Iconic American beauty, Brooke Shields, opens up in her own words. Start streaming the two-part documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields now exclusively on Hulu. | Hulu

Happy 56th birthday to Brooke Shields Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and model. She was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century. Shields garnered widespread notoriety in the role, and she continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including