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ELIZA DUSHKU BIOGRAPHY |
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| Eliza Patricia
Dushku was born December 30, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts and
named after an aunt. Surrounded by brothers, she admits to being
quite the tomboy when she was a little girl. Rumor has it Eliza
has also studied dancing and singing and was often seen in
children's theater, signing for the deaf. Now 20 years old, she
already is considered a veteran of the large and small screen.
Eliza has numerous starring roles in several acclaimed films. He
began her movie career in the movie "That Night" at the tender
age of twelve, playing Alice Bloom opposite Juliette Lewis. She
has starred with such notable players as Leonardo DiCaprio and
Robert de Niro as well Arnold Schwarzeneggar in such major
motion pictures as This Boy's Life & True Lies, respectively.
More film work from the nineties included the Hallmark TV movie
Journey, the Paul Reiser flick Bye Bye, Love and Race the Sun.
She began to get older roles, able to look a few years beyond
her true age. After graduating from high school, the then-17-nearly-18
year old Eliza auditioned for television series Buffy the
Vampire Slayer and won the part of Faith, a Slayer much more
troubled than Buffy. The role began in the fall of 1998 and was
only supposed to be a short stint, but actress and character
soon won over the cast, crew and audience. The role became a
recurring one and continued throughout the 1998-1999 season (the
third year of BtVS). She has since had guest starred on various
episodes of both BtVS and its spinoff Angel. She steals every
scene she is in. The movie Bring It On opened #1 in the box
office in August 2000. Eliza received second billing as Missy, a
tough tumbler turned cheerleader. The movie held strong at the
box office, topped in the charts two weeks in a row, then
staying in the top ten for a few months' time. Eliza will
continue to grace the big screen for quite some time. |
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