Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue

American actress (born 1963)
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Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress, 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) and Death Wish (2018). For her performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Elisabeth Shue was born on Sunday, 6 October 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Her full name at birth was Elisabeth Judson Shue. She is best known as an actress. Shue's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. Elisabeth attended high school at Columbia High School, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA. For university, she studied at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. She is 5' 2" (157 cm) tall and weighs 117 lbs (53 kg) with an athletic build. She has light brown eyes and blonde hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $12,500,000 US dollars. Elisabeth Shue is 61 years old and her zodiac star sign is Libra.

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Full name at birth
Elisabeth Judson Shue
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Claim to fame
Ali Mills in The Karate Kid, Sera in Leaving Las Vegas.
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Date of birth
6 October 1963
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Place of birth
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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Actress
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Height
5' 2" (157 cm)
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Weight
117 lbs (53 kg)
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2
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8.5 (US), 40.5 (EU), 7 (UK), 255 (J)
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Net worth
$12,500,000 USD
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High school
Columbia High School, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA
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  • Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
  • BA Political Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2000)
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Partner: Davis Guggenheim (Married) 3 children
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Davis Guggenheim and Elisabeth Shue
If they thought that I was a good girl, wholesome and sweet before, who knows what they'll think (about this)?
  • Named her son after her late brother, William, who died at the family's summer home on Block Island, Rhode Island, when the tire swing he was on broke and he fell onto a broken tree branch. He was impaled and died while his siblings looked on helplessly.
  • Was cast as the female lead in the Jim Carrey movie The Number 23 (2007) but had to drop out just weeks before shooting because of her pregnancy. Shue was replaced by Virginia Madsen.
  • She has played 2 characters that have the last name McKay: Linda McKay in Hollow Man (2000) and Molly McKay in Molly (1999).
  • Sister of Andrew Shue.
  • Auditioned for the Sherilyn Fenn role in Of Mice and Men (1992).

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