Eliza Dushku
Eliza Patricia Dushku [' duʃ.ku ] ( born December 30, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts ) is an Albanian- American actress. It was her role as Faith in the television series Buffy - known hunter of darkness - the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
- 2.1 Guest appearances
Life and career
My Albanian father, who is from Korca, and her Danish mother Judith are university professors. Her mother teaches at Suffolk University in Boston political science. Eliza Dushku is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints ( " Mormons ").
Dushku began her film career at the age of ten years in the film That Night. They also collected early experiences in the Watertown Children's Theater.
In 1996, Dushku a two year break to do her high school diploma at the Watertown High School. Then they wanted to start their studies. When she but the role of Faith Lehane in Buffy - The Vampire Slayer later and also as supporting actress in Angel - Hunter got the darkness, she decided to move it first in order to devote herself entirely to her film career. After the great success of Bring in 2000 alongside Kirsten Dunst she stood for small television appearances before the camera.
2003 began filming Dushku's first own series Tru Calling, in which she plays the student Tru Davis, the night working in a morgue, where the fate of deceased people changes by reliving days and trying to save the -down innocent to death. The series but was dismissed for lack of success after a few episodes of the second season.
To combat her stage fright, she played earlier plays for the deaf, because it dominates in addition to several music instruments as well as sign language. In the winter of 2005/2006 she performed in New York City on the off- Broadway play Dog Lake God.
2008 Dushku developed together with Joss Whedon Dollhouse his new television series that was produced for FOX and in February 2009 had premiere. Dushku starred, echo, called a " doll ", which remains in child -like ignorance, until they engaged someone for a job of any kind; the Dollhouse organization, programmed the echo for a job and even afterwards ensures that echo can not remember anything. This premise allowed Dushku - according to the orders - to play in every episode a variety of different roles, but their should also be a way to long-term character development, as Echo starts to develop a self-confidence. The series but was dismissed after the second season in January 2010.
Personal
On August 9, 2011, she was awarded the Albanian citizenship. Since 2010 she is in a relationship with Rick Fox. On their trip to Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia in 2011, it was accompanied by him.
Filmography (selection)
Guest appearances
- 2000/2003: Angel - Hunters of Darkness, episodes 1.18 1.19 2.01, and 4:13 to 4:15
- 2002: King of the Hill episode 7:01
- 2005: The wild seventies ( That '70s Show), Episode 7:15
- 2007: Ugly Betty ( Ugly Betty ), Episode 2:09
- 2007: Nickelback - Rockstar (Music Video)
- 2002: Simple Plan - I'm just a Kid (Music Video)
- 2009: WET (Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3) - Eliza Dushku says the main character Rubi Malone ( English version)
- 2010: The Big Bang Theory, Episode 4:07
- 2011: White Collar, episode 3:09