Brooke shields biography age

American actress (born 1965)

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress. Pure child model starting at leadership age of 11 months,^[2] Shields gained widespread notoriety at retard 12 for her leading representation capacity in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978), in which she appeared in nude scenes have a crack when she was 11 period old.^[3] She continued to construct into her late teenage geezerhood and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Potentate Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).

In 1983, Shields suspended her modelling career to attend Princeton Formation, where she subsequently graduated filch a bachelor's degree in Parable languages. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and comed in minor roles in pictures. She also starred in magnanimity NBCsitcomsSuddenly Susan (1996–2000), for which she received two Golden Field nominations, and Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009).

In 2017, Shields returned weather NBC with a major insistent role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in goodness show's 19th season. Shields vocalized Beverly Goodman in the Workman Swim animated series Mr. Pickles (2014–2019) and its spin-off Momma Named Me Sheriff.

Early viability and family background

Shields was inherited in Manhattan, New York City,^[4] on May 31, 1965,^[4] primacy daughter of actress and sheet Teri Shields (née Schmon) station businessman Francis Alexander Shields.

Have a lot to do with mother was of English, Teutonic, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh descent,^[5][6] longstanding her father had English, Romance, Irish, and Italian ancestry.^[7]

According closely research by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields has ancestral links recognize a number of noble families from Italy, in particular exotic Genoa and Rome.^[8] These put in order namely (in chronological order livestock descent from 1355 to 1965) the Gattilusi-Palaiologos-Savoy, Grimaldi, Imperiali, Carafa, Doria, Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Chigi-Albani, and Torlonia dynasties.^[8] Her paternal grandmother was Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, who was the chick of an Italian prince flourishing an American socialite.^[8] Her granduncle was the Italian nobleman Alessandro Torlonia, the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain.^[8] In spruce up 2010 episode of the kin documentary series Who Do Boss around Think You Are?, Shields ascertained she is a descendant short vacation Victor Amadeus I of Savoy and his wife Christine sequester France (a daughter of Eye-catching Henry IV of France most recent Maria de' Medici) through say publicly Torlonia dynasty.^[9][10]

When Teri announced meander she was pregnant, Francis's descendants paid her a sum unexpected terminate the pregnancy.

Teri took the money, but violated honesty agreement and gave birth decimate Brooke.^[11] Francis married Teri, however they were divorced when Shields was only five months old.^[12] She has two stepbrothers topmost three half-sisters.^[13][14] When Shields was only five days old, second mother openly stated she required her to be active place in show business, saying: "She's grandeur most beautiful child and I'm going to help her grow smaller her career."^[15] Growing up, Shields took piano, ballet, and horse-riding lessons.^[16]

Shields was raised in authority Roman Catholic faith.^[17] For break through confirmation at age 10, she took the name Camille, fend for Camillus de Lellis.

While assembly high school, she resided dwell in Haworth, New Jersey.^[18] Shields has stated that her first fasten with the paparazzi was shrub border the Grand Ballroom of magnanimity Waldorf Astoria New York strict the age of 12, stating that she "stood like spruce up statue wondering why they were all hired to photograph me" and that she "debuted claim the Waldorf."^[19]

Shields attended the Another Lincoln School until eighth grade.^[20][21] She graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Milker, in 1983.^[22]

Career

1966–1977: Modeling and occupation beginnings

Shields began her career chimp a model when she was 11 months old in 1966.

Her first job was sustenance Ivory Soap, when she was photographed by Francesco Scavullo.^[22] She continued as a successful babe model with model agentEileen Fording, who, in her Lifetime history, stated that she started bake children's division just for Shields. Ford said of her: "She is a professional child stream unique.

She looks like almighty adult and thinks like one."^[23]

After appearing in the 1974 Goggle-box adaptation of Arthur Miller's throw After the Fall, Shields imposture her feature film debut get a move on the New Jersey-shot horror husk Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), portray a young girl who psychoanalysis murdered during her first communion.^[24] She was cast in integrity part after director Alfred Particular had seen her in capital print advertisement for Vogue magazine.^[24] The film was later re-released in 1981, capitalizing on Shields's rising fame at the time.^[25] Next, Shields worked with pretentious Woody Allen in his 1977 film Annie Hall, but make more attractive role was cut out designate the final edit of influence film.^[26]

Shields and her spread Teri appeared on the have an effect of the September 26, 1977 issue of New York Magazine, in a cover story befall her modeling career.

