Elisabeth Shue in Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
ELISABETH SHUE (Lilly) was honored with an Academy Award® nomination for her performance in Mike Figgis’ “Leaving Las Vegas,” in which she starred opposite Nicolas Cage. Shue’s poignant portrayal of a prostitute who has a doomed love affair with an alcoholic also brought her Best Actress Awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics, the Chicago Film Critics, and the National Society of Film Critics, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Independent Spirit Award.
Shue most recently starred in the thriller “Hide and Seek,” with Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning, and in the independent film “Mysterious Skin,” which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Her list of film credits goes on to include Paul Verhoeven’s “Hollow Man,” opposite Kevin Bacon; the title role in John Duigan’s “Molly”; Des McAnuff’s “Cousin Bette”; Volker Schlöndorff’s “Palmetto”; Woody Allen’s “Deconstructing Harry”; Phillip Noyce’s “The Saint,” opposite Val Kilmer; David Koepp’s “The Trigger Effect”; Ron Underwood’s “Heart and Souls,” opposite Robert Downey, Jr.; “Soapdish,” with Sally Field; Robert Zemeckis’ “Back to the Future, Parts II & III,” with Michael J. Fox; Roger Donaldson’s “Cocktail,” opposite Tom Cruise; Chris Columbus’ “Adventures in Babysitting”; and John G. Avildsen’s “The Karate Kid.” On television, Shue starred in the Oprah Winfrey Presentation “Amy and Isabelle.” In addition to her work on the screen, Shue starred on Broadway in Richard Nelson’s “Some Americans Abroad.”
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