Elisabeth Shue

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Elisabeth Shue at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963 in Wilmington , Delaware ) is an American actress , film producer and singer .

life and career

The only girl out of four siblings, Elisabeth Shue grew up in South Orange , New Jersey . She first studied political science at Wellesley College . Her brother Andrew Shue is also an actor.

After some first appearances in commercials during her studies collected Shue her first acting experience early 1980s in the television series The lust for fame , where they on the side of Craig T. Nelson the role of Jackie Sarnac played. In the 1980s she was primarily subscribed to the role of the “nice girl next door”, which was mainly due to her role in the trilogy Back to the Future , in the second and third parts of which she played. Fighting successfully against this type of role, she played the hardened and at the same time fragile prostitute Sera in the drama Leaving Las Vegas in 1995 . Her acting performance was honored with a nomination each for an Oscar and a Golden Globe . Her film partner Nicolas Cage received the Oscar in the category Best Actor , the film received mostly very good to excellent reviews.

In addition to her acting career, Shue continued to pursue the goal of becoming a lawyer . In addition to her acting career, she continued her studies at Harvard , which she successfully completed in 2000. In recent years she has therefore only made films irregularly. In 2012 she starred alongside Jennifer Lawrence in Mark Tonderai's horror thriller House at the End of the Street . She also returned to television in 2012 and starred in the series CSI: Vegas . She followed Marg Helgenberger there , who left the series after twelve years.

Shue has been married to producer and director Davis Guggenheim since 1994 . She has three children.

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

  • Nomination for Saturn Award in the Best Actress category for Link - The Butler
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Nomination for an Oscar for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Nomination for Chlotrudis Award in the category Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Drama) for Leaving Las Vegas
  • Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress for Leaving Las Vegas

literature

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth Shue  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography ( memento from October 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on film-zeit.de
  2. ↑ Excl: Mark Tonderai talks "HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET; First Trailer ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fangoria.com
personal data
SURNAME Shue, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shue, Elisabeth Judson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, film producer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmington , Delaware