The continue headline on the cover read: "Meet Teri and Brooke Shields" while the subtitle read:

Brooke is twelve. She poses uncovered. Teri is her mother. She thinks it's swell.^[27][28]

Although the Sept 26, 1977 issue was planned in a 2008 collection a range of classic covers on the New York Magazine website for sheltered 40th anniversary, unlike the attention listed issues, there is rebuff link to the cover fact about Shields' career as straighten up nude model.^[29]

1978–1979: Breakthrough film work

The 11-year-old Shields was cast chimpanzee the lead in French president Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978), in which she played wonderful child named Violet who momentary in a brothel, the lass of a prostitute played shy Susan Sarandon.

There were abundant nude scenes in the lp, including those in which Shields appeared naked.^[22] Her appearance appearance the film spurred significant issue, as public worry regarding descendant sexual abuse had begun come into contact with rise at the time hostilities its release.^[30][31][32] Gossip columnist Rona Barrett called the film "child pornography", and director Malle was described as a "combination get ahead Lolita's Humbert Humbert and (by that point) controversial director Popish Polanski".^[30] Her scenes in primacy nude also caused the pick up to be banned in Argentina,^[33]South Africa,^[34] and the Canadian mother country of Ontario^[35][36] and Saskatchewan.^[37] Probity film's ban in Ontario was lifted in 1995.^[38]: 39

She graced influence cover of the May 29, 1978 issue of People, which bore the headline "Brooke Shields, 12, stirs furor over descendant porn in films."^[39]

She or dismiss body double also appeared just right a dorsal nude scene hutch the 1979 release Just Order about and Me, Kid, which co-starred George Burns.

In the layer, Shields also appeared in boss scene where she apparently legal action naked, covered only by top-notch deflated car tire inner brass while lying in the case of Burns' vintage automobile.^[40] Shields also was portrayed as in one`s birthday suit in a third scene neighbourhood she was being held hostage.^[41] For her work in nobility movie, she was paid regular fee of $250,000 (equivalent get as far as $920,000 in 2023^[42] dollars), residue six percent of the profits.^[43]

Just You and Me, Kid standard poor reviews.

Critic Roger Ebert, in his Chicago Sun-Times monthly review, gave the film deuce out of four stars, mission the film "a charming disappointment."^[40] On his Sneak Previews Telly show with Chicago Tribune pick up critic Gene Siskel, both Ebert and Siskel gave the fell a thumbs down. Siskel vocal, "Brooke Shields is not untangle interesting when she's on honourableness screen," and called her fine model "who just can't act."^[44] Siskel's newspaper review further so-called that her part in honourableness film had "no substance, abide she is incapable of introduction fresh.

It's a stilted, tense performance from a teen-ager who has not had a celibate acting lesson and could handle a dozen."^[45]

Other movies Shields developed in, in the wake cut into Pretty Baby, were Wanda Nevada and Tilt, both of which were released in 1979.

1980–1981: Modeling and more movies

In 1980, 14-year-old Shields was the youngest fashion model ever to tower on the cover of Vogue.

Later that same year, Shields appeared in controversial print current TV ads for Calvin Mathematician jeans. The TV ad focus her saying the famous tagline: "You want to know what comes between me and out of your depth Calvins? Nothing."^[22][46][47] Brooke Shields ads would help catapult Klein's vocation to superstar status.^[48]

She next arised as a lead in The Blue Lagoon (1980), which deception nude scenes between teenage lovers stranded on a tropical islet (Shields later testified before top-notch U.S.

Congressional inquiry that senior body doubles were used play in some of them). The tie in year, she was the youngest guest star to ever inscribe on The Muppet Show, upgrade which she and the Muppets put on their own novel of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She was also the youngest person to host ABC's Fridays, a Saturday Night Live-like depict comedy show, in 1981.

Her next major film role was in Franco Zeffirelli's drama Endless Love (1981). The MPAA in the early stages rated Endless Love with make illegal X rating. The film was re-edited to earn an Regard rating. For her performance detailed the film, she received relax first Razzie Award nomination mend worst actress.

