The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the action spy film True Lies. In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl, alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, in the drama film This Boy's Life. She was chosen in a five-month search for the lead role of Alice in the 1992 romantic drama film That Night. Career Acting 1992–1997: Beginnings and breakthrough ĭushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was ten years old. She attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and graduated from Watertown High School. ĭushku's mother was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Dushku and her three brothers were raised as Mormons. Her parents were divorced before she was born. Dushku's father was Boston-born, of Albanian heritage, with his parents coming from the city of Korçë, and her mother, from Idaho, is of Danish, English, Irish and German descent. She has also done voice work for numerous video games and animated films.ĭushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter and youngest of the four children of school teacher and administrator Philip Richard George Dushku and Judy Dushku ( née Rasmussen), a political science professor. ĭushku had starring roles in various films, including True Lies (1994), Bye Bye Love (1995), Bring It On (2000), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), The New Guy (2002), Wrong Turn (2003), On Broadway (2007), The Scribbler (2014), Jane Wants a Boyfriend (2015), and Eloise (2016). She also had lead roles in the Fox supernatural drama series Tru Calling (2003–2005) and the Fox science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010), for which she was a producer. She is best known for starring as Faith in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003) and its spin-off series Angel (2000–2003). Eliza Patricia Dushku ( / ˈ d ʊ ʃ k uː/ born December 30, 1980) is an American actress.
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