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Elisabeth Shue

Born on October 6, 1963 in Wilmington, DE

Having journeyed from fresh-scrubbed teen stardom to virtual nonentity and then into a full-bodied critical embrace with her portrayal of a hooker with a heart of gold, the blonde, blue-eyed and impossibly wholesome-looking Elisabeth Shue can truly ... Read Full Biography

Year	Award	Category	Movie	Result
1995	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Best Actress	Leaving Las Vegas	Nominated
1995	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actress	Leaving Las Vegas	Won
1995	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	Leaving Las Vegas	Nominated
1995	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Actress	Leaving Las Vegas	Won
1995	National Society of Film Critics	Best Actress	Leaving Las Vegas	Won

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Elisabeth Shue On 'Leaving Las Vegas,' 'Cocktail' And Playing Jennifer Lawrence's Mom
by Eric Larnick
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Actors Get Trapped in Falling Elevator After Movie Premiere
by Moviefone Staff
Things got pretty scary following the New York premiere party of 'Janie Jones,' a Tribeca Film release starring Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola and Elisabeth Shue. 14 people -- including Nivola, 'The Good Wife' star Josh...

Alessandro Nivola and Abigail Breslin Make Music in 'Janie Jones' (TIFF 2010 Review)
by Monika Bartyzel
When a film is called 'Janie Jones,' you're going to expect a certain frenetic energy and verve, even if the feature focuses on a father who learns he has a teenage daughter. Jones was an English singer back in the '60s and...

Review: Piranha 3D
by Peter Hall
Piranha 3D is a horror movie bar mitzvah. It turns boys into men, cleaving their lives into two distinct periods: Before Piranha 3D, a time we shall refer to as The Darkness, and after Piranha 3D, also known as The Awakening....

Jerry O'Connell Answers Our 'Sliders' Questions (and Talks 'Piranha 3D')
by Jen Yamato
Over the span of two decades and change, Jerry O'Connell has gone from kid thesp (Stand By Me) to successful TV and film veteran ("Sliders," "Crossing Jordan," Jerry Maguire, and, uh, Kangaroo Jack) -- I mean, "Hollywood...