I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries and death row. Īs an unwelcome effect of her portrayal as Faith, Dushku was inundated with fan mail from prisoners.
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She also appeared in the spin-off series Angel. Though initially planned as a three-episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the whole third season and returned for a two-part appearance in season four and for the last five episodes of the series. She later recalled with amusement that the judge who handled her emancipation case, who was an avid fan of the show, jokingly said that she would sign the emancipation order if she could get a signed photo from Dushku.
When she began her work on the series, Dushku was still a minor, and had to receive emancipation to work the production's long hours. After reading the script, Dushku rushed to a local Claire's to purchase dark makeup and other appropriate accessories for the part of Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She had roles as Piper Reeves in the short film Fishing with George (1994), as Cat in the television film Journey (1995), as Paul Reiser's daughter in the romantic comedy film Bye Bye Love (1995), and as Cindy Johnson in the comedy drama film Race the Sun (1996).ġ998–2002: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and recognition ĭushku planned to attend Suffolk University in Boston, where her mother taught, but her agent asked her to submit a videotape audition for a television show starring another of his clients, Sarah Michelle Gellar. 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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