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Elisabeth Shue (born October 6, 1963 in
Wilmington, Delaware) is an United States|American
film actor|actress. 

Shue was born into a well-heeled and well-educated
family and grew up in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Her parents divorced while she was in the fourth
grade. Her father, who was active in United States
Republican Party|Republican politics, once
unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate|US
Senate in New Jersey. Shue attended Wellesley
College and Harvard College and acted in
television commercials for extra spending money. 

Her brother is Melrose Place actor Andrew Shue.
Another brother William, died from a freak
accident while on family vacation. Elisabeth
watched helplessly. 

In 1984, she co-starred in The Karate Kid  as the
onscreen girlfriend of Ralph Macchio and had a
role as the teenage daughter of a military family
in the short-lived series Call to Glory. 

She continued her acting work with Adventures in
Babysitting, Cocktail, Soapdish and The Marrying
Man, as well as playing the role of Jennifer
Parker in the two Back to the Future sequels.
Trying to shed her girl-next-door image, Elisabeth
took a chance on a low-budget, high-risk project
called Leaving Las Vegas. Her portrayal of a
prostitute mixed up with a suicidal alcoholic
earned her an Academy Award nomination for Academy
Award for Best Actress#1990s|Best Actress. Since
then, she has starred in The Saint, Deconstructing
Harry, and Palmetto (movie)|Palmetto. 

She is married to Davis Guggenheim, director of
the HBO TV series Deadoood (television)|Deadwood.
They have a son, Miles William, and a daughter,
Stella Street.

==Partial filmography==
*The Karate Kid (1984 in film|1984)
*Adventures in Babysitting (1987 in film|1987)
*Cocktail (movie)|Cocktail (1987 in film|1987)
*Back to the Future Part II (1989 in film|1989)
*Back to the Future Part III (1990 in film|1990)
*Leaving Las Vegas (1995 in film|1995)
*The Saint (movie)|The Saint (1997 in film|1997)
*Hollow Man (2000 in film|2000)
*Hide and Seek (2005 movie)|Hide and Seek (2005 in
film|2005)

==External link==
*imdb name | id=0000223 | name=Elisabeth Shue