Acting

Elisabeth Shue

Born 1963-10-06 · Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles in the films 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), and Piranha 3D (2010). She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She starred as Julie Finlay in the CBS procedural forensics crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2012 to 2015. More recently she had supporting roles in Battle of the Sexes (2017) and Death Wish (2018). She was also a series regular in the first season of the Amazon series The Boys (2019).

Credits

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Whalefall
as Zara Gardiner
2026
The Good Half
as Lily Wheeland
2024
Gen V
as Madelyn Stillwell
2023
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Madelyn Stillwell (voice)
2022
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
as Bonnie Kalanick
2022
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
as Bonnie Kalanick
2022
On the Verge
as Anne
2021
On the Verge
Executive Producer
2021
The Netflix Afterparty
as Self
2021
Greyhound
as Evelyn
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
The Boys
as Madelyn Stillwell
2019
Cobra Kai
as Ali Mills (archive footage)
2018
Cobra Kai
as Ali Mills
2018
Death Wish
as Lucy Kersey
2018
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
as Jennifer Parker
2018
Battle of the Sexes
as Priscilla Riggs
2017
Steve
as Self
2017
Blunt Talk
as Suzanne Mayview
2015
Behaving Badly
as Pamela Bender
2014
Chasing Mavericks
as Christy Moriarity
2012
House at the End of the Street
as Sarah
2012
Hope Springs
as Karen, The Bartender
2012
Waking Madison
as Dr. Elizabeth Barnes
2011
Janie Jones
as Mary Ann Jones
2010
Piranha 3D
as Julie Forester
2010
Don McKay
as Sonny
2009
Hamlet 2
as Elisabeth Shue
2008
Gracie
as Lindsay Bowen
2007
Gracie
Producer
2007
First Born
as Laura
2007
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
as Lily
2005
Mysterious Skin
as Mrs. McCormick
2005
American Dad!
as Female Detective (voice)
2005
Hide and Seek
as Elizabeth
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Tuck Everlasting
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Leo
as Mary Bloom
2002
The First Year
as Narrator
2001
Amy & Isabelle
as Isabelle Goodrow
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Virginia
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Julie Finlay
2000
Hollow Man
as Linda McKay
2000
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Molly
as Molly McKay
1999
Cousin Bette
as Jenny Cadine
1998
City of Angels
as Pregnant Woman (uncredited)
1998
Palmetto
as Rhea Malroux
1998
Deconstructing Harry
as Fay Sexton
1997
The View
as Self
1997
The Saint
as Emma Russell
1997
The Trigger Effect
as Annie
1996
Leaving Las Vegas
as Sera
1995
The Underneath
as Susan Crenshaw
1995
Blind Justice
as Caroline
1994
Radio Inside
as Natalie
1994
Twenty Bucks
as Emily Adams
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Heart and Souls
as Anne
1993
Soapdish
as Lori Craven
1991
The Marrying Man
as Adele Horner
1991
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
as Alice Adams
1991
Dream On
as Maura Barish
1990
Back to the Future Part III
as Jennifer
1990
Back to the Future Part II
as Jennifer
1989
Cocktail
as Jordan Mooney
1988
Adventures in Babysitting
as Chris
1987
Double Switch
as Kathy
1987
Link
as Jane Chase
1986
Call to Glory
as Jackie Sarnac
1984
Call to Glory
as Jackie Sarnac
1984
The Karate Kid
as Ali
1984
Somewhere, Tomorrow
as Margie
1983
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
as Lynn Osborne (as Lisa Shue)
1982
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Greyhound 2
as Evelyn
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Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
as Self
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