an intended 1987 release but was held up for years over legal problems due to the rights to the comic strip and demands from Shields' mother that she receive top-billing in the picture, which co-starred [[Timothy Dalton]]. When the film was finally released in 1993, it was roasted by critics and bombed at the box office.<ref>{{cite magazine |date= May 1, 1992 |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link= Owen Gleiberman |url= https://ew.com/article/1992/05/01/brenda-starr-2/ |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |title=Movie Review: Brenda Starr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/movies/review-film-shields-as-intrepid-reporter.html |work= [[The New York Times]] |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link= Janet Maslin |title= Review/Film; Shields As Intrepid Reporter |date= April 19, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A138798 |access-date=December 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613232143/http://austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A138798 |archive-date=June 13, 2006 |title=Film Listings: Brenda Starr |first=Pamela |last=Bruce |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]]}}</ref>

 

 

 

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' would later place the film on its list of "21 Worst Comic-Book Movies Ever".<ref>{{cite magazine |date= April 29, 2009 |author= EW Staff|title= 21 Worst Comic-Book Movies |url= https://ew.com/gallery/21-worst-comic-book-movies-0/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

In 2001, [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] aired the film ''[[What Makes a Family]]'', starring Shields and [[Cherry Jones]] in a true story of a [[lesbian]] couple who fought the adoption laws of [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Advocate|pages=28–30|date=January 31, 2001|quote='I really believe that if you are against gays and lesbians adopting and you watch this movie,' you will never feel that way again, promises executive producer [[Craig Zadan]].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 |publisher=Here}}</ref> For four months, beginning July 2001, Shields portrayed [[Sally Bowles]] in the long-running Broadway revival of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]''.<ref name="Person List">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list|title=Person List|website=Playbill}}</ref>

 

 

In September 2004, she replaced [[Donna Murphy]] in the role of Ruth Sherwood in the 2003 revival of ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' until the show closed four months later.<ref name="Person List"/> Her performance was widely praised.<ref name="chicago-playbil-announcement">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/brooke-shields-is-foxy-roxie-hart-in-broadways-chicago-sept-9-com-127909|title=Brooke Shields Is Foxy Roxie Hart in Broadway's Chicago Sept. 9|first=Andrew|last=Gans|date=September 9, 2005|website=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]]}}</ref> [[Ben Brantley]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the "goofy sweetness" she brought to her interpretation of the role, but wrote that she fell short of Donna Murphy's "perfection."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/theater/reviews/brooke-shields-as-a-naif-who-cant-get-a-date.html|title=Brooke Shields as a Naif Who Can't Get a Date|first=Ben|last=Brantley|author-link=Ben Brantley|date=October 18, 2004|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In April 2005, Shields played [[Roxie Hart]] in a long-running production of ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] in London's West End.<ref name="chicago-playbil-announcement"/> Later the same year, she reprised the role in the Broadway revival, from September 9 to October 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/chicago-4804|title=Chicago – Broadway Musical – 1996 Revival - IBDB|website=IBDB}}</ref> This made her the first performer to have starred in ''Chicago'', ''Cabaret'', and ''Grease'' on Broadway, three long-running revivals noted for "[[stunt casting]]" of celebrities not known for musical theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/theater/newsandfeatures/a-triple-crown.html|title=A Triple Crown|first=Eric|last=Grode|date=August 14, 2005|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

 

===2011–present: Television hosting; documentary===

 

Starting in 2013, Shields has been an occasional guest co-host in the 9:00 hour of ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' on NBC. She also recurred during [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)|Season Nineteen]] of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as Sheila Porter, the maternal grandmother of [[Olivia Benson]]'s ([[Mariska Hargitay]]) adopted son, Noah Porter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1691229/law--order-svu-season-19-is-adding-brooke-shields-for-a-big-role|title=Law & Order: SVU Season 19 Is Adding Brooke Shields For A Big Role|first=Laura|last=Hurley|work=CinemaBlend|date=August 11, 2017|access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref>

 

Shields is the subject of the 2023 documentary, ''[[Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields]]'', directed by [[Lana Wilson]], who also directed the [[Taylor Swift]] documentary, ''[[Miss Americana]]''. The two-part series, which aired on [[Hulu]] on 3 April 2023, is "A look at actor, model and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Chloe|last=Malle|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/brooke-shields-pretty-baby-documentary-interview|title='This Movie Is the True Meaning of Catharsis': Brooke Shields on Looking Back—And Starting Over|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>

 

==Other media==

In the 1990s, Shields promoted physical fitness as an extension of femininity, maintaining that femininity and athletics are compatible.<ref name="Jeynes">{{cite book|last=Jeynes|first=William|title=American educational history: school, society and the common good |page=270|year=2007|publisher=SAGE|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FL2WYw0ve-0C&pg=PA270|isbn=978-1-4129-1421-5|quote=Several female athletes demonstrated that femininity and athleticism were consistent.}}</ref>

 

 

 

===Postpartum depression===

 

=== Relationship with Michael Jackson ===

 

 

In her [[eulogy]], she shared anecdotes, including an occasion in which she was his date for one of [[Elizabeth Taylor]]'s weddings, and the pair sneaked into Taylor's room to get the first look at her dress, only to discover Taylor asleep in the bed. Shields gave a tearful speech, referring to the many memories she and Jackson shared and briefly joked about his famous sequin glove. She also mentioned Jackson's favorite song, "[[Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)|Smile]]" by [[Charlie Chaplin]], which was later sung in the memorial service by [[Jermaine Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/07/michael-jackson-memorial-moments |title=Michael Jackson memorial: moments to remember|first=Helen|last=Pidd|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 7, 2009}}</ref>

 

 

In a conversation with [[Rabbi]] [[Shmuley Boteach]] in 2001, Jackson said of Shields:

 

 

==Relationship with mass media==

 

 

<blockquote>The media loved her, but they also pilloried her. Like ''[[Framing Britney Spears]]'', the documentary clarifies—with the benefit of time and perspective—the role of the media as the relentless villain in Shields's story. Reporters' lack of tenderness toward a preteen girl and demands that she answer for the way that she was sexualized onscreen are perhaps the most gasp-inducing parts of the film. "They're shocking," agrees Shields, recalling an interview with [[Barbara Walters]] in which the journalist asked Shields to stand up and compare her measurements to Walters's own. "I felt more objectified and abused by [that]," says Shields. "The irony is I didn't have that discomfort or shame in the one nude scene in ''Pretty Baby''."<ref name="Vogue 2023">{{cite web |last1=Malle |first1=Chloe |title='This Movie Is the True Meaning of Catharsis': Brooke Shields on Looking Back—And Starting Over |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/brooke-shields-pretty-baby-documentary-interview |website=[[Vogue Magazine|Vogue]] |date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref></blockquote>

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