Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress, known for her roles in the films
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), and
Hollow Man (2000). She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an
Academy Award, a
Golden Globe and a
BAFTA. In February 2012, she began starring as
Julie Finlay in the
CBS police drama , a role she continued to play until the end of the series' fifteenth season in 2015.