Even at a young age, Brooke Shields began working as a model due to her angelic facial features. The future beauty icon was born on May 31, 1965, but her childhood was not cloudless. She had a difficult relationship with her mother, who was building a modeling career herself and in many ways tightly controlled her daughter’s life.
It was on her mother’s initiative that Brooke took part in a scandalous photo shoot for Playboy in 1975, which later became a traumatic experience for her. In 2014, the actress spoke candidly about the struggle for independence and the severe career crisis she experienced in the 1990s.
The peak of her popularity brought Shields closer to Michael Jackson — they had been friends for about 14 years, and, according to rumors, the king of pop music even gave her a ring. She also had an affair with actor Liam Neeson, whom she later fondly recalled.
Brooke found real marital happiness with producer and screenwriter Chris Henchy. The couple married in 2001, and they had two daughters, who became the main focus of her life.
