Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles in the films The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Soapdish (1991), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Saint (1997), Hollow Man (2000), and Piranha 3D (2010). She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She starred as Julie Finlay in the CBS procedural forensics crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2012 to 2015. More recently she had supporting roles in Battle of the Sexes (2017) and Death Wish (2018). She was also a series regular in the first season of the Amazon series The Boys (2019).

Filmography

• 2026Whalefall — Zara Gardiner
• 2024The Good Half — Lily Wheeland
• Gen V — Madelyn Stillwell
• 2022Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Bonnie Kalanick
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Bonnie Kalanick
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Madelyn Stillwell (voice)
• On the Verge — Anne, Executive Producer
• 2020Greyhound — Evelyn
• The Boys — Madelyn Stillwell
• Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles — Jennifer Parker
• Cobra Kai — Ali Mills (archive footage)
• 2018Death Wish — Lucy Kersey
• 2017Battle of the Sexes — Priscilla Riggs
• Blunt Talk — Suzanne Mayview
• 2014Behaving Badly — Pamela Bender
• 2012Chasing Mavericks — Christy Moriarity
• 2012Hope Springs — Karen, The Bartender
• 2012House at the End of the Street — Sarah
• 2011Waking Madison — Dr. Elizabeth Barnes
• 2010Janie Jones — Mary Ann Jones
• 2010Piranha 3D — Julie Forester
• 2009Don McKay — Sonny
• 2008Hamlet 2 — Elisabeth Shue
• 2007First Born — Laura
• 2007Gracie — Lindsay Bowen, Producer
• American Dad! — Female Detective (voice)
• 2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story — Lily
• 2005Hide and Seek — Elizabeth
• 2005Mysterious Skin — Mrs. McCormick
• 2002Leo — Mary Bloom
• 2002Tuck Everlasting — Narrator (voice)
• 2001Amy & Isabelle — Isabelle Goodrow
• 2001The First Year — Narrator
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Julie Finlay
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Virginia
• 2000Hollow Man — Linda McKay
• 1999Molly — Molly McKay
• 1998City of Angels — Pregnant Woman (uncredited)
• 1998Cousin Bette — Jenny Cadine
• 1998Palmetto — Rhea Malroux
• 1997Deconstructing Harry — Fay Sexton
• 1997The Saint — Emma Russell
• 1996The Trigger Effect — Annie
• 1995Leaving Las Vegas — Sera
• 1995The Underneath — Susan Crenshaw
• 1994Blind Justice — Caroline
• 1994Radio Inside — Natalie
• 1993Heart and Souls — Anne
• 1993Twenty Bucks — Emily Adams
• 1991Soapdish — Lori Craven
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Alice Adams
• 1991The Marrying Man — Adele Horner
• 1990Back to the Future Part III — Jennifer
• Dream On — Maura Barish
• 1989Back to the Future Part II — Jennifer
• 1988Cocktail — Jordan Mooney
• 1987Adventures in Babysitting — Chris
• 1987Double Switch — Kathy
• 1986Link — Jane Chase
• 1984Call to Glory — Jackie Sarnac
• Call to Glory — Jackie Sarnac
• 1984The Karate Kid — Ali
• 1983Somewhere, Tomorrow — Margie
• 1982The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana — Lynn Osborne (as Lisa Shue)
• Greyhound 2 — Evelyn

Appearances as themselves (10)

• The Netflix Afterparty — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• Steve — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man — Self