Elisabeth Shue was born on October 6, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware, in the bosom of a very well educated family with extremely refined manners.
Her parents divorced when she was just 10 years old after he lost his candidacy for senator from New Jersey.
Graduated from the Columbia High School, on Maplewood, New Jersey and later attended the Wellesley collage and the Harvard University. He abandoned his career as in Government to act. Finally in the 2000 he finished it graduating after 15 years.
After her parents got divorced, she found some fun and easy money by acting in some TV commercials. It appeared in notices of Burger King, Mayonnaise Mans hell and others.
On 1984 participated as a co-star of the film karate Kid, along with Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. This role earned him fame as a teenage breakout artist, which is why he subsequently starred in many television series.
On 1989 Y 1990 took part in one of the best known Steven Spielberg films: Back to the Future II Y Back to the Future III respectively. There she played the role of Jennifer Parker, Marty McFly’s (Michael J. Fox) girlfriend.
On nineteen ninety five She tried to put aside her role as a good girl in the movies and embarked on a project with Nicolas Cage where she played a prostitute. The movie in question: Leaving Las Vegas, earned him the award nomination Oscar.
Later he worked in several well-known films such as The Trigger Effect, or Hollow man.
On 1997 She married the writer of the Deadwood series and with him she currently has a son (Miles born on November 11, 1997) and two daughters (Stella, March 19, 2001 and Agnes, born recently on June 18, 2006).
Filmography:
- 2005 – Hide and Seek
- 2004 – Mysterious Skin
- 2000 – Hollow Man
- 1999 – Molly
- 1998 – Palmetto
- 1997 – The Saint
- 1996 – The Trigger Effect
- 1995 – Leaving Las Vegas
- 1993 – Heart and Souls
- 1991 – Soapdish
- 1990 – Back to the Future Part III
- 1989 – Back to the Future Part II
- 1988 – Cocktail
- 1987 – Adventures in Babysitting
- 1986 – Link
- 1984 – The Karate Kid