Eliza Dushku: Faith
Eliza Patricia
Dushku (play /ˈdʊʃkuː/;[3] (born December 30, 1980) is an American actress
known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer[4] and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two
Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse.[5] She is also known for her role in
films including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and
Silent Bob Strike Back,[6] as well as her voice work on video games.
Dushku was born in
Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator
and teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and Judith "Judy" (née
Rasmussen), a political science professor.[7] Dushku's father is Albanian and
her mother is of Danish and English descent.[8][9] Dushku attended Beaver
Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, and graduated from Watertown High School.
Career
Early career
Dushku came to the
attention of casting agents when she was 10. She was chosen in a five month
search for the lead role of Alice in the film That Night. In 1993, Dushku
landed a role as Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This
Boy's Life, a role that she said opened a lot of doors. The following year, she
played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in
True Lies. She had parts as Paul Reiser's daughter in Bye Bye Love, as Cindy
Johnson in Race the Sun, and roles in a television movie and a short film.
Dushku took time off
from acting to finish her junior and senior years of high school. She was
accepted to the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and Suffolk
University in Boston, where her mother serves as professor of government and
previously served as dean of the campus in Dakar, Senegal. -Wikipedia
