What is Brooke Shields most famous for? What is Brooke Shield doing now?

Brooke Shields is best known for being actress and model. She gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle’s film Pretty Baby in 1978 where she played a child prostitute.

In 2021, Brooke Shields launched her company Beginning Is Now, a wellness company and platform for women. In 2022, she launched her podcast, Now What?, which focuses on adversity and people’s responses to it.

Brooke Shields is also the subject of the new 2023 documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, in which she participated. In 1980, Shields was the youngest guest star to ever appear on The Muppet Show.

Brooke Shields starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love (1981). In 1993, Brooke Shields starred as Rizzo in the 1994 Broadway revival of Grease.

Brooke Shields was cast in the title role of the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, in which she starred from 1996 until 2000. This earned her a People’s Choice Award in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997, and two Golden Globe nominations.