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Eliza Dushku can be found under the following categories:
American film actors
,
American television actors
,
American child actors
,
Massachusetts actors
,
Bring It On actors
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Eliza Patricia Dushku
(;
Hulu
commercial during "The Target" (an episode of
Dollhouse
), in which Dushku introduces herself and says her own name. Aired February 20, 2009.
born December 30, 1980) is an
American
actress best known for her roles on television, such as her recurring appearances as
Faith
on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
and its spinoff series
Angel
, as well as the main character, Tru Davies, in the short-lived
Fox
series
Tru Calling
. She currently produces and stars in the series
Dollhouse
as
Echo
, created by
Buffy
and
Angel
creator
Joss Whedon
.
She has also appeared in several films, including
True Lies
,
The New Guy
,
Bring It On
,
Wrong Turn
and
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
.
Early life
Dushku was born in
Watertown, Massachusetts
, the daughter of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the
Boston Public Schools
, and ex-wife Judith "Judy" (
née
Rasmussen), a
political science
professor at Suffolk University in Boston.
Dushku's father is
Albanian American
and her mother is
Danish American
, though both of her grandmothers were
English American
.
Eliza Patricia Dushku's Ancestry
Ancestry of Bill Richardson
Dushku attended
Beaver Country Day School
in
Chestnut Hill
, and graduated from
Watertown High School
. She was raised a
Mormon
, the faith of her mother (though she is not actively practicing).
She has three older brothers: Aaron, Benjamin (Ben, born February 5, 1976), and Nathaniel (Nate, born June 8, 1977, in
Boston, Massachusetts
), the latter of whom is a model and actor. Her parents divorced when she was still an infant.
In 2005 she visited her father's family in Albania after being personally invited by the president. While there she also visited the Albanian Community in
Kosovo
and got an
Albanian Eagle
tattooed on the back of her neck.
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Wikipedia article "Eliza Dushku"
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