She won goodness People's Choice Award in distinction category of Favorite Young Thespian in four consecutive years propagate 1981 to 1984. During that same period, she starred unadorned the USPHSPSA sponsored by representation American Lung Association as rest initiative that VIPs should pass away examples and advocates of non-smoking.^[49]

By the age of 16, Shields had become one of honesty most recognizable faces in influence United States, because of bodyguard dual career as a exciting fashion model and child actress.^[22]Time magazine reported in its Feb 9, 1981, cover story defer her day rate as adroit model was $10,000 (equivalent show $28,000 in 2023^[42]).

In 1983, Shields appeared on the let slip of the September issue disrespect Paris Vogue, the October be first November issues of American Vogue and the December edition clamour Italian Vogue.^[50] During that edit Shields became a regular take care New York City's nightclub Workroom 54.^[51]

In the mid-1980s, Shields began her support of the USO by touring with Bob Hope.^[52]

1981–1983: Legal battle over nude photos

From 1981 to 1983, Shields, sit on mother, photographer Garry Gross, beginning Playboy Press were involved buy litigation in the New Royalty City Courts over the consecutive to photographs her mother confidential signed away to Gross (when dealing with models who untidy heap minors, a parent or acceptable guardian must sign such clever release form while other agreements are subject to negotiation).

Massive was the photographer of unblended controversial set of nude counterparts taken in 1975 of efficient then ten-year-old Brooke Shields go-slow the consent of her be silent, Teri Shields, for the Dissolute man Press publication Sugar 'n' Spice. The images portray Shields in the raw, standing and sitting in grand bathtub, wearing makeup and barnacled in oil.

The courts ruled in favor of the lensman due to a strange twine in New York law. Grandeur ruling would have been definite otherwise if Shields had antiquated considered a child "performer" fairly than a model.^[53]

Richard Prince "Spiritual America"

In 1983, in the awaken of the legal battle go out with ownership of the photos, principal Richard Prince photographed one break into Gross' photos of the 10-year-old Shields standing naked in marvellous bathtub.

Prince had found glory picture in a copy line of attack Gross' self-published book Little Women onto Ektachrome slide film, exploitation blew it up to 8x10 inch print. Put in unadulterated gold fame, a Prince copy of the Gross photo was the sole work displayed rotation his first "Spiritual America" county show at store-front art gallery be over the Lower East Side conclusion Manhattan.^[54]

Later, when a Prince smidge of Shields was included bring into being his 2009 Spiritual America cabaret at the Tate Modern, diplomatic created a stir.

It was removed from an exhibition stern a warning from the police.^[55]

Prince created a numbered series operate 10 prints (and two artists proofs) measuring 20 inches outdo 24 inches (50.8 cm. over 60.9 cm.) of his record of the Gross/Shields photo. Fall apart May 2014, copy #10 magnetize Prince's reproduction of the Consummate photo was auctioned off hunk Christie's, fetching a price embodiment $3,973,000.

The realized price was within Christie's pre-auction estimate admire $3.4–4.5 million.^[54]

In 2005, the 40-year-old Shields let Prince photograph bunch up wearing a bikini in influence same pose as the youth nude photo, in front carry-on a motorcycle.^[56]

1983: Sahara and Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor

Shields played a romantic lead stem Sahara (1983) for a costs variously reported as $1 pile or $1.5 million.

Her make somebody be quiet Teri Shields was executive maker of the picture, with regular fee of $25,000.^[57] The film over was a critical and 1 failure, released only in say publicly Western United States after casual previews and grossing $1.2 meg against a budget of $15 million (equivalent to $40 million confine 2023^[42]).^[58][59]

For Sahara, Shields earned character distinction of being the single actress ever to win influence Golden Raspberry Award for Defeat Supporting Actor.

At the 1984 Razzies, she was nominated provision both the Worst Actress Give and Worst Supporting Actor, importation "Brooke Shields (with a moustache)".^[60]

1983–1987: Hiatus and academic studies

After formation a minor appearance in The Muppets Take Manhattan, Shields took a career hiatus to heart on her academic studies.

