ELISABETH SHUE
Name: Elisabeth Shue
Born: 6 October 1963 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated
American film actress.
Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her mother, Anne Harms (née Wells), was a
bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the
Chemical Banking Corporation. Her father, James Shue, is a lawyer and real
estate developer who was the president of the International Food and Beverage
Corporation and was active in Republican politics, having once unsuccessfully
run for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey. Shue's family was upper class
and well-educated . Shue grew up in Bergen and Essex counties in
New Jersey. Her parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade. Shue
graduated from Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jersey, and attended
Wellesley College and Harvard University, from which she withdrew to pursue her
acting career. She returned to Harvard, 15 years after withdrawing, to finish
her degree in Government in 2000. Shue was awarded entrance into Columbia
High School's Hall of Fame in 1994, along with her brother, Andrew.
During her studies at Columbia and after her parents' divorce, she found a way
to make extra money by acting in television commercials. Shue became a common
sight in ads for Burger King, DeBeers diamonds, and Hellman's mayonnaise. Shue
was also a state junior level gymnast.
In 1984, she co-starred in The Karate Kid as the onscreen girlfriend of Ralph
Macchio, and had a role as the teenage daughter of a military family in the
short-lived series Call to Glory. She continued her acting work with Adventures
in Babysitting, her first starring role, Cocktail, Soapdish, and The Marrying
Man. She also appeared in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part
III as Jennifer Parker, replacing original actress Claudia Wells who declined to
reprise the role from Back to the Future. In 1999 Elisabeth starred in "Molly".
She played an autistic young woman who underwent an operation that allowed her
to become more "normal".
In 1995, Shue starred in the film Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage. The role
earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She was also nominated for
a BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress, and won the Best Actress
awards at the Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Awards and the National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Since then, she has starred in The Trigger Effect, The Saint, Deconstructing
Harry, Palmetto, and Hollow Man. She also had effective supporting roles in Hide
and Seek opposite Robert De Niro, and Mysterious Skin. Shue was going to star
across Jim Carrey in The Number 23 but she became pregnant just weeks before
filming and she ended up losing the part to Virginia Madsen .
In 2007, Shue and her two brothers produced Gracie. Shue also had a role in the
film which is set in 1978 and loosely based upon Elisabeth's own experiences as
the only girl on a boys soccer team.
Name: Elisabeth Shue
Born: 6 October 1963 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated
American film actress.
Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her mother, Anne Harms (née Wells), was a
bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the
Chemical Banking Corporation. Her father, James Shue, is a lawyer and real
estate developer who was the president of the International Food and Beverage
Corporation and was active in Republican politics, having once unsuccessfully
run for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey. Shue's family was upper class
and well-educated . Shue grew up in Bergen and Essex counties in
New Jersey. Her parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade. Shue
graduated from Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jersey, and attended
Wellesley College and Harvard University, from which she withdrew to pursue her
acting career. She returned to Harvard, 15 years after withdrawing, to finish
her degree in Government in 2000. Shue was awarded entrance into Columbia
High School's Hall of Fame in 1994, along with her brother, Andrew.
During her studies at Columbia and after her parents' divorce, she found a way
to make extra money by acting in television commercials. Shue became a common
sight in ads for Burger King, DeBeers diamonds, and Hellman's mayonnaise. Shue
was also a state junior level gymnast.
In 1984, she co-starred in The Karate Kid as the onscreen girlfriend of Ralph
Macchio, and had a role as the teenage daughter of a military family in the
short-lived series Call to Glory. She continued her acting work with Adventures
in Babysitting, her first starring role, Cocktail, Soapdish, and The Marrying
Man. She also appeared in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part
III as Jennifer Parker, replacing original actress Claudia Wells who declined to
reprise the role from Back to the Future. In 1999 Elisabeth starred in "Molly".
She played an autistic young woman who underwent an operation that allowed her
to become more "normal".
In 1995, Shue starred in the film Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage. The role
earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She was also nominated for
a BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress, and won the Best Actress
awards at the Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Awards and the National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Since then, she has starred in The Trigger Effect, The Saint, Deconstructing
Harry, Palmetto, and Hollow Man. She also had effective supporting roles in Hide
and Seek opposite Robert De Niro, and Mysterious Skin. Shue was going to star
across Jim Carrey in The Number 23 but she became pregnant just weeks before
filming and she ended up losing the part to Virginia Madsen .
In 2007, Shue and her two brothers produced Gracie. Shue also had a role in the
film which is set in 1978 and loosely based upon Elisabeth's own experiences as
the only girl on a boys soccer team.