When she was 14 she was living in the Paris suburb of Gentilly with her father.
She graduated from Alhambra High School one semester early in January 1984.
If you have not heard of Brooke Shields before, this tagline from her Jeans ad had to grab your attention.
She plays Camille in Goodbye First Love, a film by Mia Hansen Løve.
After a couple of auditions for musical-theater she discovered that acting instead of singing was where her.
Not that she has not had a previously noteworthy resume.