She enrolled at Princeton University unappealing the fall of 1983 take graduated with a Bachelor exempt Arts degree in French facts in 1987.^[50][61] She was fastidious member of the Princeton Trilateral Club and the Cap stream Gown Club. Her autobiography, On Your Own, was published mission 1985.^[62] Her 1987 senior deduction was titled "The Initiation: Use Innocence to Experience: The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Journey in the Films conjure Louis Malle, Pretty Baby coupled with Lacombe Lucien."^[22][63]

1988–1999: Film, stage, sports ground television roles

Shields played the eponymic lead in the 1989 steam Brenda Starr, which had back number shot in 1986 for block off intended 1987 release but was held up for years intellectual legal problems due to rendering rights to the comic line and demands from Shields' inactivity that she receive top-billing concern the picture, which co-starred Christian Dalton.

When the film was finally released in 1993, swimming mask was roasted by critics duct bombed at the box office.^[64][65][66]

Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Brenda Starr (citywide) arrives after some five mature of legal disputes over supplementary rights.

It would have antediluvian an act of kindness sue for all concerned, including the remunerative customer, to have left scrape by on the shelf where set great store by belongs."^[67]

Peter Travers, writing for Rolling Stone, gave the film topping negative review, writing, "There's antiquated so much negative insider call out about Brooke's 'Brenda' that restore confidence might be harboring a covet that the damned thing filthy out all right.

Get indication it. Brenda Starr is quite a distance as bad as the also-rans that Hollywood traditionally dumps hurry us before Labor Day... it's a heap worse."^[68]

Entertainment Weekly would later place the film give something the once-over its list of "21 Last Comic-Book Movies Ever".^[69]

In 1993, Shields made a guest appearance hold a fourth-season episode of The Simpsons, called "The Front".^[70] Picture following year, she starred gorilla Rizzo in the 1994 Tier revival of Grease.

In organized 1996 episode of the accepted comedy sitcom Friends, Shields afflicted Joey Tribbiani's stalker. This parcel led directly to her for one person cast in the title portrayal of the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, in which she asterisked from 1996 until 2000, bear which earned a People's Arrogant Award in the category reminiscent of Favorite Female Performer in a- New Television Series for break down, in 1997, and two Flaxen Globe nominations.^[22]

In 1998, she specious a lesbian, Lily, in The Misadventures of Margaret.^[71]

2000–2010: Further observer and film work

In 2001, Time aired the film What Arranges a Family, starring Shields other Cherry Jones in a accurate story of a lesbian pair who fought the adoption rules of Florida.^[72] For four months, beginning July 2001, Shields depict Sally Bowles in the long-running Broadway revival of Cabaret.^[73]

In 2004, Shields made several recurring caller appearances on That '70s Show playing Pam Burkhart, Jackie's (Mila Kunis) mother, who later was briefly involved with Donna's (Laura Prepon) father (Don Stark).

Shields left That '70s Show considering that her character was written respite.

In September 2004, she replaced Donna Murphy in the separate of Ruth Sherwood in decency 2003 revival of Wonderful Town until the show closed quaternion months later.^[73] Her performance was widely praised.^[74]Ben Brantley of The New York Times praised goodness "goofy sweetness" she brought on hand her interpretation of the part, but wrote that she integument short of Donna Murphy's "perfection."^[75] In April 2005, Shields faked Roxie Hart in a long-running production of Chicago at leadership Adelphi Theatre in London's Western End.^[74] Later the same class, she reprised the role hutch the Broadway revival, from Sep 9 to October 30.^[76] That made her the first theatrical to have starred in Chicago, Cabaret, and Grease on Stage-manage, three long-running revivals noted guarantor "stunt casting" of celebrities weep known for musical theatre.^[77]

Shields record the narration for the Sony/BMG recording of The Runaway Bunny, a concerto for violin, tie, and reader, by Glen Roven.

It was performed by honourableness Royal Philharmonic and Ittai Shapira.

In the late 2000s, Shields guest-starred on shows like FX's Nip/Tuck and CBS's Two boss a Half Men. In 2005, Shields appeared in a second-season episode of HBO's Entourage, ruling "Blue Balls Lagoon". In 2007, she made a guest manipulate on Disney's Hannah Montana, live Susan Stewart, protagonist Miley Stewart's (Miley Cyrus) mother, who boring in 2004.

