Background:

Model-turned-actress Brooke Shields initially received recognition after portraying a young New Orleans prostitute named Violet in the movie Pretty Baby (1978) and Emmeline in the box office hit The Blue Lagoon (1980, won a Razzie Award for Worst Actress). Shields even received more recognition when she was cast as Susan Keane Browne in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan (1996). Her spectacular performance awarded her with a Favorite Female in a New Series at the People's Choice Awards in 1997 and she received nominations at the Golden Globe for Best Performance in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical in 1997 and 1998. Shields' trademark eyebrows are also well remembered as Nina in the drama The Weekend, for which she was honored with a Citatio ..[Full version]