Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue
Shue at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born (1963-10-06) October 6, 1963 (age 61)
Other namesLisa Shue
EducationColumbia High School
Alma materWellesley College
Harvard University (AB)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active1982–present
Known forLeaving Las Vegas
Adventures in Babysitting
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Karate Kid
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
The Saint
Hollow Man
The Boys
Spouse
(m. 1994)
Children3
RelativesAndrew Shue (brother)

Elisabeth Shue (born October 6, 1963)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Soapdish (1991), The Saint (1997), Hollow Man (2000), Piranha 3D (2010), Battle of the Sexes (2017), Death Wish (2018) and Greyhound (2020). For her performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Shue was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress as well as a BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Award.

On television, Shue has starred as Julie Finlay in the CBS procedural forensics crime drama thriller CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2012 to 2015, Madelyn Stillwell in the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys, The Boys Presents: Diabolical, and Gen V, and reprised her The Karate Kid role in the third season of Cobra Kai. Shue currently stars as Anne in the Netflix dramedy series On the Verge.

  1. ^ "Famous birthdays for Oct. 6: Britt Ekland, Elisabeth Shue – UPI.com". UPI. Retrieved March 11, 2023.