Elizabeth Shue is a famous American actress. Celebrity brought her roles in the films "Saint", "Leaving Las Vegas", "Invisible" and "Back to the Future."
Elizabeth Judson Shue was born in Wilmington on October 6, 1963. Mom held the position of vice president at the bank, father was a well-known lawyer. The future famous artist spent all her childhood and adolescence in her hometown.
The path to glory
In addition to Elizabeth, three boys grew up in the family. Since childhood, I have not played football or rugby with my sister. Little Liz jumped into the pond, climbed to the very tops of the trees. When Shu was eleven, his parents separated.
The girl, shocked by the changes in her family, turned into a difficult teenager. When the car of fifteen-year-old Elizabeth was stopped by a police officer, the teenager portrayed an adult so convincingly that the offender was released.
The divorce of her parents had too deep an impact on the girl. She began to fear that the same event would happen in her life. She studiously avoided relationships with boys.
After completing her studies, Elizabeth became a student at Harvard. From that moment on, Shu's biography as an actress began. The girl left the university without completing her studies for one semester.
At the age of sixteen, Liz began acting. A charming girl with the appearance of a real angel appeared for the first time in an advertisement for the Burger King restaurant. The debut was so successful that Shu was invited to Hollywood.
In the series Call to Glory, the aspiring actress got her first prominent role. The name became prophetic. Elizabeth was very soon offered a girlfriend of the protagonist in "Little Karate".
Film career
The film was followed by the melodrama Cocktail, in which Liz played with Tom Cruise. She became Jordan, the girl that the main character fell in love with. The first roles played a bad joke with an aspiring actress.
They began to perceive her as a pretty and unassuming silly thing, becoming a prize for a positive hero in the final. Liz hated that role. With difficulty, she agreed to play another beauty. Saved only the thought that she is an actress in Hollywood.
The situation changed with the death of his brother. After the loss of William Shue fell into a deep depression. She stopped acting. After terrible grief, they began to offer her deeper roles.
In 1991, Liz appeared together in the comedy The Habit to Marry. She got the character of the kind, albeit narrow-minded bride of the protagonist, Adele Horner. In 1994, the performer appeared before the audience in the form of Natalie in the drama Radio Inside. The brother of her young man falls in love with the heroine. From the feelings surging on him, the guy just goes crazy.
Liz's recognizability was brought by the telepictures "Link", "The Adventures of a Babysitter" and "Back to the Future". She also received a star status after the projects "Leaving Las Vegas", "Saint" and "Invisible".
Confession
In the drama "Leaving Las Vegas" the girl got the role of a prostitute. To her agent's great dismay, she agreed to her. The manager tried to persuade him to refuse, convincing him that this was the end of his career. Even the director himself discouraged Shu from working.
But Shu insisted on her own and won. She was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. In addition to the golden statuette, the girl was nominated for the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The actress ascended to the top of Kinoolimp.
The colleagues who played the criminals presented their partner with a huge bouquet after difficult filming. The girl, who was on her nerves, fell into hysterics when she saw an unexpected present. In Paul Verhoeven's project "The Invisible Man," Shu played the physicist Linda Foster.
Liz had a very difficult story about human vices. On the set, the performer injured ligaments on her leg. The studio demanded to replace the heroine, but the director firmly refused. He stopped working until the recovery of the actress, whom he liked very much.
Liz got out before she recovered completely. She had to fight the limp for another couple of months. During the voice acting, Shu sometimes turned away from the screen, she was so scared. The film's success justified all the efforts. Elizabeth has received many awards.
Between "Invisible" and "Saint", the girl appeared in the fantasy episode "City of Angels". She starred in the horror film Baby and starred in the thriller Don McKay. Work in the adventure film "Piranha 3D", the rating series "C. S. I.: Crime Scene" became significant.
Personal life
In the most dramatic period for herself, Liz met her future husband. She was very upset about her brother's departure. Things were not easy for David Gaggenheim. The famous producer even had his own film company. But to do the business of dreams, directing, he was hindered by the fear of failure.
To unwind, the friends invited Liz to the bowling alley. There, the girl wondered how to leave unnoticed. Suddenly she noticed a guy watching the fun. Shu walked towards the stranger. They left the bowling alley together, walked, talked.
Soon David began filming documentaries. Shu returned to Harvard after gaining star status and completed her education. She became the fourth woman of her kind to receive it at a renowned educational institution.
When the tabloids vied with each other about the romance between Shu and Kilmer, Gaggenheim did not believe the gossip and shot a satirical picture of the same name. In it, he ridiculed the mores of the Dream Factory. The couple survived the black streak.
The divorce that was predicted for them did not happen. In 1997, Liz gave David his first child, Miles. In the two thousandth, the family was replenished with daughters Agnes and Stella. In 2017, the actress starred in the sports drama Battle of the Sexes.
The plot is based on a tennis match between veteran Bobby Riggs and athlete Billie Jean King. The entire history of sports was changed by the victory of the latter. In early spring 2018, viewers saw Liz in the action movie Death Wish.
2019 for Shu opened with his work in the painting "The Hound" in the image of the main character.
