Elisabeth
Shue began her career in commercials while still a student at Wellesley College.
She studied acting with acting coach Sylvie Leigh at the Showcase Theater in New
York. She put her studies on hold when she landed a regular role on the critically
acclaimed television series Call to Glory with Craig T. Nelson. She then auditioned
for and won the leading role opposite Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid.
Though
her career had taken off, she refused to forego a college education altogether,
and earned admission to Harvard University where she continues to work towards
the completion of her degree in Political Science between film projects. While
juggling a film career and an education, Shue completed several pictures, including
Adventures in Babysitting and Cocktail (with Tom Cruise).
Sometime
around 1989, she filmed the popular themepark ridefilm Body Wars for Disney's
Epcot Center, in which she starred with Tim Matheson. Also around that time, she
was cast as Jennifer Parker for the two Back to the Future sequels, replacing
Claudia Wells. A few years later, she starred with her Back to the Future co-star
Christopher Lloyd, in the critically acclaimed film Twenty Bucks. In
1993, Elisabeth enjoyed a smashing Broadway debut in "Some American Abroad"
at the Lincoln Center. Her other stage credits include Tina Howe's "Birth
and After Birth", which led her to participate in the development of a new
theater group called The Cooperative.
In
her spare time, she enjoys gymnastics, soccer, baseball, football, tennis, basketball,
and spending time with her dog, Sonny.