Elisabeth Judson Shue is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress, who is well known for her contribution to the film industry. Elisabeth Shue was born on 6th October, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware. Shue came from an upper class and well-educated family and grew up in places like Bergen and Essex counties in New Jersey. Elisabeth Shue attended Wellesley College and Harvard University. But later withdrew to pursue her acting career. One of the most Popular Hollywood Female Actors, Elisabeth Shue found a way to make extra money by acting in television commercials from a very early age and became a common sight in ads for Burger King, DeBeers diamonds, and Hellman's mayonnaise.
In the year 1984, Elisabeth Shue starred in The Karate Kid as the onscreen girlfriend of Ralph Macchio, and had a part as the teenage daughter of a military family in the short-lived series Call to Glory. Elisabeth Shue continued with her acting work with Adventures in Babysitting, her first starring role, Cocktail, Soapdish, and The Marrying Man there after. She also appeared in ‘Back to the Future Part II’ and ‘Back to the Future Part III’ as Jennifer Parker, substituting original actress Claudia Wells who refused to reprise the role from Back to the Future.
Trying to come out of her girl-next-door image, Elisabeth Shue took a chance on a low-budget, high-risk project called ‘Leaving Las Vegas’, were she portrayed a prostitute mixed up with a suicidal alcoholic played by Nicolas Cage. This role of hers earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and then she has starred in The Trigger Effect, The Saint, Deconstructing Harry, Palmetto, and Hollow Man. Elisabeth Shue later teamed up with Academy Award Winning director James Cameron in the upcoming movie She Works Hard for the Money, where she plays the role of a high powered business-woman Melinda Mucci working in a "man's world" during the 1980s in New York City.
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