Brooke Shields is one of Hollywood’s top movie stars with a career that spans almost a lifetime. Starting with the movie Pretty Baby At the age of 11, Shields is still an icon of his generation. However, being famous too soon brought a lot of noise in the journey to conquer the aura of the stage.
In early 2023, the glories and ups and downs of the actress’s nearly 60-decade career of “iconic American beauty” are reminisced in the documentary. Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.
It takes time to learn the life of the 68-year-old star. However, if forced to shorten, Shields went through 14 most important milestones to shape himself in the present.

Brooke Shields was born on May 31, 1665 in New York. She is the daughter of former model Teri Shields and Revlon executive Frank Shields. She made her first mark in the entertainment industry as an advertisement for a bath soap product when she was 11 months old. After a long career as a model and commercials, Shields began appearing in films. She had a small role in the hit film Annie Hall (1977) directed by Woody Allen. Unfortunately, her footage was not made. Photo: Hulu.

In 1978, Shields had her first breakout role, Pretty Baby. In the film, she plays a teenage “florist” girl. At that time, she was only 11 years old. That same year, Shields attended the Cannes Film Festival and Pretty Baby was nominated for the festival’s most prestigious award, the Palme d’Or. However, the film was also controversial because it let child actors play hot, nude scenes. Photo: Pretty Baby.

After the film’s success, Shields began to receive more attention from the fashion industry. In 1980, at the age of 14, Shields was the youngest model ever to appear on the cover of Vogue. Famous overnight, Shields competed with many of the biggest stars of the time. She made her debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson when she was 14 years old. Photo: Getty Images.

Shields’ next big role was in the teen drama The Blue Lagoon (Blue Strait, 1980). At that time, she was 15 years old and continued to act nude in the film. That same year, she appeared “half-closed, half-open” in an advertising campaign for Calvin Klein Jeans and became the subject of controversy. In 1981, at the age of 16, Shields was involved in a lawsuit over nude photos taken at the age of 10. Beauty loses the lawsuit. Photo: Columbia Pictures.

In 1981, Shields starred in Endless Love, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, with co-star Martin Hewitt. Due to the large amount of nudity, the film was initially rated X (under-18s prohibited). The film was then re-edited to obtain an R rating (not intended for use by people under the age of 17). Photo: Universal Pictures.

That same year, Shields was named the face of the 1980s by Time Magazine. Despite his name being associated with sensitive roles, during his teenage years, Shields used his image to fight for some. Social issues such as anti-drug, anti-drunk driving and calls not to have early sex. Photo: Time.

As a top Hollywood beauty, Shields has dated some of the most famous men, including Michael Jackson, John Travolta and John F. Kennedy Jr., son of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy. Photo: Getty Images.

However, Shields says that her first real boyfriend was Dean Cain, who played Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark. The couple dated when they were still students. Shields paused her acting career at the age of 19 to enroll at Princeton University. While there, she became a member of the university troupe and performed in their annual productions. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Romance Languages and Literature in 1987, then returned to acting. Photo: Hulu.

Shields married tennis player Andre Agassi in 1997 after four years of dating. The wedding took place at the church of St. John in Pebble Beach, California. They divorced in 1999. Photo: AP.

In 1996, Shields went viral when he appeared on the NBC sitcom Friends as a huge fan of Matt LeBlanc’s character Joey Tribbiani. Photo: Warner Bros.

In 1996, she starred in the sitcom Suddenly Susan. The series lasted four seasons and earned Shields the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Actress. Photo: Getty Images.

In 2001, Shields married producer and writer Chris Henchy. The two met while working for Warner Bros. in Burbank, California, in 1999. Shields and Henchy have two daughters, Rowan (19 years old) and Grier (16 years old). Photo: IG.

In 2007, Shields supported new legislation to assist mothers with postpartum depression. The beauty shared that she went through that difficult time after giving birth to her first daughter. The bill was passed in 2010. Photo: Getty Images.

In March, Shields attended the premiere of the documentary about her life
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