Brooke Shields

American actress and model whose films include "Communion," 1977, "The Blue Lagoon," 1980, "Brenda Starr," 1989 and "Backstreet Dreams," 1990. In 1994, she made her stage debut in "Grease" on Broadway. When Shields was five months old, her parents divorced. Good looks ran in the family and the little girl was totally beautiful with silky brown hair, luminous eyes and delicately pouty lips. Her lush sensuality later helped to sell blue jeans by the time she was 15. She was a pro photographic model from the age of 11 months, posing nude at age 10 and in a major motion picture at age 12. Her controversial first film, "Pretty Baby," portrayed the gorgeous youngster as a child prostitute. Two years later, she was a teen-age millionaire who had done five more movies. The famous photographer, Scavullo, who has taken pictures of her through babyhood, teen years and budding young woman, said that she was an incredible subject. "She went through all those stages and was always fabulous to work with, never showing any temperament or lack of cooperation." In spite of her fresh beauty, Shields was actually a churchgoing Catholic who disapproved of premarital sex. She never did drugs and tried smoking once, at age nine. Her mother, Teri, kept her on curfew and supervised her daughters social scene. At the age of 20, Shields wrote her first autobiography, "On Your Own." She then took time off to complete her education at Princeton University, graduating in 1987 with A grades. During school, she commuted to the 15-room mini mansion in New Jersey that she shared with her mom, three cats, three dogs and three horses. Planning to take Hollywood by storm, she instead entered a series of forgettable films and Bob Hope specials on TV. Close to six feet tall and beautiful, she was nonetheless considered wooden. In the 90s, Shields turned 30, went into therapy, and asked herself some tough questions. In 1993 she briefly met five-year-younger tennis star Andre Agassi (born 29 April 1970). They had both been child stars, were both religious and both in a career slump. They began sending each other notes and faxes, then talking on the phone for hours. By the time they got together in December, meeting in an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, Shields said she was already smitten. Their excitement together spilled over into their professional lives. Agassi got a new coach and a nine-figure contract from Nike, He won the U.S. Open in 1994, the Australian Open in 1995 and the Olympic Gold Medal in 1996 with Brooke nearby. Shields landed a part in "Grease" in 1994 as the gum-chomping, fast-talking Rizzo, a different image from her usual pristine princess. She fired her mother as her agent and signed with the William Morris Agency. She entered the competitive world of series TV with the debut of her sitcom, "Suddenly Susan," on 19 September 1996. This was her break-through, showing a sense of timing and fun in the light hearted comedy. Despite some tough reviews from the critics, the show proved itself a solid success. In February 1996, while she and Agassi were vacationing in Hawaii, he proposed with a spectacular 16-carat diamond ring. On 19 April 1997 at 6:45 PM and in Monterey, California, Shields and Agassi were married. They divided their time between Los Angeles and a new, $2 million house in Las Vegas, one they were well able to afford with a combined worth of some $80 million. Within two years, they filed for divorce, on 9 Apri Read less