Age, Biography, and Wiki
Elisabeth Judson Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Anne Brewster and James William Shue. She is the sister of Andrew Shue, a well-known actor and tech entrepreneur. Shue's early life was marked by her parents' divorce when she was nine years old, and her father's remarriage resulted in two half-siblings. She grew up in South Orange, New Jersey, and graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, in 1981.
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Date of Birth | 6 October 1963 |
| Age | 61 Years |
| Birth Place | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Libra |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific details about Elisabeth Shue's current height and weight are not widely documented, her physical appearance has been noted as blonde and blue-eyed, contributing to her wholesome image in films.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Elisabeth Shue has been married to Davis Guggenheim, a film director, since 1994. The couple's combined net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.
Shue grew up in South Orange, New Jersey. Her parents divorced when she was nine. Shue's mother is a descendant of Pilgrim leader William Brewster, while her father's family emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. Shue was raised with her three brothers (William, Andrew, and John) and was very close to them. Her younger brother Andrew, is also an actor, best known for his role as Billy Campbell in the Fox series Melrose Place. Shue graduated from Columbia High School, in 1981 in Maplewood, New Jersey, where Andrew and she were inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1994. Shue has two half-siblings from her father's remarriage, Jenna and Harvey Shue.
During her studies at Columbia High School and after her parents' divorce, Shue began acting in television commercials, becoming a common sight in advertisements for Burger King, also featuring future stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lea Thompson (with whom Elisabeth would later co-star in both television and film), DeBeers diamonds, Chewels bubble gum, and Best Foods/Hellmann's mayonnaise. She had small parts, credited as Lisa Shue, in The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983), which provided an early starring role for Sarah Jessica Parker.
In 1988, Shue starred in Cocktail as the love interest of Tom Cruise's lead character. The following year, she starred in the short film "Body Wars", which was used at Epcot in an ATLAS Simulator attraction in the Wonders of Life Pavilion until 2007. Other roles followed, including appearing as Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990), where Shue replaced Claudia Wells, who declined to reprise the role from Back to the Future due to her mother's illness. Around this time, her older brother, William, died in an accident on a family holiday. Although her career was on the rise with her playing lead roles, Shue elected to take on the smaller supporting role of Jennifer in these sequels to allow her to deal with her family loss. The sequels were filmed back to back, and Shue featured prominently in Part II, appearing in bookend pieces in the third part of the trilogy.
In 1999, Shue starred as the titular Molly as an autistic young woman placed into the care of her unwilling bachelor brother, played by Aaron Eckhart. Shue played a mother who reveals her dark past to her teenaged daughter in the 2001 ABC movie Oprah Winfrey Presents: Amy and Isabelle. Shue has since stated she was "extremely proud of that film, which no one ever saw, so it's a good lesson that you do work for yourself and not necessarily for the end result".
In 2007, Shue and her brothers, Andrew and John, produced Gracie. Her husband, Davis Guggenheim, also produced and directed. Shue played the mother of the main character, who was loosely based on her own experiences as the only girl on a boys' soccer team. Andrew also appeared as the soccer coach, and her previous co-star from The Trigger Effect, Dermot Mulroney, played the father of the main character. Andrew initially conceived of it as a story about their late brother William, who was the captain of the high school soccer team; he died in a freak accident while the family was on a vacation in 1988. The older brother character of Johnny was based on Will. Shue also starred in the little-seen First Born (2007) with British actor Steven Mackintosh.
In 2008, Shue starred in Hamlet 2 as a fictionalized version of herself. In the film, she has quit acting to become a nurse, and is the favorite actress of Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan). In 2009, Shue appeared on the seventh season of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm as an actress competing with Cheryl Hines's character for the part of George's ex-wife for the Seinfeld reunion. That same year, she starred alongside Thomas Haden Church in Don McKay.
In 2010, Shue starred in Piranha 3D as Sheriff Julie Forester. She also played the former groupie mother of Abigail Breslin in Janie Jones, and a psychologist in Waking Madison alongside Sarah Roemer and Imogen Poots.
In 2018, Shue co-starred in Eli Roth's remake of Death Wish opposite Bruce Willis as his ill-fated wife. In the movie, she was also reunited with Vincent D'Onofrio, who appeared in Adventures in Babysitting with her.
In 2019, Shue took leading roles, as Madelyn Stillwell in the American superhero drama television series, The Boys, with Karl Urban and Jack Quaid, and the TNT television pilot Constance, playing a corrupt former beauty queen. In the latter, she was one of the executive producers along with Robert Downey, Jr. (with whom she previously co-starred in Soapdish and Heart and Souls) and his wife Susan Downey, among others. Constance was not going forward to series, so whether the pilot will air as a television movie is unknown.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of recent estimates, Elisabeth Shue's net worth varies between $12.5 million and $20 million, depending on the source. The higher figure is often cited as a combined net worth with her husband. Her earnings come from a successful film and television career, including roles in "The Karate Kid," "Back to the Future" sequels, "Leaving Las Vegas," and more recently, "Cobra Kai".
Career, Business, and Investments
Elisabeth Shue's career began in the 1980s with breakout roles in "The Karate Kid" and "Adventures in Babysitting." She transitioned from teen stardom to critical acclaim with her Oscar-nominated performance in "Leaving Las Vegas." Her versatility has allowed her to maintain a presence in Hollywood, with recent roles in "Cobra Kai" and "The Boys".
Shue did not delve extensively into business or investments outside of her acting career, focusing primarily on her film and television work.
After graduating from high school, Shue attended Wellesley College. She then transferred to Harvard University in 1985, from which she withdrew in her senior year to pursue her acting career, a few credits shy of earning her degree. Over a decade later, in 2000, Shue returned to Harvard and completed her bachelor of arts in government.
Although often cast as a girl-next-door type, in a career-defining role, Shue starred as a prostitute in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage. The role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Shue was also nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actress, and won Best Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, and National Society of Film Critics Awards. Shue's career flourished after her Oscar nomination, landing her diverse roles. She starred in The Trigger Effect in 1996. Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry (1996) showcased her comedic abilities among heavyweight co-stars Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, and Stanley Tucci. Shue also displayed some action-movie skills in the 1997 spy remake The Saint opposite Val Kilmer. The thriller Palmetto (1998) afforded her the chance to play a film noir-ish femme fatale opposite Woody Harrelson; Shue co-starred in Cousin Bette (1998) with Jessica Lange, and Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man (2000) with Kevin Bacon proved another summer blockbuster.
Social Network
Elisabeth Shue is not particularly active on major social media platforms, preferring to maintain a private personal life despite her public career.
Education
Shue attended Wellesley College initially but transferred to Harvard University in 1985. She left Harvard just before completing her degree to pursue acting. She returned to Harvard in 2000 to complete her Bachelor of Arts in political science.
Shue made her feature-film debut in 1984, when she co-starred opposite Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid as Ali Mills, a high-school cheerleader and the love interest of Macchio's main character. Shue was a series regular as the teenaged daughter of a military family in the short-lived television series Call to Glory between 1984 and 1985, which she followed in 1986 starring alongside Terence Stamp in the British horror film Link. In 1987, Shue appeared in the television movie Double Switch (part of the Disney Sunday Movie series), co-starring with George Newbern, who went on to support her in her first star vehicle, the hugely popular Adventures in Babysitting, in the same year.
