| Biography |
| Eliza Patricia Dushku was born on December 30, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised mormon along with her 3 older brothers, in her hometown of Watertown, Massachusetts, but no longer practices. She began her career as playing the part of Alice Bloom in the 1992 movie, That Night. She then went on to appear in the 1993 movie, This Boy's Life along with Leonardo DiCaprio. Dushku says that DiCaprio taught her a valuable lesson by teaching her how to deal with bullies and troublesome people because she was constanly getting tormented by fellow schoolmates and teachers about her filmaking. She quotes that she is forever grateful to him. She has also appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies and starred as Emma in Bye Bye Love. She is often seen signing for the deaf at the Watertown Children's Theatre. She has studied the piano, drums, and dance such as jazz, ballet, and tap. Her mother is a professor at Boston University. She was legally emancipated from her parents because of strict laws on the hours that a minor is allowed to work. She is of Albanian and Danish origins. She now lives in LA, with her oldest brother, Nate Dushku, who appeared alongside Ryan Phillipe in Anti-Trust. Her favorite sport is Girl's Ice Hockey, the New England Patriots are her favorite football team. Her favorite movie is Beaches, and her favorite TV show is Late Night with Conan O' Brien. Her favorite color is black, and her favorite book is The Godfather. Her choices of music include Korn, Beastie Boys, Lauren Hill, and Madonna. After graduating form highschool, Eliza, nearly 18, auditioned for the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and won the part of Faith. She was only supposed to appear on a short time of five episodes, but soon she won over the cast, crew and audience and continued as a recurring role throughout the third season. She has also been seen in guest spots on Buffy's spinoff series,Angel, and as we all hope, she will come back as a recurring character after she's done filming her newest features, Soul Survivors, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, The New Guy, and City By the Sea, where she will again be featured alongside Robert DeNiro, who she starred with in This Boy's Life. Eliza is a great actress and an amazing, unique young woman, and we hope to see her recognized all over the world someday. She seems to be moving along very well. We love you Eliza!! |
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