It took nearly 60 years for Brooke Shields to overcome her imposter syndrome

In an influential new series with Katty Kay, actress and model Brooke Shields opens up nearly 60 years in the spotlight and how she ultimately overcomes her fraud syndrome.

Called her over 40 years after the magazine 10 years of face In a 1981 cover story, actress and model Brooke Shields says she is so confident she doesn’t feel like a failure in the end. Talk to BBC’s Katty Kay for an influential interview series, Shields opens up everything from landing an ivory soap campaign as a toddler to infamous thyme photography to fallout. Masu.

In 2023, Hulu documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields gave us a glimpse into the reality behind the tabloid headlines, centering on Shield’s relationship with his late mother, Terri. Brooke Shields, whose new book was released on January 14th, is not permitted to age. Thinking about aging as a woman, the shield becomes yours and accepts the difficult task of aging in the public eye.

Shields, who worked because she was a toddler (in the aforementioned soap ads), said that youthful beauty (the public relationship between those iconic brows and big hair further challenged the aging process. Masu. “[Having] She tells Kay. I’m disappointed in myself. ”

Shields had early success as a model (she posed at Calvin Klein and Richard Avedon at the age of 15), and as an actress she was known for her role in Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981). When I appeared in a movie like that.

“I was actually the original influencer,” she jokes.

Since then, she has led her fame into a partnership with the Skincare brand, launching her own hair care line, initiation and online platform for women over 40. It is the community that she is embracing her new book, and some have noticed that she is beginning to see her as a 59-year-old, not just a girl who appeared in cute baby.

So strongly associated with the decade, despite her consistent work since then, has not helped to change public opinion. “It was the first time I saw a wrinkle on my monitor because I thought there was something in the movie,” she says. “It was part of my upbringing and I knew who I was to people had to find value beyond the surface, appearance and beauty.”

Shields acknowledges that she continues to remain in sight for much of her life, but she has the privilege of seeing Hollywood focus on eternal youth.

“It’s definitely very American. I think you’ll go to Europe. I’m not that sure about the UK, but definitely in Italy and France – there’s a respect and respect for beauty, mature beauty. ” she says. “We don’t – we don’t understand that yet. I hope it’s a bit different. I want to contribute to it.”

She calls it unrestricted, release of aging. Hollywood has been more welcoming women of certain ages, but take a look at the recent renaissance of Demi Moore, Martha Stewart and Jennifer Coolidge – Shields is no longer arguing about things like child and career pressure. It explains that there is selfishness to reach when not.

“I think there is freedom and so many different factors in it, so when you dig into them, you’re wondering why this is the best thing in our lives in a way that focuses solely on us. I understand,” she says. “It’s not our biological clock, it’s not social pressure, it’s not all of these things we run.

Shields’ career since the 90s has been characterized by intensive diversification. We explore ways to find success away from her appearance. Her resume includes Broadway stints at shows such as Chicago, Cabaret and Grease, as well as her television and film productions. She has published two children’s books and writes about postpartum depression. She is also the mother of two daughters, Greer and Rowan, earning degrees in romance language and literature. From Princeton University.

“When you start writing a book or work in other media and learn a variety of skills. [like] Broadway, speaking, everything you add to you as a kind of person, a certain way or just a responsibility to look up [being] “The face of ten years,” she says, “it’s ridiculous in itself. Really? ”

Shields says this self-reflection allows her to feel that she can finally rub her shoulders with her peers. She tells Kay that she realized she could hold her own at the opening event on Sunset Boulevard with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. The fraud syndrome that had been looming in the spotlight for many years evaporated.

“Everything I’ve done, seen, grown and learned gives these people in these rooms an opportunity to be unthreatened. I can admire them and respect them. And you can love their talents,” Shields says. “I can do good enough. I’m just as good [whomever] It used to hold onto the pedestal. ”

Katty Kay will air on Friday at 21:30 ET on the BBC News channel.