Birth name: Elisabeth J. Shue
Gender: Female
Spouse: Davis Guggenheim (1994 - present) 2 children
Profession: Actress
Nickname: Lisa
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Son, with Guggenheim, Miles William born. [11 November 1997]
On Cocktail (1988): "If I'd known that it was just going to be about these guys throwing drinks around then I might have had some second thoughts . . ."
"I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me."
Where are they now (December 2002) Co-starring with Peter Sarsgaard in the Off-Broadway Revival of "Burn This" by Lanford Wilson
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: If her hyperkinetic lip-synching of "And Then He Kissed Me," performed under the opening credits of Adventures in Babysitting (1987), is the most memorable thing this wholesome, girl-next-door-pretty blonde has yet contributed to the screen, it's hardly her fault. Her effective supporting turns in The Marrying Man and Soapdish (both 1991) suggest she has a barely tapped reservoir of comedic skill. To date she's taken a backseat to many of her male costars: She was Ralph Macchio's romantic interest in The Karate Kid (1984), Tom Cruise's in Cocktail (1988), and Michael J. Fox's in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Part III (1990). Even more embarrassingly, she was upstaged by a lust-crazed chimp in Link (1986)! Other credits include Heart and Souls and Twenty Bucks (both 1993).
Related Links:
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Elisabeth Shue