Guest Author - Lorna London Sloukji

Based on the best-selling book by Candace Bushnell, Lipstick Jungle chronicles the lives of three high-powered female friends. Set in New York, audiences tune in to the fearless ladies of Lipstick Jungle, discovering more of their love, home, and professional endeavours.

While they play interesting characters on television, the three stars of the show, Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, and Lindsay Price have many unique aspects of their past that have sculpted them into who they are today. Check out these tasty morsels of the Lipstick Jungle ladies:

Brooke Shields as Wendy Healy, former president of Parador Pictures

* Shields was born in New York City and has links to Italian nobility
* Her grandmother was an Italian princess
* Because of her grandmother, Shields is also a descendant of Charles V, the First King of Spain and Henry IV of France
* While filming The Blue Lagoon in 1980, Shields had to glue her hair to her breasts so they wouldn’t show
* She wrote her autobiography On My Own at the age of sixteen
* In 2005, Shields publicized her experience with postpartum depression on The Oprah Winfrey Show

Kim Raver as Nico Reilly, the editor-in-chief of fashion magazine, Bonfire

* Kim was raised in New York City where she had a regular role in the television series, Sesame Street from age six to nine
* She attended Boston University where she received a BFA
* She is fluent in French and German
* Is married to Manuel Boyer and has two sons

Lindsay Price as Victory Ford, fashion designer

* Lindsay’s mother is Korean while her father is of German-Irish descent. Her parents were raised together as siblings.
* Price married Shawn Piller, creator of television show, The Dead Zone in July of 2004
* Among the groomsmen were actors Christopher Masterson and Danny Masterson (of That ‘70s Show). Among the guests were actors Tom Welling and Anthony Michael Hall, and producers Ira Steven Behr and Rick Berman.
* Price wrote a self-titled album in 2005
* She sang the theme song “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” in the US remake of the British television series Coupling

Earlier this month, rumours circulated that Lipstick Jungle would be cancelled due to the show’s low ratings. However, there has recently been an increase in ratings, which boosts its likeliness of airing more episodes in its second season.