Brooke Shields, 42, is very excited about her latest venture on NBC. The new dramatic comedy, Lipstick Jungle, premiere’s next week. The plot lines has several modern New York career women supporting each other. She is also featured on the cover of this week’s Parade magazine, which will appear as a supplement in Sunday papers across the country.
Shields is no stranger to the ways of Hollywood. She has traveled that road since she was a young child model. We’ve seen her career ebb and flow. Her first major film role was in the controversial movie Pretty Baby. The media came down heavily on Shield’s mother for allowing her 12 year old daughter to be involved in child pornography.
In the early 1980’s she had roles in The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love. She won The People’s Choice Award for Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981-1984. Shields put her career on hold in order to attend Princeton University. She graduated in 1987 with a degree in French Literature.
The actress had several career stalls along the way. She cited her 6 foot height as a stumbling block with many leading men being of shorter stature. She had a two year marriage to tennis star Andre Agassi from 1997-1999 which was annulled. She has been married to television writer Chris Henchy since 2001. The couple have two young daughters.
Shields went public after the birth of her first daughter, Rowan, with the fact that she had suffered from postpartum depression. Tom Cruise attacked the actress during an interview on NBC with Matt Lauer. Public sentiment went with Shield’s and cast Cruise as the enemy. Ironically, both couples eventually had babies born on the same day, in the same hospital. Their young daughters, Suri Cruise and Grier Henchy, are now nearly 2 years old. Cruise visited Shield’s at her home and apologized for his personal attack on her. They made peace that day and the two families have become close friends.
Lipstick Jungle premiere’s on February 7th at 9:00pm CST. We’ve gathered some great photos of Shields so check them out.