Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Judson Shue ( born October 6, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware ) is an American actress, film producer and singer.
Life and career
As the only girl among four siblings Elisabeth Shue grew up in South Orange, New Jersey. She studied political science at Wellesley College. Her brother Andrew Shue is also an actor.
After some initial appearances in commercials while studying Shue gained her first acting experiences in the early 1980s in the television series The greed for fame, where she played the role of Jackie Sarnac on the side of Craig T. Nelson. In the 1980s it was primarily subscribed to the role of " cute girl next door ", which was mainly due to their role in the trilogy Back to the Future, in the second and third part she appeared. Successful Struggling against this type of role she played in 1995 at the same time fragile and hard-boiled prostitute Sera in the drama Leaving Las Vegas. Her performance was appreciated, among other things, each with a nomination for the Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Your co-star Nicolas Cage won the Oscar in the category of Best Actor, the film received mostly very good to excellent reviews.
In addition to her career as an actress Shue continued to follow the goal, to become a lawyer. She sat next to the actor's activity continued her studies at Harvard and graduated in 2000 successfully. In recent years, they therefore turned only irregularly films. In 2012 she took with Jennifer Lawrence starring in Mark Tonderais horror thriller House at the End of the Street. Likewise, she returned back to television in 2012 and took a starring role in the series CSI: Vegas. She followed there on Marg Helgenberger, who left the series after twelve years.
Since 1994, Shue is married to the producer and director Davis Guggenheim and has three children.
Filmography (selection)
Award and nominations
- Nominated for a Saturn Award in the category Best Actress for link - The Butler
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Independent Spirit Award in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- National Society of Film Critics Award in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Nomination for Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
- Nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress ( Drama ) for Leaving Las Vegas
- Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas