Amy Brenneman, Elisabeth Shue Have Babies

Reuters - March 21, 2001

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actresses Elisabeth Shue ("Leaving Las Vegas," "Hollow Man") and Amy Brenneman (star of TV's "Judging Amy gave birth to daughters this week, their publicist said Wednesday.

Brenneman, 36, who is married to prominent television director Brad Silberling, delivered the couple's first child Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital. The child, weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces at birth, was named Charlotte.

Brenneman, who first gained notice in a groundbreaking nude scene as detective Janice Licalsi during the first season of ABC police drama "NYPD Blue," currently plays the title role on the CBS hit show "Judging Amy."

On Monday, Shue, 37, who received an Oscar nomination for best actress for her role as a prostitute opposite Nicolas Cage in the 1995 drama "Leaving Las Vegas," gave birth to a girl, named Stella, her second child with husband Davis Guggenheim. Shue's last big-screen appearance was in the critically panned thriller "Hollow Man," opposite Kevin Bacon.

The publicist for both actresses said the mothers and babies were all doing fine.


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