Eliza Dushku

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#5 Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku stumbled into acting when she was barely 10 years old. Tagging along to her older brother’s audition, the youngster fell, got a bloody nose and was so dramatic about her injury the casting director noticed, and Dushku’s acting career was born. As a teenager, she cut her teeth onscreen with Leonardo DiCaprio in "This Boy’s Life" and with Arnold Schwarzenegger in "True Lies." She was tapped to play evil Faith in a handful of episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but her nasty character was so popular that the part was rewritten as a recurrent role. Dushku continued her slayer role in "Angel," a popular Buffy spin-off before setting her sights back on Hollywood. She played a cheerleader in "Bring It On," appeared in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and shared the screen with Robert De Niro in "City by the Sea." But the small screen beckoned again, and Dushku returned to television, this time as one of the good guys. She earned a starring role in last year’s new TV series, "Tru Calling." In it, she plays the unlikely hero Tru Davies, a morgue worker on the graveyard shift who finds that she has the power to relive the day. Dead bodies in her charge talk to her, and her character is able to go back in time 24 hours to save innocent people from dying. The FOX show, which met with critical and ratings success, has been renewed for a second season this fall.

Fast Facts About Eliza Dushku
• Born in 1980 in Boston
• Studied piano, drums and dance (jazz, tap and ballet)
• Has Albanian and Danish heritage
• Was raised in a staunch Mormon household
• Her last name is pronounced "Dush-koo"

Credits
• Tru Calling (2003)
• The Kiss (2003)
• Wrong Turn (2003)
• The New Guy (2002)

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