Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue
Shue at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born (1963-10-06) October 6, 1963
Other namesLisa Shue
Alma materHarvard University (AB)
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1982–present
Spouse
Davis Guggenheim
(m. 1994)
Children3
RelativesAndrew Shue (brother)

Elisabeth Shue (born October 6, 1963)[1] is an American actress. She has starred in films such as 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), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), 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, she was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actress.

On television, Shue played Julie Finlay in the CBS procedural forensics crime drama thriller CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012–2015), Ali Mills in the Netflix martial arts comedy drama Cobra Kai (2018-2025), and Madelyn Stillwell in the Amazon Prime Video satirical superhero series The Boys (2019–2020). She reprises her role in the animated series The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022) and the spin-off series Gen V (2023). She also leads the Netflix dramedy series On the Verge (2021).

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