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Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980 in
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American
actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as
True Lies,
The New Guy,
Bring It On and
Wrong Turn. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel as Faith, as well as the main character in the series
Tru Calling. She is also set to star in a new series called
Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon (with whom Dushku worked on
Buffy and
Angel), premiering February 2009 on
FOX.
blogywoodbabes.blogspot.comDushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10. She was chosen at the end of a five month search throughout the United States for the lead role of Alice, playing with Juliette Lewis in the film
That NightRobert De Niro and . In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl alongside 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 also had parts as Paul Reiser's daughter in
Bye Bye, Love, as Cindy Johnson with Halle Berry and
Jim Belushi in
Race the Sun, as well as roles in a television movie and a short film.
blogywoodbabes.blogspot.comIn 2000, Dushku starred in Soul Survivors, reuniting her with Race The Sun co-star Casey Affleck. She followed that up with the cheerleader comedy Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst, which was a surprising success at the box office that spawned straight-to-DVD sequels. In 2001, she appeared in The New Guy with DJ Qualls and City by the Sea with Robert De Niro and James Franco. The latter film garnered attention from a wider adult audience and several good reviews.
The same year, Kevin Smith invited Dushku to be a part of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where she co-starred with Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter, and Ben Affleck.
In 2003, Dushku appeared in Wrong Turn, a horror film in which she had the starring role, and The Kiss, an independent comedy-drama. Starting that same year, she also starred in a new Fox TV series, Tru Calling, where she played the main character, medical student Tru Davies. After having a grant pulled out from under her, Tru is forced to take a job at a local morgue where she discovers her power to "re-live" the previous day over again and uses it to bring murderers to justice. Dushku turned down a role for which she would have been in a spin-off of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (that would have been about Faith). blogywoodbabes.blogspot.com