Walking into a cosy Manhattan cafe, Brooke Shields pulls off a huge hooded coat to reveal a dramatic new look. Wearing absolutely no make-up, she nonetheless is striking – particularly because it appears that she has recently been struck. A large bruise, swollen and dark, covers the right side of her face. Yet there is no assailant to blame.
After more than 30 years in show business and a career that has taken her from teenage vamp to sitcom sweetheart to stage star, Brooke Shields has hit a wall. Literally.
Brooke, 40, became a household name at 13, starring in Louis Malle’s Pretty Baby, as a beguiling nymph. She followed that film with sappy teen fare such as 1980’s Blue Lagoon and Endless Love (1981), while maintaining a thriving modelling career. That cemented her fame and fortune.
Then life finally dealt her a blow from which she could not easily recover. After having her longed-for baby daughter, actress Brooke Shields just fell apart, struggling with severe post-natal depression.
In the June 2005 issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly, Brooke talks about those dark times and how she has come to love being a mother.
