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Elisabeth Shue

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.

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Filmography

Adventures in Babysitting

1987
as Chris Parker

Amy & Isabelle

2001
as Isabelle Goodrow

Back to the Future Part II

1989
as Jennifer Parker / Jennifer McFly

Back to the Future Part III

1990
as Jennifer Parker

Battle of the Sexes

2017
as Priscilla Riggs

Behaving Badly

2014
as Pamela Bender

Blind Justice

1994
as Caroline

Body Wars

1989
as Dr. Cynthia Lair

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000
as Julie Finlay

Call to Glory

1984

Chasing Mavericks

2012
as Christy Moriarity

Cocktail

1988
as Jordan Mooney

Cousin Bette

1998
as Jenny Cadine

Death Wish

2018
as Lucy Kersey

Deconstructing Harry

1997
as Fay

Don McKay

2009
as Sonny

Double Switch

1987
as Kathy

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005
as Lily

First Born

2007
as Laura

Gracie

2007
as Lindsay Bowen

Greyhound

2020
as Evelyn

Hamlet 2

2008
as Elisabeth Shue

Heart and Souls

1993
as Anne

Hide and Seek

2005
as Elizabeth

Hollow Man

2000
as Linda McKay

Hope Springs

2012
as Karen, The Bartender

House at the End of the Street

2012
as Sarah Cassidy

Janie Jones

2010
as Mary Ann Jones

Leaving Las Vegas

1995
as Sera

Leo

2002
as Mary Bloom

Link

1986
as Jane Chase

Molly

1999
as Molly McKay

Mysterious Skin

2004
as Mrs. McCormick

On the Verge (2021)

2021
as Anne

Palmetto

1998
as Mrs. Donnelly / Rhea Malroux

Piranha 3D

2010
as Julie Forester

Radio Inside

1994
as Natalie

Soapdish

1991
as Lori Craven

Somewhere, Tomorrow

1983
as Margie

Super Pumped

2022
as Bonnie Kalanick

The Boys

2019
as Madelyn Stillwell

The First Year

2001
as Narrator

The Good Half

2023
as Lily Wheeland

The Karate Kid

1984
as Ali Mills

The Marrying Man

1991
as Adele Horner

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

1982
as Lynn Osborne (as Lisa Shue)

The Saint

1997
as Emma Russell

The Trigger Effect

1996
as Annie

The Underneath

1995
as Susan Crenshaw

Tuck Everlasting

2002
as Narrator (voice)

Twenty Bucks

1993
as Emily Adams

Waking Madison

2011
as Dr. Elizabeth Barnes

Guest Star

Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Chris Farley, Elisabeth Shue, Cracker 		1993
Episode Cobra Kai
December 19 		2021
Episode Chelsea Lately
Elisabeth Shue 		2010
Episode Cobra Kai
Feel The Night 		2021
Episode Reunited Apart
It's Time to go Back to the Future! 		2020
Episode The Boys Presents: Diabolical
One Plus One Equals Two 		2022
Episode Dream On
Oral Sex, Lies, and Video Tape 		1993
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Paul Reiser/Helen Hunt/Elisabeth Shue 		2005
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld 		2009
Episode Reunited Apart
The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai 		2020
Episode Blunt Talk
The Queen Of Hearts 		2015