Andrew Shue (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, known for his role as Billy Campbell on the television series Melrose Place (1992–1999). Shue played soccer professionally for several years. He co-founded and served on the board of directors of the global non-profit organization Do Something,[1] and co-founded the social networking website CafeMom.
Early life
Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware. His mother, Anne Brewster (née Wells; born 1938), is a bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the Chemical Bank Corporation. His father, James William Shue (born 1936 – died May 24, 2013), was a lawyer and real estate developer who was the president of the International Food and Beverage Corporation and was active in Republican politics, having once unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Congress in New Jersey.[2][3] His mother was a descendant of Pilgrim leader William Brewster and his father was of German ancestry, from Pennsylvania.[4][5]
Shue attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Along with his sister, he was inducted into the CHS Hall of fame in 1994.[6] At Dartmouth College, Shue was a Regional All America soccer player and spent a winter studying and playing soccer in Glasgow, Scotland for Queen's Park FC. Shue received his B.A. in history from Dartmouth in 1989. After graduating, he visited Zimbabwe, where he simultaneously played soccer and taught high school math at Founders High School.
A 1996 commercial for SportsCenter on ESPN has Shue being traded for former SportsCenter anchor Charley Steiner, where Steiner takes his position on Melrose Place and Shue takes his on SportsCenter.[7]
He worked on the 2007 feature film, Gracie, with his sister Elisabeth, his brother John, and his brother-in-law, Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth. Shue co-produced the film and also appeared in a minor role. It pays tribute to the Shue siblings' elder brother Will, who died in an accident in 1988. The story is loosely based on Elisabeth's childhood, when she was the only girl playing on an all-boys soccer team.
Along with his childhood best friend Michael Sanchez, Shue co-founded DoSomething. He now sits on the board of directors.[9]
In 2006, Shue and Sanchez co-founded the social networking website CafeMom.[14] Lead investors are Highland Capital Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The site used to provide an online community for moms to connect and share advice and ideas. CafeMom's community forums were shut down at 5:00 pm EST on May 24, 2018. The company cited high advertising costs as the reason for the shutdown. The CafeMom is now a family of companies, including blog The Stir,[15] Baby Name Wizard and popular Latina site MamasLatinas.
Shue co-hosted the podcast "Mad Life" with his mother-in-law, Joan Robach, and comedian Chuck Nice.[16]
Personal life
Shue married floral designer Jennifer Hageney in 1994.[17] They have three sons.[18] They divorced in 2008.[citation needed]
In 2010, Shue married Good Morning America co-anchor and ABC News correspondent Amy Robach.[19][20] She has two daughters from a previous marriage.[18] It was reported he and Robach separated in August 2022 due to Robach's affair with T. J. Holmes.[21] The divorce was reportedly finalized in March 2023.[22]