ELISABETH SHUE

Audiences remember actress Elisabeth Shue best for her role in The Karate Kid back in 1984. Her role as Ali Mills in the film didn’t just mark her debut in the industry, but it also helped catapult her into stardom. In fact, she recently reprised the character in the martial-arts dramedy Cobra Kai, which is based on the original Karate Kid movies. That’s more than three decades since she first portrayed the character! Between then and now, what has Shue been up to? Well, following the success of The Karate Kid movie, she went on to star in a slew of other notable films.

For a while, she mostly received acting credits by portraying girl-next-door characters, but she also landed roles in Back to the Future II and IIII, Adventures in Babysitting, Hollow Man, Soapdish, and The Saint. You can catch more of the actress on the third season of Cobra Kai!