Born in New York in 1965, she scored her first film success playing a juvenile streetwalker in the film, "Pretty Baby" at the age of 13. Who is she?

The 1978 film "Pretty Baby" was indeed the breakout, and highly controversial, role for a young Brooke Shields. She was just twelve years old when she filmed her part as Violet, a child growing up in a New Orleans brothel at the turn of the 20th century. Directed by the acclaimed French filmmaker Louis Malle, the film's mature subject matter and Shields's age generated significant debate upon its release, immediately making her one of the most talked-about young actresses in the world.

This early notoriety catapulted her to international stardom in the early 1980s. She became an icon of the era, starring in another provocative film, "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), and famously appearing in a series of Calvin Klein jean commercials. Her line, "You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing," became a cultural touchstone and one of the most memorable advertising slogans of the decade.

Despite her immense fame as a teenager, Shields famously put her career on hold to pursue a higher education, graduating from Princeton University in 1987 with a degree in French literature. She later returned to acting, finding renewed success on television with the popular sitcom "Suddenly Susan" in the 1990s, cementing a long and varied career far beyond her controversial debut.