United Kingdom, June 14 -- Brooke Shields has been telling her daughter to "never give up" as she pursues her own career.

The 60-year-old actress - who has Rowan, 22, as well as 19-year-old Grief with her husband Chris Henchy - made her name with films such as Pretty Baby and Blue Lagoon but revealed that her eldest is actually set to go into the world of journalism and has already started making waves in the industry.

She told E! News: "She wants to go into broadcast journalism and news.

"She's been at different outlets. She's done their carpet stuff. She's so she's so appealing as a person.

"I mean, I'm her mother, you know, but people love her, and they tell me all the time. They come out of the woodwork, like when I'm doing a morn...