Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields, the star of NBC's comedy series, Suddenly Susan, is a highly accomplished television, film and theater actress, as well as business woman, author, and model.

Shields has received numerous awards and accolades for her work. In 1997 and 1998 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, and was also nominated for The American Comedy Awards' Funniest Female Performer in a Television Series - Leading Role. She won five People's Choice Awards - Favorite Young Performer in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997. In 1999, Shields received the Genii Award for Outstanding Success in Television, Stellar Achievements in Television Performances and Good Citizenship in the Television Community. The actress is also the proud recipient of the First Annual "Fun, Fearless, Female" Award from Cosmopolitan magazine.

Shields began her professional career at only 11 months of age when she was selected as the Ivory Snow Baby, and by age three she was a runway model. Since that time she has graced the covers of hundreds of magazines - most notably Time magazine as the "Face of the Eighties," and Life magazine on three separate occasions. Shields continues to be featured in publications worldwide and in recent product endorsements such as Ivory.

At age nine, Shields won her first acting role in Holy Terror and went on to star in Louis Malles' Pretty Baby, the Palme D'or Award winner at the Cannes Film Festival, and Franco Zeferilli's Blue Lagoon. She has worked with such film greats as Susan Sarandon, Shelly Winters, Henry and Peter Fonda, George Burns, Charles Durning, and Hal Holbrook. Currently, Shields has starring roles in the soon to be released films: The Weekend with Gena Rowlands, Black and White with Robert Downey Jr., The Bachelor with Chris O'Donnell, and After Sex.

While at Princeton University, where Shields was an honors graduate, she pursued her love for the theatre, and after graduation made her Broadway debut as Rizzo in the hit musical "Grease" earning the Theatre World Award in 1994 for Outstanding Debut on Broadway. Shields is the author of The Brooke Book and On Your Own. Currently, she is writing Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression, slated for release in the spring of 2005. In addition to her professional career, she continues to be a strong advocate for children's rights and literacy.