In 2008, she returned in the prime past drama Lipstick Jungle. The progression ended a year later.^[22]

Starting worry 2010, she made guest pro formas on The Middle as depiction mother of a brood be more or less terror-inducing children and the redress of Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton).^[78][79] She also appeared as unblended featured celebrity in NBC's kindred documentary reality series, Who Better You Think You Are?, site it was revealed that, safety her father's ancestry, she run through the distant cousin (many generations removed) of King Louis Cardinal of France, and thus practised descendant of both Saint Gladiator and Henry IV of France.^[80]

2011–present: Television hosting; documentary

Shields took supercilious the role of Morticia Addams in the Broadway musical The Addams Family beginning on June 28, 2011.^[81]

Starting in 2013, Shields has been an occasional visitant co-host in the 9:00 interval of Today on NBC.

She also recurred during Season 19 of Law & Order: Especial Victims Unit as Sheila Janitor, the maternal grandmother of Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) adopted play a part, Noah Porter.^[82]

Shields is the subjectmatter of the 2023 documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, directed strong Lana Wilson, who also destined the Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana.

The two-part series, which aired on Hulu on 3 April 2023, is "A creature at actor, model and big shot Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young lass to a woman discovering disclose power."^[83]

In 2024, Shields was designate the president of the Actors' Equity Association^[84] and starred be of advantage to the Netflix film Mother eliminate the Bride opposite Miranda Cosgrove.^[85]

Other media

Shields is the author admonishment three books.

In 2006, she penned the book Down Came the Rain: My Journey Strive Postpartum Depression, in 2015 she published There Was a About Girl about the relationship she had with her mother, who suffered from alcoholism throughout Shields's life, and in 2025 she published Brooke Shields is classify Allowed to Get Old slow aging as a woman.^[86][87][88]

In 2022, she launched a podcast hollered Now What?

focusing on in any case people respond to adversity.^[89]

Personal life

As a child, Shields lived sound out her mother on Manhattan's Psychedelic East Side.^[90] In 1990, she purchased a ranch near Allencompassing Timber, Montana.^[91][92] She also serviced a home in Los Angeles, which she purchased in 1998 and sold in 2022.^[93]

In say publicly 1990s, Shields promoted physical practicality as an extension of trait, maintaining that femininity and recreation are compatible.^[94]

Despite coming out overwhelm the fur industry in 1989,^[95] Shields later went on correspond with create her own mink mint coat at Kopenhagen Fur.^[96] She dated actor Dean Cain reach studying at Princeton University.^[97]

Shields has been married twice.

In 1993, she began a relationship shorten Andre Agassi; the couple connubial in 1997 and divorced develop 1999.^[98]

In 1999, she met persuade writer Chris Henchy through public friends. The pair wed take away 2001.^[99] They have two daughters,^[87]: 63 Rowan Francis Henchy, born Might 15, 2003, and Grier Hammond Henchy, born April 18, 2006.

As of 2012, they were living in Greenwich Village, Unusual York City.^[100]

Postpartum depression

Between April pole May 2005, Shields spoke ballot vote magazines (such as Guideposts) cranium appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to publicize her conflict with postpartum depression, an deem that included depression, thoughts run through suicide, an inability to counter to her baby's needs instruction delayed maternal bonding.^[101][102] Her tome, Down Came the Rain, discusses her experience,^[87] contributing to neat as a pin greater public awareness of postnatal depression.^[103]

In May 2005, actor Lie Cruise—a Scientologist whose beliefs look daggers at upon psychiatry—condemned Shields, both yourself and professionally, for using elitist speaking in favor of leadership antidepressant drug Paxil.

As Sail said, "Here is a lady and I care about Poet Shields, because I think she is an incredibly talented female, you look at [and think], where has her career gone?" Shields responded that Cruise's remarks on antidepressants were "irresponsible" highest "dangerous". She also argued go off at a tangent he should "stick to combat aliens" (a reference to Cruise's role in War of magnanimity Worlds as well as brutally of the more esoteric aspects of Scientology doctrine and teachings), "and let mothers decide dignity best way to treat postnatal depression." Shields responded to keen further attack by Cruise strip off an op-ed titled "War fanatic Words", published in The New-found York Times on July 1, 2005, in which she complete an individual case for magnanimity medication and stated: "In neat strange way, it was cheering to me when my accoucheur told me that my insult of extreme despair and loose suicidal thoughts were directly fastened to a biochemical shift confined my body.

Once we allow in that postpartum is a straight-faced medical condition, then the illtreatment becomes more available and socially acceptable. With a doctor's carefulness, I have since tapered demonstration the medication but, without get underway, I wouldn't have become depiction loving parent I am today."^[104] On August 31, 2006, according to USA Today,^[105] Cruise apologized in person to Shields defend the incident; she accepted probity apology, saying it was "heartfelt".

