Overview (4)

Born October 6, 1963 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA Birth Name Elisabeth Judson Shue Nickname Lisa Height 5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (1)

Davis Guggenheim (August 1994 - present) ( 3 children)

Trivia (22)



Son, Miles William, with Davis Guggenheim was born. [November 1997]



Older sister of Andrew Shue

Got started in commercials as "The Burger King Girl.".





Was an accomplished high school gymnast, with aspirations to the state finals, at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Her brother, Andrew Shue , and Zach Braff also attended Columbia High School.

Majored in Government at Wellesley College; transferred to Harvard University in 1985; planned to become an attorney.



Graduated from Harvard University 8 June 2000 with a degree in Government. Shue was one semester short of earning her degree when she dropped out to pursue her career 15 years ago. She returned to Harvard in the spring of 2000.



Daughter, Stella Street, was born weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. [March 2001]





Named her son after her late older brother, William Shue , who died on August 24, 1988 at the age of 26 from a freak swimming accident while on family vacation. A rope broke on a tire swing and he was thrown into a tree branch, impaling him. He was enrolled at Rutgers University's Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine at the time of his death. Her brother Andrew Shue witnessed the accident.



Was cast as the female lead in the Jim Carrey movie The Number 23 (2007) but had to drop out just weeks before shooting because of her pregnancy. Shue was replaced by Virginia Madsen

Elisabeth and Davis became the parents of their third child, a daughter named Agnes Charles Guggenheim, on June 18, 2006.





The 2007 film Gracie (2007) is based upon events that occurred in her and her brother Andrew Shue 's lives.



Growing up in Maplewood, New Jersey, Zach Braff lived around the corner from the Shues.



She and her brother, Andrew Shue , were inducted into Columbia High School's Hall of Fame in 1994.

She has German and English ancestry.



As of 2018, has never appeared in a film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.



Personal Quotes (5)



On Cocktail (1988): "If I'd known that it was just going to be about these guys throwing drinks around, then I might have had some second thoughts . . ."

I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.



[on acting] The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.



My childhood was male-dominated. It was great, but also very painful. Looking back after years of therapy, I realize that my wanting to act had nothing to do with making money and everything to do with needing attention and wanting to express myself and investigate my sexuality.



I was never put in jail. But, oh God, I smoked a lot of pot

