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Elisabeth Shue is an American actress. She has starred in films such as The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Soapdish (1991), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Saint (1997), Hollow Man (2000), Piranha 3D (2010), Battle of the Sexes (2017), Death Wish (2018), and Greyhound (2020). For her performance in Leaving Las Vegas, she was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actress.
On television, Shue played Julie Finlay in the CBS procedural forensics crime drama thriller CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012–2015) and Madelyn Stillwell in the Amazon Prime Video satirical superhero series The Boys (2019–2020), a role she reprised in the animated series The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022) and the spin-off series Gen V (2023). She also leads the Netflix dramedy series On the Verge (2021).
Although often cast as a girl-next-door type, in a career-defining role, Shue starred as a prostitute in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage. The role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Shue was also nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Actress, and won Best Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, and National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Shue’s career flourished after her Oscar nomination, landing her diverse roles. She starred in The Trigger Effect in 1996. Woody Allen’s Deconstructing Harry (1996) showcased her comedic abilities among heavyweight co-stars Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, and Stanley Tucci. Shue also displayed some action-movie skills in the 1997 spy remake The Saint opposite Val Kilmer. The thriller Palmetto (1998) afforded her the chance to play a film noir-ish femme fatale opposite Woody Harrelson; Shue co-starred in Cousin Bette (1998) with Jessica Lange, and Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man (2000) with Kevin Bacon proved another summer blockbuster.
The Boys is an American satirical superhero streaming television series developed by Eric Kripke for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the comic book series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals, referred to as “Supes”, who often abuse their powers for personal gain and work for a powerful company, Vought International, that ensures the general public views them as heroes. The story focuses on Hughie Campbell, a young electronics clerk, and Billy Butcher, a former SAS and CIA operative, who work together with the rest of the Boys against “The Seven”, Vought’s premier superhero team, led by the power-hungry Homelander.
The featured “The Boys” 11 x 14 photo has been signed by award-winning actress Elisabeth Shue in blue. Shue plays Madelyn Stillwell, the ruthless and formidable Vice President of Hero Management at Vought International. She serves as the primary corporate handler for the superhero team The Seven, controlling their public relations, handling crisis management, and manipulating both the heroes and the public for the company’s financial gain. The autograph includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram for authenticity purposes. The signing of this item was witnessed by Beckett.
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