Elisabeth Shue born as Elisabeth Judson Shue on October 6th, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware is an amazing American actress who received an Academy Award nomination for her wonderful acting skills.
Elisabeth Shue was born to Anne Harms nee Wells, who was the vice president of the private division of Chemical Banking Corporation; and her father James Shue was a lawyer, realtor, and an active Republican politician who unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate in New Jersey. Elisabeth Shue has an older brother named Will Shue and younger brother named Andrew Shue. Amidst the two boys in the family, Elisabeth Shue was a tomboy in her childhood and showed more interest in football and gymnastics rather than playing with dolls with the girls of her age.
Elisabeth graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. While she was in fourth grade, her parents were divorced. Elisabeth Shue after studying for a while in Wellesley College and Harvard University dropped out in 1985 to pursue an acting career. However Shue returned to Harvard fifteen years later to take her degree in 2000. Elisabeth along with her actor-brother Andrew Shue has also been received into Columbia High School's Hall of Fame in 1994. While still a student, Elisabeth Shue decided to support herself and so began appearing in television commercials like Florida Theme Park, in which ad she displayed her gymnastic skills. Her other noted modeling assignments include DeBeers diamonds, Hellman's mayonnaise, Burger Kings and she went on to appear in over 50 commercials.