As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.

In 1999 Shue starred with Aaron Eckhart in Molly as an autistic young woman who undergoes an operation that allows her to become more "normal. Her younger brother Andrew is also an actor best known for his role as Billy Campbell in the Fox series Melrose Place. Her parents divorced when Elisabeth Shue was nine.

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6 1963) is an American actress known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid Adventures in Babysitting Cocktail Back to the Future Parts II III The Saint and Leaving Las Vegas for which Elisabeth Shue won five acting awards and was nominated for an Oscar a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.