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Eliza Patricia Dushku born December 30, 1980 is an American former actress. 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). She also had main 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.
Dushku has played leading 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 has also done voice work for several video games and animated films.
Dushku was born in Boston and raised in Watertown, Massachusetts, the only daughter and youngest of four children of Philip Dushku, a school teacher and administrator, and Judy Dushku (née Rasmussen),a professor of political science. Dushku's father was of Albanian heritage, born in Boston; his parents came from the city of Korçë. Her parents divorced before she was born.
Dushku's mother was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Dushku and her three brothers were raised as members of the church. She attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and graduated from Watertown High School.
Dushku was raised in a Mormon family, and still has a Mormon-themed tattoo. She describes herself as having taken a different path from the LDS Church, and is grateful for having been raised in it.
Dushku has lived in Los Angeles for over 15 years, although she spent considerable time in Watertown and Boston before her stepfather's death. She has lived in the Laurel Canyon area for several years.
In 2009, she posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine.
After originally intending to attend college in Boston, changing those plans before her break on Buffy, she announced at Emerald City Comicon in March 2014 that she would attend college later that year. On June 22, 2014, The Boston Globe reported that Dushku had left Los Angeles, moved back to Watertown, near Boston, and was planning to attend college. As of 2016, she was studying sociology at Suffolk University. In 2019, Boston Magazine reported that she was studying holistic psychology at Lesley University. She graduated in 2020. better source needed 2023
During an interview with Boston Magazine in September 2024, Dushku claimed that she had become a certified therapist, primarily focusing on psychedelic therapy for trauma patients, and that she had also become a supporter of the use of psychedelic drugs in mental health treatment.
He is politically active and campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US presidential election
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