Elisabeth Shue was born on 11 November 1997. Being born into a well-established and well-educated family did't necessarily meant much to Elisabeth Shue. Despite such family accolades, Elisabeth Shue's parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade.

Elisabeth Shue continued her acting work with Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Soapdish (1991) and The Marrying Man (1991).

By the time she transferred to Harvard (making her the fourth generation in her family to study there), Elisabeth had already appeared in more than 50 commercials, including Burger King, Hellmann's mayonnaise and DeBeers diamonds. In addition to the TV ads, Elisabeth also landed a role in the television series Call to Glory, and co-starred with Ralph Macchio in the 1984 hit The Karate Kid.

She may not have been on the screen, but Shue was busy with other projects: she married television director David Guggenheim, gave birth to son Miles William in 1997, and returned to Harvard to complete her degree in political science.

Elisabeth Shue still continues to impress with a variety of film and television roles which show-off her versality as an actress and not just her good looks and girl-next-door persona.