While attending high school, she resided in Haworth, New Jersey, across the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan. For her confirmation at age 10, she took the name Camille, after Camillus de Lellis. Shields was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. 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." Growing up, Shields took piano, ballet, and horse-riding lessons. She has two stepbrothers and three half-sisters. Frank married Teri, but they were divorced when Shields was five months old. Teri took the money, but violated the agreement and gave birth to Shields. When Teri announced that she was pregnant, Frank's family paid her a sum to terminate the pregnancy. Her great-uncle was the Italian nobleman Alessandro Torlonia, the husband of Infanta Beatriz of Spain. Her paternal grandmother was Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, who was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite. These are namely (in chronological order of descent from 1355 to 1965) the Gattilusi- Palaiologos- Savoy, Grimaldi, Imperiali, Carafa, Doria, Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Chigi-Albani, and Torlonia dynasties. Īccording to research by William Addams Reitwiesner, Shields has ancestral links with a number of noble families from Italy, in particular from Genoa and Rome. Her mother was of English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh descent, while her father had English, French, Irish, and Italian ancestry. Pickles and its spinoff Momma Named Me Sheriff.īrooke Christa Shields was born in Manhattan, New York, on May 31, 1965, the daughter of actress and model Teri Shields ( née Schmon 1933–2012) and businessman Frank Shields (1941–2003).
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Since 2014, Shields has voiced Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. In 2017, Shields returned to NBC with a major recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the show's 19th season. She also starred in the NBC sitcoms Suddenly Susan (1996–2000), for which she received two Golden Globe nominations, and Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009).
In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor roles in films. In 1983, Shields suspended her career as a model to attend Princeton University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Romance languages. She continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981). She was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978). Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and model.
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