May 31, 1965

New York, New York, USA

"Want to know what gets between me and my Calvins? Nothing." If you hadn't
heard of Brooke Shields before, this tag line from her Calvin Klein Jeans ad
had to grab your attention.

Not that she hadn't had a previous noteworthy resume. She was born in New
York City in 1965 and, at age 12, she starred as a child prostitute in
Pretty Baby (1978). Could this movie even be made today? It was considered
risky and controversial in 1978. It was followed by another hit, The Blue
Lagoon (1980).
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Brooke has proved herself to be so much more than her early films. Her broad
range of work as an adult would be quite an achievement for anyone,
especially given how difficult transitioning from child actor to adult often
is.

She has never stopped working, whether it be a Bob Hope Christmas special,
her own sitcom "Suddenly Susan" (1996), or as an author. She also managed to
work on a degree from Princeton University. She has received a number of
awards during her career, most notably The People's Choice award for 1981
through 1984 in the category of Favorite Young Performer. In 1997, she was
honored again with The People's Choice award for Favorite Female Performer
in a New Television Series in 1997 for her work in "Suddenly Susan" (1996).

In her personal life, she was married in 1997 to tennis player Andre Agassi.
She was devastated with they divorced two years later. She married for the
second time in 2001 to Chris Henchy. She has been open about using fertility
treatments to become pregnant with their daughter Rowan, born in 2003.

When suffering debilitating depression after the birth of her daughter, she
made the decision to put her feelings down on paper. Her book, "Down Came
the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression", takes a hard, honest
look at what she and many other women experience after childbirth.

She still lives in New York, and is still sought after for work in movies,
television, and on stage. Pretty nice list of achievements for the once
Calvin Klein jeans girl.