Elisabeth Shue Biography
Elisabeth Shue is a well-known American actress. Her film credits include The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Soapdish, The Saint, Hollow Man, Piranha 3D, Battle of the Sexes, and Death Wish. For her performance in the film Leaving Las Vegas, she was nominated for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
How old is Elisabeth Shue? – Age
She is 58 years old as of 6 October 2021. She was born in 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
Elisabeth Shue Family
She is the daughter of Anne Brewster (née Wells) and James William Shue, who was president of the International Food and Beverage Corporation and a former congressional candidate, lawyer, and real estate developer. Her mother worked as a vice president in the Chemical Bank Corporation’s private banking division.
She was raised in South Orange, New Jersey. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. Shue’s mother is a descendant of Pilgrim leader William Brewster, and her father’s family immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the early 1800s. Shue grew up with and was very close to her three brothers (William, Andrew, and John). Andrew, her younger brother, is an actor best known for his role as Billy Campbell in the Fox sitcom Melrose Place. Shue graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, in 1981, and in 1994, she and Andrew were inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Jenna and Harvey Shue are her half-siblings from her father’s remarriage.
Elisabeth Shue Education
Shue went to Wellesley College after graduating from high school. She then transferred to Harvard University in 1985 but dropped out one semester later to pursue her acting career (she was inspired by a friend to work in television commercials to pay for college). She returned to Harvard in 2000, more than a decade later, to complete her B.A. in political science.
Elisabeth Shue Husband
In 1994, Shue married film director Davis Guggenheim. Miles William, Stella Street, and Agnes Charles are the couple’s three children.
Elisabeth Shue Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $20 Million.
Elisabeth Shue Super Pumped
She appeared as Bonnie Kalanick in the American anthology drama television series Super Pumped. The first season dramatizes the founding of Uber from the perspective of the company’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, who is eventually ousted in a boardroom coup. Future seasons will look at other businesses that have had an impact on culture.
Elisabeth Shue CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
She appeared as Julie Finlay, the graveyard shift CSI assistant supervisor in the American procedural forensics crime drama television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Finlay, also known as “Finn” or “Jules,” is a blood-spatter specialist who worked for Russell in Seattle before being asked to join the Las Vegas CSI team. Finlay is hired after Willows leaves and serves as a counterpoint to D.B.’s laid-back management style. She is later attacked and left in a car trunk by the Gig Harbor killer. She succumbs to her injuries after a brief period in a coma. Russell declares that she will accompany him wherever he goes.
Elisabeth Shue The Boys
She appeared as Madelyn Stillwell in The Boys and The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Madelyn Stillwell is a major antagonist in the Amazon series The Boys, and one of Season 1’s two secondary antagonists (alongside A-Train). She was a top executive at Vought International, the media conglomerate that owns The Seven. As a result, she frequently collaborated with the Seven.
Madelyn Stillwell’s job as Vought’s Senior Vice President of Hero Management was to oversee the world’s greatest superhero team, The Seven. It was also her responsibility to ensure the company’s maximum power and profitability, which she does with ruthless efficiency. Her ambitions, however, extended beyond simply having superheroes fighting crime on America’s streets; she wished to place them in the military via a multibillion-dollar government contract.
Elisabeth Shue Leaving Las Vegas
She appeared as Sera in the 1995 American drama film Leaving Las Vegas.Sera is a prostitute who works for Yuri Butsov, an abusive Latvian pimp. Ben Sanderson is an alcoholic screenwriter in Hollywood who has lost his job, family, and friends. He travels to Las Vegas to drink himself to death because he has nothing else to live for. Sera pays a visit to Ben, and the two make love before he dies.
Elisabeth Shue Movies
♦ 2020 – Greyhound
♦ 2018 – Death Wish
♦ 2017 – Battle of the Sexes
♦ 2014 – Behaving Badly
♦ 2012 – Hope Springs
♦ 2012 – House at the End of the Street
♦ 2012 – Chasing Mavericks
♦ 2011 – Waking Madison
♦ 2010 – Piranha 3D
♦ 2010 – Janie Jones
♦ 2009 – Don McKay
♦ 2008 – Hamlet 2
♦ 2007 – First Born
♦ 2007 – Gracie
♦ 2005 – Hide and Seek
♦ 2005 – Dreamer
Elisabeth Shue TV Shows
♦ 2022 – Super Pumped
♦ 2022 – The Boys Presents: Diabolical
♦ 2021 – Cobra Kai – Ali Mills
♦ 2021 – On the Verge
♦ 2019–2020 – The Boys – Madelyn Stillwell
♦ 2019–2020 – The Boys
♦ 2019 – Constance
♦ 2015 – Blunt Talk
♦ 2012–2015 – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
♦ 2012 – American Dad!
♦ 2009 – Curb Your Enthusiasm
♦ 2001 – Amy & Isabelle
♦ 1994 – Blind Justice
♦ 1993 – Dream On
♦ 1992 – The General Motors Playwrights Theater
♦ 1987 – Wonderful World of Color