Elisabeth Shue Is Nearing 60, And Fans Are Reeling Over The Way She Is Now
We don't mean to freak you out, but it’s been nearly 40 years since the lovely Elisabeth Shue first burst onto our screens. Yep, 40 years! She established herself as girl-next-door material in films such as The Karate Kid and Cocktail. And so she’s bound to be showing the effects of age by now... right? Well, not exactly. Fans who've seen her recently have been stunned by her appearance today.
High demand
And you would’ve had plenty of opportunities to watch Shue as the 2020s kicked into gear. Not only did she revisit her role from The Karate Kid, Ali Mills in Cobra Kai, but she also appeared in a number of other fresh productions. These included On the Verge and Amazon smash hit The Boys. So the Leaving Las Vegas star is apparently now in high demand once again. Good on Shue!
Ageing star
They say that women actors get fewer roles as time goes by, but that doesn’t appear true for Shue. The Cocktail star is in her late 50s now, and she’s finding plenty of work with the boom in streaming. But a fair few years have passed since the actor starred opposite Tom Cruise, and she is not the sex kitten she once was. Still, fans have been stunned to see how she looks today.
Family girl
Those close to Shue may have been surprised about where she ended up. She grew up in a boys’ world, after all, and was the only girl among four siblings. That didn’t put her off being competitive though: she’d happily take the boys on at soccer. And later in her childhood she had an interest in gymnastics, too.
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But the young Shue was always going to be an actor. Even education didn’t get in her way, as she started her path in the acting profession when still at high school. She began in an ad for Burger King, and it was the first of several commercials that featured her in her teens.
