Brooke Shields first stepped in front of the camera at 11 months old. Here are 25 photos that show the actor and model's fascinating life. (2024)

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Brooke Shields was born in New York, on May 31, 1965, to former model Teri Shields and Revlon executive Frank Shields.

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She stepped in front of the camera for the first time at 11 months old in an advertisem*nt for Ivory Soap.

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After more modeling and commercials, Shields began appearing in movies. She had a small role in Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" (1977) but her scene did not make the final cut.

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She had her breakout role the following year in Louis Malle's film "Pretty Baby" (1978) in which she played the precocious daughter of a sex worker. She was 11 at the time of filming.

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The film divided audiences but was a critical success. Shields attended the Cannes Film Festival the year of its release. "Pretty Baby" was nominated for the festival's most prestigious award, the Palm d'Or.

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Following the success of the movie, Shields began receiving 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.

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Thanks to her fame, Shields rubbed shoulders with many of the biggest stars of the day. She's pictured here with Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry.

Shields made her first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" when she was 14.

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Shields' next big role came in the 1980 coming-of-age drama "The Blue Lagoon" (1980). She was 15 at the time and had her hair glued to her chest so that nothing would show.

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The same year, she 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."

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In 1981, when she was 15, Shields was involved in a high-profile court case over nude photographs of her taken at the age of 10. She ultimately lost the case.

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Shields then appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's "Endless Love" (1981) opposite Martin Hewitt. Due to the amount of nudity, the film was initially given an X rating. It was then re-edited to earn an R rating.

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The same year, Shields was dubbed the face of the 1980s by TIME. She was photographed on the cover by Francesco Scavullo, who had also shot her Ivory Soap advertisem*nt.

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During her years as a teen idol, Shields used her image to champion a number of causes. She appeared in anti-drug PSAs, was the poster girl for abstinence from sex, and even put her support behind an anti-drunk driving campaign.

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Shields put her acting career on hold at the age of 19 when she enrolled at Princeton University. During her time there, she became a member of the college's theater troupe and performed in their annual revues.

Shields was linked to a number of famous men during her teenage years, including Michael Jackson, John Travolta, and John F. Kennedy Jr.

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However, Shields has said that her first real boyfriend was Dean Cain, who went on to star as Superman in the TV series "Lois & Clark." The pair dated while undergraduates at Princeton.

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Shields graduated with a bachelor's degree in Romance language and literature in 1987. She then threw herself back into her career.

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Shields married tennis player Andre Agassi in 1997 after four years of dating. They divorced in 1999.

In 1996, Shields made her infamous appearance on the NBC sitcom "Friends" as a crazed fan of Matt LeBlanc's character Joey Tribbiani.

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She then landed her own sitcom, "Suddenly Susan," in 1996. It ran for four seasons and scored Shields a favorite female performer People's Choice Award.

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In 2001, Shields married producer and writer Chris Henchy who she met on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, in 1999.

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In 2007, Shields put her support behind new legislation that supported mothers suffering from postpartum depression, something she experienced after the birth of her first daughter. The bill was passed in 2010.

Source: Congress

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Last month, Shields attended the premiere of her new reflective documentary, "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields," ahead of its release on Hulu on April 3.

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