Eliza Dushku
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.She starred in the TV series Tru Calling beginning in 2003, and continued to try and make headway into a movie career with projects like Wrong Turn, Nobel Son, and Bottle Shock.In 2009 she reteamed with Joss Whedon for the TV series Dollhouse, but it failed to build the same devoted audience as Buffy. Once Dollhouse ended, Dushku worked extensively doing voice-over work in animated series (including the role of Catwoman in Batman: Year One) and guest starring on shows like White Collar and The Big Bang Theory.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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33% | Mapplethorpe |
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— | 2019 |
11% | Eloise |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | The Saint |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | The Saint |
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— | 2017 |
38% | Jane Wants a Boyfriend |
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— | 2016 |
50% | The Scribbler |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Dear Albania |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Catwoman |
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— | 2011 |
88% | Batman: Year One |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Locked In |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Open Graves |
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— | 2009 |
26% | Nobel Son |
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$0.4M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | On Broadway |
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— | 2008 |
13% | The Alphabet Killer |
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— | 2008 |
48% | Bottle Shock |
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$4M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | The Coverup |
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— | 2008 |
8% | Sex and Breakfast |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Last Supper |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Zoe |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | The Kiss |
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— | 2003 |
40% | Wrong Turn |
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$15.2M | 2003 |
48% | City by the Sea |
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$22.4M | 2002 |
7% | The New Guy |
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$29M | 2002 |
53% | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back |
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$29.9M | 2001 |
63% | Bring It On |
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$68M | 2000 |
4% | Soul Survivors |
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$2.1M | 2000 |
22% | Race the Sun |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Journey |
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— | 1995 |
71% | True Lies |
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— | 1994 |
19% | Bye Bye, Love |
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— | 1994 |
67% | That Night |
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— | 1993 |
76% | This Boy's Life |
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— | 1993 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Bull
2016
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90% |
Banshee
2013-2016
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No Score Yet |
The Nerdist
2011-2013
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81% |
The League
2009-2015
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83% |
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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No Score Yet |
The Cleveland Show
2009-2013
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96% |
White Collar
2009-2014
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81% |
The Big Bang Theory
2007-2019
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71% |
Dollhouse
2009-2010
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-2010
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42% |
Tru Calling
2003-2005
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97% |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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No Score Yet |
That '70s Show
1998-2006
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No Score Yet |
Punk'd (2003)
2003-2012
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88% |
Angel
1999-2004
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83% |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2003
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No Score Yet |
King of the Hill
1997-2010
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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Quotes from Eliza Dushku's Characters
Missy Pantone: | [Looks out the window] Shut up! You don't have it yet! You don't have it! Give it up already! [Pulls drapes shut] |
Isis: | Hey! You guys enjoyed the show? |
Lava: | Yes, were the ethnic festivities to your liking today? |
Torrance Shipman: | You guys are awesome. |
Isis: | Really? Ready to share those trophies? |
Jenelope: | Can we just beat these Buffies down so i can go home? I'm on curfew girl. |
Missy Pantone: | Look there's no need for that. |
Isis: | Oh, you know what? She's right. So then we'd be doing them a favor. So then they can feel good about sending Raggedy Ann up here to jack us for our cheers. |
Torrance Shipman: | Raggedy Ann? |
Isis: | Ugly red head with the video camera permanently attached to her hand. Yall been coming up here for years trying to steal our routines. |
Lava: | And we just love seeing them on ESPN. |
Torrance Shipman: | What the hell is up?! I went out on a limb for you and you just bail?! |
Missy Pantone: | Look, I;m not about stealing. |
Missy Pantone: | Look, I'm not about stealing. |
Torrance Shipman: | What are you talking about?! |
Missy Pantone: | You ripped off those cheers. |
Torrance Shipman: | Alright, get out of the car! I;m gonna kick your ass! |
Missy Pantone: | Oh really? [Miss gets out of the car} |
Torrance Shipman: | Come on. |
Missy Pantone: | You're in for a rude awakening. Get in. |