Elisabeth Shue | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 91% Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Lowest Rated: 0% Behaving Badly (2014)

Birthday: Oct 6, 1963

Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

All her life, Elisabeth Shue consistently proved she was able to do the impossible, playing on all boys' soccer teams while growing up, and enrolling at Harvard University. The actress made her mark playing lovable goody-goodies in films such as the iconic underdog favorite, "The Karate Kid" (1984), "Adventures in Babysitting" (1987) and "Back to the Future 2" (1989) - all of which pigeon-holed her in girl-next-door roles for years. Perhaps Shue's most impressive feat was bouncing back after most critics and audiences had written her off as a 1980s relic, when she took on a role that was unlike anything else she had played before - a prostitute who falls in love with a depressed alcoholic - in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995). Giving the performance of her life, Shue proved she was more than a clean-cut beauty who had grown up on camera. She was a true onscreen chameleon who would never go out of style, as long as she was given roles with substance and grit.

Highest rated movies

91% Leaving Las Vegas

90% The Karate Kid

86% Mysterious Skin

84% Battle of the Sexes

81% Back to the Future Part III

78% Greyhound

75% The Good Half

75% Hope Springs

Photos

Elisabeth Shue

MOLLY, Thomas Jane, Elisabeth Shue, 1999, (c)MGM

PALMETTO, Elisabeth Shue, 1998, (c)Columbia Pictures

co*ckTAIL, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Cruise, 1988

Blunt Talk, Elisabeth Shue, 'The Queen of Hearts', Season 1, Ep. #5, 09/19/2015, ©STARZPR

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Elisabeth Shue, 'Split Decisions', Season 12, Ep. #19, 04/04/2012, ©CBS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ted Danson (L), Elisabeth Shue (R), 'CSI Unplugged', Season 12, Ep. #16, 02/29/2012, ©CBS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Elisabeth Shue, 'Altered Stakes', Season 12, Ep. #20, 04/11/2012, ©CBS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Elisabeth Shue (L), Ted Danson (R), 'Wild Flowers', Season 13, Ep. #3, 10/17/2012, ©CBS

co*ckTAIL, Tom Cruise, Elisabeth Shue, 1988

co*ckTAIL, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Cruise, 1988

PALMETTO, Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, 1998, (c) Columbia

KARATE KID, Ralph Macchio, Randee Heller, Elisabeth Shue, Pat Morita, 1984

THE KARATE KID, Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, 1984. (c)Columbia Pictures.

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, Elisabeth Shue, 1987

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, Keith Coogan, Maia Brewton, Anthony Rapp, Elisabeth Shue, 1987

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Filmography

Movies

			Credit
75%	96%	The Good Half	Unknown (Character)	-	2023
78%	76%	Greyhound	Evelyn (Character)	-	2020
18%	70%	Death Wish	Lucy Kersey (Character)	$34.0M	2018
84%	71%	Battle of the Sexes	Priscilla Riggs (Character)	$12.6M	2017
0%	29%	Behaving Badly	Pamela Bender/Saint Poppy (Character)	-	2014
33%	70%	Chasing Mavericks	Christy Moriarty (Character)	$6.0M	2012
12%	41%	House at the End of the Street	Sarah (Character)	$31.6M	2012
75%	55%	Hope Springs	Karen (Character)	$63.5M	2012
56%	52%	Janie Jones	Mary Ann Jones (Character)	-	2010
No Score Yet	43%	Waking Madison	Dr. Elizabeth Barnes (Character)	-	2010
74%	45%	Piranha	Julie Forester (Character)	$25.0M	2010
38%	23%	Don McKay	Sonny (Character)	-	2009
62%	56%	Hamlet 2	Self	$4.9M	2008
62%	58%	Gracie	Lindsay Bowen (Character), Producer	$3.0M	2007
No Score Yet	19%	First Born	Laura (Character)	-	2007
64%	78%	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Lily (Character)	$32.7M	2005
12%	50%	Hide and Seek	Elizabeth Young (Character)	$51.1M	2005
86%	89%	Mysterious Skin	Mrs. McCormick (Character)	$697.2K	2004
43%	64%	Leo	Mary Bloom (Character)	-	2002
60%	70%	Tuck Everlasting	Narrator	$19.2M	2002
No Score Yet	45%	Amy and Isabelle	Isabelle Goodrow (Character)	-	2001
26%	28%	Hollow Man	Linda McKay (Character)	$73.2M	2000
14%	52%	Molly	Molly McKay (Character)	$17.4K	1999
41%	45%	Cousin Bette	Jenny Cadine (Character)	$1.2M	1998
39%	31%	Palmetto	Mrs. Donnelly/Rhea Malroux (Character)	$5.8M	1998
30%	63%	The Saint	Emma Russell (Character)	$61.4M	1997
73%	82%	Deconstructing Harry	Fay (Character)	$10.7M	1997
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Saint	Unknown (Character)	-	1997
73%	44%	The Trigger Effect	Annie Kay (Character)	$3.6M	1996
91%	85%	Leaving Las Vegas	Sera (Character)	$29.9M	1995
62%	39%	The Underneath	Susan Crenshaw (Character)	$386.9K	1995
No Score Yet	38%	Radio Inside	Natalie (Character)	-	1994
No Score Yet	39%	Blind Justice	Caroline (Character)	-	1994
58%	76%	Heart and Souls	Anne (Character)	$16.4M	1993
75%	61%	Twenty Bucks	Emily Adams (Character)	$30.7K	1993
74%	63%	Soapdish	Lori Craven/Angelique (Character)	$33.9M	1991
10%	45%	The Marrying Man	Adele Horner (Character)	$12.4M	1991
81%	78%	Back to the Future Part III	Jennifer Parker (Character)	-	1990
63%	85%	Back to the Future Part II	Jennifer Parker/McFly (Character)	$116.4M	1989
9%	58%	co*cktail	Jordan Mooney (Character)	$77.3M	1988
72%	70%	Adventures in Babysitting	Chris Parker (Character)	-	1987
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Switching Places	Kathy Shelton (Character)	-	1987
No Score Yet	69%	Double Switch	Kathy Shelton (Character)	-	1987
44%	32%	Link	Jane Chase (Character)	$1.3M	1986
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Call to Glory: J.F.K.	Jackie Sarnac (Character)	-	1985
90%	83%	The Karate Kid	Ali Mills (Character)	-	1984
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Call to Glory	Jackie Sarnac (Character)	-	1984

TV

			Credit
68%	69%	Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber	Bonnie Kalanick (Character)	2022
97%	72%	The Boys Presents: Diabolical	Madelyn Stillwell (Character)	2022
60%	80%	On the Verge	Anne (Character), Executive Producer	2021
93%	76%	The Boys	Madelyn Stillwell (Character)	2019
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Chew	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	81%	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Julie Finlay (Character)	2012-2015
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Talk	Guest	2012-2013
No Score Yet	91%	American Dad!	Female Detective (Guest Voice)	2012
92%	91%	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Virginia (Guest Star)	2009
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Constance	Unknown (Character)