Best known to TV
audiences for her role as Faith on the WB Network's Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Eliza Dushku also has a number of films to her name. Dushku, who
made her film debut starring opposite Juliette Lewis in the 1992 period
drama That Night, began acting professionally when she was barely in her
teens.
Born of Albanian-Danish descent in Boston, MA, on December 30, 1980,
Dushku grew up the youngest sibling of three older brothers. Following
her debut in That Night, which cast her as a young girl who becomes
infatuated with the rebellious teen who lives across the street, the
young actress did supporting work in This Boy's Life (1993) and played
the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies
(1994). In 1998 Dushku got one of her biggest breaks to date when she
was cast as troubled slayer Faith on Buffy. Although Faith was only
meant to appear in a handful of episodes, the show's creators liked
Dushku enough to make Faith a recurring character, and also featured her
on Angel, Buffy's spin-off.
Dushku had perhaps her most successful big-screen role to date in Bring
It On (2000), a high-school comedy that cast her as Kirsten Dunst's
reluctant but tough fellow cheerleader. The film was one of the summer's
biggest money-earners, and Dushku, unsurprisingly, was soon busy with a
number of new film projects. Included amongst them were Soul Survivor
(2001), a teen horror movie that also featured Casey Affleck and
Wes Bentley, and The
New Guy (2001), another comedy about the horrors of high school life. ~
Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide
Birthday: |
December 30, 1980 |
Birthtown: |
Boston |
Eyes/Hair: |
beides Braun |
Films
1992 – That Night – One hot Summer (als Alice Bloom)
1993 - This Boys Life mit Robert De Niro und Leonardo
DiCaprio (als Pearl)
1994 – True Lies mit Arnold Schwarzenegger und Jamie Lee
Curtis (als Dana Tasker)
1994 – Fishing with George (Kurzfilm)
1995 – Bye Bye Love (als Emma)
1995 – Journey (als Cat)
1996 – Race the Sun mit Halle Berry und Casey Affleck (als
Cindy Johnson)
2000 – Bring it on mit Kirsten Dunst (als Missy Patone)
2001 – Jay and Silent Bob strike back mit Ben Affleck (als
Sissy)
2001 – Soul Survivors mit Casey Affleck (als Annabel)
2002 – The new Guy (als Danielle)
2002 – City by the Sea mit Robert DeNiro (als Gina)
2002 – It was always me (als Marissa)
2002 – The Kiss (als Megan)
2003 - Wrong Turn (2003)
2003 - The Kiss (2003)
2003 - Punk'd (2003)
2003 - Tru Calling (2003)
2003 - Die wilden Siebziger (Fernsehserie, Gastauftritt
2004)
2005 - Reading Rainbow (2005)
2005 - Nobel son (2005)
2005 - On Broadway (2005)
aktuell - Sex and the Breakfaste
Series
1998-1999 (und 2003) – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (als
Faith)
2000 (und 2003) - Angel
2003-2005 - Tru Calling - Schicksal Reloaded!
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