Brooke Shields Shows Off Stunning Croatia Waterfall Adventure

Brooke Shields just revealed her absolute highlight of the summer, and it happened on a wild adventure in Croatia. The 61-year-old actress took viewers along for a trip with close friends that moved from city streets to cascading waterfalls and out into the open sea. She kicked off her Instagram carousel with a stunning shot sitting right beside a rushing waterfall. Shields wore a black strapless one-piece swimsuit while soaking wet, leaning back on a mossy rock with her legs stretched out before her. Her dark hair was slicked back as she closed her eyes and lifted her face toward the sun. She finished the look with a gold chain necklace and matching bracelets.

Highlight of the summer: the most amazing trip to Croatia with the best people 🇭🇷😍🏝️, Shields captioned the post. Another photo showed her enjoying a sunny day on the water alongside Chelsea Handler and another friend. Shields lay stretched out on a wooden swim platform attached to a boat while wearing that same black one-piece. Handler, 51, sat nearby in a turquoise swimsuit while another woman smiled from the water in a red bikini top and patterned bottoms. These longtime friends seemed to make every moment count throughout their time together. Shields and Handler have been pals for years, having previously appeared on each other's podcasts where they spoke candidly about their lives and relationships.

Away from the splash, Shields traded her swimsuit for a bright yellow dress while exploring Croatia with Handler. The Pretty Baby star paired that loose-fitting outfit with a wide-brimmed straw hat, layered necklaces, and a brown belt. Handler stood beside her in a white button-down shirt, patterned skirt, navy baseball cap, and dark sunglasses as the two smiled for the camera on a busy street. Shields wasn't afraid to get adventurous either. In a video included in the carousel, she jumped from the edge of that rushing waterfall directly into the water below while wearing her black one-piece. Fans flooded the comments section with praise for both Shields and their picturesque destination. Croatia is beautiful 😍, one person wrote. Brooke Shields The most beautiful in the world😍😍, another commented. What a fun trip! ❤️, a third fan added. One commenter joked about that waterfall excursion by writing So thats the fountain of youth youve been using!.

This carefree vacation comes months after Shields reflected on the work she has done to remain grounded after spending virtually her entire life in the public eye. During a July 2026 conversation with Oprah Winfrey for Oprah Daily, Shields spoke about navigating fame since beginning her modeling career as a baby. You either become a victim to it, and you resent it, and then you get angry, and you get bitter, Shields said, or you say, OK, how can I not be devoured by this? How can I surround myself with people who are grounded?. Shields said maintaining that sense of normalcy became particularly important when she became a mother to daughters Rowan and Grier with husband Chris Henchy. How can I stay as grounded as possible to be the kind of mom for my daughters that it would very easily be derailed in this industry? she told Winfrey. Shields own relationship with her mother, Teri, was far more complicated. Teri raised Shields as a single mother and managed her career from childhood. Shields told Winfrey the two became so intertwined that there was little room for her to develop an independent identity.

There was so much love, but then you couple that with the industry that we were in," Shields said. "She protected me fiercely." The actress also reflected on how years of therapy have helped her distinguish her own voice from the influence of her late mother and longtime manager.

"Luckily, I hear, I've worked so hard on myself, to hear my own voice in my head first," Shields said. "And that's years of working on it and therapy and thinking about it and talking about it and making myself sort of freer from this.