Brooke Shields Trivia

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She had her nose temporarily pierced especially for her role in the 1999 movie 'Black and White'. (en.wikipedia.org)

Brooke is actually distantly related to her former boyfriend, Prince Albert II of Monaco. Both are descended from Honore I, Prince of Monaco.

She did a guest star appearance in the GREEK TV series "Hai Rock" in 1993.She played alongshide the famous and talented Greek actors Petros Philipidis and Tasos Halkias.

Chosen as one of the most intriguing people of the year by People Magazine. [1996] (imdb.com)

Named one of America's 10 most beautiful women by Harper's Bazaar magazine (1988). (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of the 100 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine. [2006] (imdb.com)

The hardcover version of the novel "Evalore" by Eva Jones has a close-up photo of Brooke on the dust jacket. Copies of the novel with the dust jacket intact are collectables. ISBN 0397012594. (imdb.com)

She has 3 half sisters: Marina, Cristiana and Olympia. She also has half brothers and a step sister named Diana. (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine. [1996] (imdb.com)

Dated John Kennedy Jr. (imdb.com)

Appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." (imdb.com)

Appeared on the cover of American Vogue thirteen times between 1980 and 1987. She made her first cover appearance at the age of fourteen. (imdb.com)

Turned down the roles of "Emily" in Wild Orchid (1990) and "Roxy", Catherine's girlfriend, in Basic Instinct (1992) because producers couldn't assure her the parts didn't require nudity. (imdb.com)

TV Guide magazine choose her as the best TV guest star of 2006 for her performances on "Nip/Tuck" (2003) and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001). Others on the list included Forest Whitaker, Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour and David Morse. (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of the most intriguing people of the year by People Magazine. [1980] (imdb.com)

Appeared as one of the children in the flashback schoolroom scene in Annie Hall (1977) though her footage was cut out of the finished film. (imdb.com)

Ranked #12 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars" (imdb.com)

Brooke's legal birthname is Brooke Christa Shields. Her birth certificate was reproduced in both the 1978 and 1982 editions of "The Brooke Book." It is a widely misheld, and often reported, misconception that her birthname is Christa Brooke Shields. (imdb.com)

In 1981, the New Jersey-based music group The Jitterz released a single titled "The girls want to look like Brooke Shields", which was a minor alternative radio hit. (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of the most intriguing people of the year by People Magazine. [1978] (imdb.com)

Named one of America's 10 most beautiful women by Harper's Bazaar magazine (1981). (imdb.com)

Appeared on the cover of the book "I Love Ice Cream" by Carolyn Vosburg Hall. Doubleday, 1976. ISBN 0-385-11266-1 (imdb.com)

Was the first choice for the role of Supergirl, yet Helen Slater was the one who got to bag the role of the Girl of Steel. (imdb.com)

She and her "Lipstick Jungle" (2008) co-star, Kim Raver, both went to the same grade school. (imdb.com)

Dated Michael Jackson (imdb.com)

Was the youngest guest star to appear on "The Muppet Show" (1976). Brooke appeared in the show's final season when she was 15 years old. (imdb.com)

Dated Michael Bolton (imdb.com)

For her role in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Shields became the first ever "Winner" of a Worst Actress RAZZIE Award. She went on to "win" several more RAZZIES, and in 2000 was nominated as Worst Actress of the Century. (imdb.com)

Attended her prom with Ted McGinley, who was seven years her senior. (imdb.com)

Appeared on the cover of the 1977 album "Magic is a Child" by the progressive rock group Nektar. (imdb.com)

Is an only child. (imdb.com)

Appeared on the cover of the book "Helene" by John Bowers. Ballantine Books, 1976. ISBN 0-345-24906-2-150 (imdb.com)

Appointed Honorary Ambassador of Peace for the Harvey Ball Foundation along with Jackie Chan, Jerry Lewis, A.V.T. Shankardass, Prince Albert of Monaco, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Phil Collins, Jimmy Buffett, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darrell Waltrip, Heather Mills, Yoko Ono, Patch Adams, Sergei Khrushchev and Winnie Mandela. (imdb.com)

Having taken jazz dance classes for years, she showed off her skills in the opening credits and a few episodes of "Suddenly Susan" (1996) (imdb.com)

The poor construction of sentences in her book "On Your Own" was the subject of an article by William Safire in the New York Times. (imdb.com)

Was ranked #22 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel". (imdb.com)

On 25 February 1997 she and Andre Agassi filed suit against The National Enquirer claiming it printed "false and fabricated" statements about them and sought damages. The October 8, 1996 Enquirer headline read: "Brooke Shields...Suddenly on Top of the World...Therapy Ends the Nightmare of Pill-Popping, Binge-Eating and Tears;" the October 29 story, headlined "Brooke Wedding Disaster, Agassi Explodes," claimed that Agassi "lashed into" Brooke, Agassi and Teri "tangled like wildcats," Teri demanded a prenup, and Brooke "threatened" to derail the wedding. The case was dismissed. (imdb.com)

Her book "Down Came the Rain" debuted at number six on The New York Times Best Sellers list. (imdb.com)

Chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine. [2000] (imdb.com)

Dated Liam Neeson (imdb.com)

Cousin of Alessandro Lecquio. (imdb.com)

Was friends with musician Chuck Berry in the 1970s and actor Scott Baio in the 1980s. (imdb.com)

Was among the guests at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes`s wedding. (imdb.com)

Following a much publicized dispute with Tom Cruise over her use of psychiatric medicine to overcome depression, Cruise came to her home in 2006 and personally apologized to her for his criticism. Touched by the gesture, she accepted his apology. (imdb.com)

Said she suffered from depressions after the birth of her first child. (imdb.com)

Brooke gave birth to her second child with her husband Chris Henchy, a girl named Grier Hammond Henchy on April 18, 2006 in Los Angeles. Grier weighed in at 7 lbs. and was 20 inches. (imdb.com)

Her paternal grandmother was Marina Torlonia (1916-1960), daughter of the Italian 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, an Italian aristocrat, and through him Brooke can claim descent from Henri IV, King of France, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco, among others. Marina`s brother, 5th Prince Alessandro (1911-1986) married the Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909-2002), an aunt of King of Spain Juan Carlos de Borbón. Their granddaughter Sibilla Sandra Weiller (b. 12 Jun 1968), Brooke`s second cousin, married in 1994 Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (b. 1963), a younger brother of the reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg. (imdb.com)

Is an only child. She has 3 half sisters: Marina, Cristiana and Olympia. She also has half brothers and a step sister named Diana. (imdb.com)

Named one of the 20th Century`s 100 most beautiful women by the British magazine Harpers & Queen. Others on the list included Gloria Swanson, Vivien Leigh, Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, Josephine Baker, and Catherine Deneuve (2005) (imdb.com)

Was a cheerleader in high school and college. (imdb.com)