That November, she and organized husband attended Cruise's wedding chance on Katie Holmes.

Relationship with Archangel Jackson

On July 7, 2009, Shields spoke at the memorial attack for Michael Jackson.^[106] She acknowledged in that speech that she first met Jackson when she was 13 years old, post the two instantly became friends.^[107] Shields said:

Thinking back bring out when we met and say publicly many times that we clapped out together and whenever we were out together, there would accredit a caption of some charitable, and the caption usually voiced articulate something like 'an odd couple' or 'an unlikely pair,' however to us it was character most natural and easiest out-and-out friendships...

Michael always knew why not? could count on me down support him or be authority date and that we would have fun no matter vicinity we were. We had capital bond... Both of us obligatory to be adults very prematurely, but when we were take charge of, we were two little sons having fun.^[108]

In her eulogy, she shared anecdotes, including an instance in which she was tiara date for one of Elizabeth Taylor's weddings, and the belittle sneaked into Taylor's room come within reach of get the first look resort to her dress, only to data Taylor asleep in the coating.

Shields gave a tearful allocution, referring to the many journals she and Jackson shared tell briefly joked about his famed sequin glove. She also design Jackson's favorite song, "Smile" spawn Charlie Chaplin, which was ulterior sung in the memorial find ways to help by Jermaine Jackson.^[109]

Jackson stated compromise his 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey that he was dating Shields at the time.^[110] Shields has stated that Jackson by choice her to marry him plentiful times and to adopt marvellous child together.^[111]

In a conversation be different RabbiShmuley Boteach in 2001, Pol said of Shields:

That was one of the loves take away my life.

I think she loved me as much pass for I loved her, you know? We dated a lot. Amazement, we went out a choose by ballot. Her pictures were all overtake my wall, my mirror, macrocosm. And I went to ethics Academy Awards with Diana Objectionable and this girl walks slang to me and says 'Hi, I'm Brooke Shields.' Then she goes, 'Are you going package the after-party?' I go, 'Yeah.' 'Good, I'll see you assume the party.' I'm going, 'Oh my God, does she have a collection of she's all over my room?' So we go to righteousness after-party.

She comes up finding me she goes, 'Will order about dance with me?' I went, 'Yes. I will dance collide with you.' Man, we exchanged amounts and I was up deteriorate night, singing, spinning around forlorn room, just so happy. Put on show was great.^[112]

Relationship with mass media

Shortly after Shields graduated from University University, her four-year transcript was published in the July 1987 edition of Life magazine.

Homespun on that transcript, The In mint condition York Times published a optimistic op-ed piece intended to nip the claim that Princeton come across superior, well-rounded graduates. Noting turn Shields "got all As ahead Bs, and obviously paid singlemindedness to her school work", active claimed she "got cheated" now Princeton did not require accumulate to take any classical studies, medieval, modern or American account, or any course in sums, philosophy, economics, political science, planet literature, or science with workplace experience.

"[I]f that adds concoct to a liberal arts teaching from a place like University, there is no longer ignoble danger that our society testament choice ever suffer from elitism comport yourself any form."^[113]

The article was characteristic of the intense media observation faced by Shields after rendering release of the 1978 tegument casing Pretty Baby, in which she, as a child actor, was filmed nude and in sex situations.

In a March 2023 Vogue profile of Shields, Chloe Malle, the daughter of prestige film's director, discussed the skin as well as the Jan 2023 documentary Pretty Baby: Poet Shields that it inspired:

The media loved her, but they also pilloried her. Like Framing Britney Spears, the documentary clarifies—with the advice of time and perspective—the carve up of the media as the relentless villain in Shields's story.

Reporters' lack of tenderness toward spiffy tidy up preteen girl and demands that she answer for the way go off she was sexualized onscreen remit perhaps the most gasp-inducing calibre of the film. "They're shocking," agrees Shields, recalling an ask with Barbara Walters in which the journalist asked Shields rear stand up and compare take five measurements to Walters's own.

"I felt more objectified and battered by [that]," says Shields. "The irony is I didn't possess that discomfort or shame necessitate the one nude scene in Pretty Baby."^[114]

Filmography

Main article: Brooke Shields filmography

Awards and nominations

Published works

References