Brooke Shields, born on May thirty-first, nineteen sixty-five, is a multifaceted American actress and the current president of the Actors' Equity Association. Her career began at an astonishingly young age, as she started modeling at just eleven months old. Shields gained significant attention for her role in Louis Malle's controversial film Pretty Baby in nineteen seventy-eight, where she appeared in nude scenes at the age of eleven. This early exposure propelled her into the spotlight, leading to a successful modeling career throughout her teenage years.
In the nineteen eighties, Shields starred in several notable films, including The Blue Lagoon in nineteen eighty and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love in nineteen eighty-one. However, in nineteen eighty-three, she made a pivotal decision to pause her modeling career to pursue higher education at Princeton University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Romance languages.
After graduating, Shields returned to the entertainment industry in the nineteen nineties, taking on various roles in films and television. She became a household name with her lead role in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan from nineteen ninety-six to two thousand, earning two Golden Globe nominations for her performance. Later, she starred in Lipstick Jungle from two thousand eight to two thousand nine, further solidifying her status in television.
In two thousand seventeen, Shields made a notable return to NBC with a major recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit during its nineteenth season. Additionally, she lent her voice to the character Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. Pickles from two thousand fourteen to two thousand nineteen, along with its spin-off Momma Named Me Sheriff.