Elisabeth Shue: Difference between revisions

| image = Elisabeth Shue at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2.jpg

| caption = Shue at the 2009 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]

| spouse = [[Davis Guggenheim]] (1994-present1994–present; 3 children)

| occupation = Actress, producer

| years_active = 1984 - present1984–present

Shue was born in [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. Shue's mother was a [[ancestry|descendant]] of [[Pilgrim]] religious leader [[William Brewster (pilgrim)|William Brewster]]. Her father's family moved from [[Germany]] to [[Pennsylvania]] in the early [[19th century]].<ref name=ebo>{{Citecite news|last=Carr|first=Jay|coauthors=|title=Elisabeth Shue commutes from academe to Tinseltown|pages=|publisher=Boston Globe|date=1991-05-26|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59205799.html?dids=59205799:59205799&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+26%2C+1991&author=Jay+Carr%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Elisabeth+Shue+commutes+from+academe+to+Tinseltown&pqatl=google|accessdateaccess-date=2010-07-26|archive-date=2012-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103092710/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59205799.html?dids=59205799:59205799&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+26,+1991&author=Jay+Carr,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Elisabeth+Shue+commutes+from+academe+to+Tinseltown&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=reg>{{Citecite news|last=Rader|first=Dotson|coauthors=|title=Let Yourself Feel It All|pages=|publisher=Lakeland Ledger|date=1997-11-23|url=httphttps://news.google.cacom/newspapers?id=WZssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zPwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3132,6843315&dq=the-lave-he-badness&hl=en|accessdateaccess-date=2010-07-26}} </ref> Shue's younger brother, [[Andrew Shue|Andrew]], is also an actor.

Shue grew up in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] and [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] [[county|counties]] in [[New Jersey]]. Her parents [[divorce|divorced]]d when she was young.<ref>[http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/2007/07-Jul/features/willtowin.htm Article] New Jersey Monthly</ref> {{DeadWebarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012105226/http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/2007/07-Jul/features/willtowin.htm link|date=September2007-10-12 2010}}</ref> Shue [[wikt:graduate|graduated]] from [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]], in [[Maplewood, New Jersey]]. She later studied at [[Wellesley College]] and [[Harvard University]]. Shue left Harvard early because of her acting [[career]]. She returned to Harvard to finish her [[Degree (school)|degree]] in [[Government]] in 2000.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.hno.harvard.edu/guide/students/stu4.html |title=The Harvard Guide: A Harvard Yearbook, James - Updike |access-date=2012-03-23 |archive-date=2007-07-23 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5QYCeo3kC?url=http://www.hno.harvard.edu/guide/students/stu4.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While in high school, Shue acted in [[television]] [[advertisement|commercials]]. She did ads for [[Burger King]], [[DeBeers|DeBeers diamonds]], and [[Hellman's|Hellman's mayonnaise]].<ref name=IndependentPiranha>{{Citecite news|title=Elisabeth Shue - You can enjoy the screams and the gore and the fun|pages=|publisherwork=The Independent|date=2010-08-13|url=httphttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/movies/features/elisabeth-shue--you-can-enjoy-the-screams-and-the-gore-and-the-fun-2050907.html|accessdateaccess-date=2011-01-28}}</ref>

Shue is [[marriage|married]] to [[movie director]] [[Davis Guggenheim]].<ref>[{{Cite web |title=Elisabeth Shue pics and links offered by WomenCelebs.com |url=http://www.womencelebs.com/c1/showcelebrity_categoryid-151.html Elisabeth|access-date=2012-03-23 Shue|archive-date=2008-05-12 pics and links offered by WomenCelebs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512024800/http://www.womencelebs.com]/c1/showcelebrity_categoryid-151.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their son, Miles William, was born on November 11, 1997. She gave birth to her first daughter, Stella Street, on March 19, 2001. Her third child, Agnes Charles, was born on June 18, 2006. Her son's middle name is in honor of her second brother, William. This brother died in 1988 at the age of 26 in a [[swim]]ming [[accident]].<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=5cd6b0c5-22c6-4612-b987-43ea2710151b Elisabeth Shue - Profile, Latest News and Related Articles]</ref>

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[[Category:Actors from Wilmington, Delaware]]