Elisabeth Shue

Known for acting · Born 6 October 1963 · 62 · Wilmington, Delaware, USA

77 credits

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).

Known for

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

The Karate Kid

1984

Hollow Man

2000

Piranha 3D

2010

Back to the Future Part II

1989

House at the End of the Street

2012

Back to the Future Part III

1990

Leaving Las Vegas

1995

Cocktail

1988

The Saint

1997

The Boys

2019

Adventures in Babysitting

1987

Acting (75)

2026WhalefallZara GardinerFilm

2024The Good HalfLily WheelandFilm

2023Gen VMadelyn StillwellSeries

2022The Boys Presents: DiabolicalMadelyn Stillwell (voice)Series

2022Super Pumped: The Battle for UberBonnie Kalanick · 4 episodesSeries

2022Super Pumped: The Battle for UberBonnie KalanickFilm

2021On the VergeAnne · 12 episodesSeries

2021The Netflix AfterpartySelfSeries

2020GreyhoundEvelynFilm

2020Reunited ApartSelf · 2 episodesSeries

2019The BoysMadelyn Stillwell · 10 episodesSeries

2018Cobra KaiAli Mills (archive footage), Ali Mills · 2 episodesSeries

2018Death WishLucy KerseyFilm

2018Back to the Future: The Hill Valley ChroniclesJennifer Parker · 11 episodesSeries

2017Battle of the SexesPriscilla RiggsFilm

2017SteveSelfSeries

2015Blunt TalkSuzanne MayviewSeries

2014Behaving BadlyPamela BenderFilm

2012House at the End of the StreetSarahFilm

2012Hope SpringsKaren, The BartenderFilm

2012Chasing MavericksChristy MoriarityFilm

2011Waking MadisonDr. Elizabeth BarnesFilm

2010Piranha 3DJulie ForesterFilm

2010Janie JonesMary Ann JonesFilm

2009Don McKaySonnyFilm

2008Hamlet 2Elisabeth ShueFilm

2007GracieLindsay BowenFilm

2007First BornLauraFilm

2005American Dad!Female Detective (voice)Series

2005Hide and SeekElizabethFilm

2005Mysterious SkinMrs. McCormickFilm

2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True StoryLilyFilm

2005The Reichen ShowSelf - GuestSeries

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries

2002Tuck EverlastingNarrator (voice)Film

2002LeoMary BloomFilm

2001Amy & IsabelleIsabelle GoodrowFilm

2001The First YearNarratorFilm

2000Hollow ManLinda McKayFilm

2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationJulie Finlay · 71 episodesSeries

2000Curb Your EnthusiasmVirginia · 2 episodesSeries

1999MollyMolly McKayFilm

1999The Early ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries

1998City of AngelsPregnant Woman (uncredited)Film

1998PalmettoRhea MalrouxFilm

1998Cousin BetteJenny CadineFilm

1997The SaintEmma RussellFilm

1997Deconstructing HarryFay SextonFilm

1997The ViewSelfSeries

1996The Trigger EffectAnnieFilm

1995Leaving Las VegasSeraFilm

1995The UnderneathSusan CrenshawFilm

1994Blind JusticeCarolineFilm

1994Radio InsideNatalieFilm

1993Heart and SoulsAnneFilm

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries

1993Twenty BucksEmily AdamsFilm

1991SoapdishLori CravenFilm

1991The Marrying ManAdele HornerFilm

1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterAlice AdamsSeries

1990Back to the Future Part IIIJenniferFilm

1990Dream OnMaura BarishSeries

1989Back to the Future Part IIJenniferFilm

1988CocktailJordan MooneyFilm

1987Adventures in BabysittingChrisFilm

1987Double SwitchKathyFilm

1986LinkJane ChaseFilm

1984The Karate KidAliFilm

1984Call to GloryJackie Sarnac · 22 episodesSeries

1984Call to GloryJackie SarnacFilm

1983Somewhere, TomorrowMargieFilm

1982The Royal Romance of Charles and DianaLynn Osborne (as Lisa Shue)Film

1953The OscarsSelf · 2 episodesSeries

—Greyhound 2EvelynFilm

—Fleshing Out the Hollow ManSelfFilm

Production (2)

2021On the VergeExecutive ProducerSeries

2007GracieProducerFilm