Real Name : Eliza Patricia Dushku
Nick Name : Duck Shoot (bestowed on her by 'Kevin Smith (I)' (
Birth : 30 December 1980, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Height : 5' 5"
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Eliza Dushku was discovered at the end of a five-month search throughout the United States for the perfect girl to play the lead role of Alice opposite 'Juliette Lewis (I)' (qv) in the film _That Night (1992)_ (qv). Since then, she has been in several films and has worked with actors such as 'Robert De Niro' (qv), 'Ellen Barkin' (qv), 'Leonardo DiCaprio' (qv), 'Paul Reiser' (qv), and 'James Belushi' (qv). Born in Boston on December 30, 1980, she has studied the piano, drums, and several types of dance (jazz, tap, and ballet). Her previous acting experience includes numerous amateur presentations at the Watertown Children's Theater where she was part of the company since she was in the first grade. In addition to acting, she is sometimes seen on stage at the Children's Theater signing for the deaf.
Biography written by: scr3amer
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- 'Angel': Season One (2003) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Faith]
- 'Buffy': Season 3 Overview (2003) (V) [Herself]
- 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime (2004) (TV) (archive footage) [Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)]
- Bottle Shock (2008) [Joe] <16>
- Bring It On (2000) [Missy Pantone] <2>
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003) (VG) (voice) [Faith] <7>
- Bye Bye Love (1995) [Emma] <6>
- City by the Sea (2002) [Gina] <4>
- Eliza Dushku: Babe in the Woods (2003) (V) [Herself]
- Euro Video Grand Prix (2006) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- Fishing with George (1994) [Piper Reeves]
- Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' (2003) (V) [Herself]
- Ghostbusters III (2012) (rumored)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) [Sissy] <7>
- Journey (1995) (TV) [Cat] <4>
- Locked In (2010) [Renee] <3>
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '04 (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- Noah's Ark: The New Beginning (2010) (voice) [Zalbeth] <11>
- Nobel Son (2007) [City Hall] <6>
- Nurses (2007) (TV) [Eve Morrow] <1>
- On Broadway (2007) [Lena Wilson] <2>
- Open Graves (2009) [Erica] <1>
- Race the Sun (1996) [Cindy Johnson] <3>
- Ryû ga gotoku (2005) (VG) (voice: English version) [Yumi] <3>
- Saints Row 2 (2008) (VG) (voice) [Shaundi] <2>
- Scream Awards 2009 (2009) (TV) [Herself] <14>
- Sex and Breakfast (2007) [Renee] <3>
- Soul Survivors (2001) [Annabel] <4>
- Spotlight on Location: The Making of 'Bring It On' (2001) (V) [Missy Pantone]
- Stan Winston: Monster Mogul (2003) (V) [Herself]
- That Night (1992) [Alice Bloom] <4>
- The Alphabet Killer (2008) [Megan Paige] <1>
- The Coverup (2008) [Monica Wright] <2>
- The Kiss (2003) (V) [Megan] <3>
- The Last Supper (2006) [Waitress]
- The Making of 'True Lies' (1994) (TV) [Herself]
- The New Guy (2002) [Danielle] <2>
- The Teen Choice Awards 2004 (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- This Boy's Life (1993) [Pearl] <5>
- True Lies (1994) [Dana Tasker] <7>
- True Lies (1995) (VG) (archive footage) [Dana Tasker] <5>
- Wet (2009) (VG) [Rubi Malone]
- Wrong Turn (2003/I) [Jessie Burlingame] <2>
- "Angel" (1999) {Five by Five (#1.18)} [Faith] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {Judgment (#2.1)} [Faith] <10>
- "Angel" (1999) {Orpheus (#4.15)} [Faith] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {Release (#4.14)} [Faith] <9>
- "Angel" (1999) {Salvage (#4.13)} [Faith] <10>
- "Angel" (1999) {Sanctuary (#1.19)} [Faith] <9>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Amends (#3.10)} [Faith] <14>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Bad Girls (#3.14)} [Faith] <14>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Beauty and the Beasts (#3.4)} [Faith] <12>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Choices (#3.19)} [Faith] <11>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Chosen (#7.22)} [Faith] <8>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Consequences (#3.15)} [Faith] <14>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Dirty Girls (#7.18)} [Faith] <8>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Doppelgangland (#3.16)} [Faith] <12>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Empty Places (#7.19)} [Faith] <8>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {End of Days (#7.21)} [Faith] <8>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Enemies (#3.17)} [Faith] <13>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Faith, Hope & Trick (#3.3)} [Faith] <12>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Graduation Day: Part 1 (#3.21)} [Faith] <14>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Graduation Day: Part 2 (#3.22)} [Faith] <14>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Homecoming (#3.5)} [Faith] <13>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Revelations (#3.7)} [Faith] <9>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {The Zeppo (#3.13)} [Faith] <11>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {This Year's Girl (#4.15)} [Faith] <14>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Touched (#7.20)} [Faith] <8>
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) {Who Are You? (#4.16)} [Faith/Buffy] <14>
- "Comedy Central Canned Ham" (1996) {Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back} (also archive footage) [Herself - 'Sissy'] <7>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {A Love Supreme (#2.8)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {A Spy in the House of Love (#1.9)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Belle Chose (#2.3)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Belonging (#2.4)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Briar Rose (#1.11)} [Echo/Susan] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Echo (#1.0)} [Echo/Shauna Vickers] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Echoes (#1.7)} [Echo/Alice/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Epitaph One (#1.13)} [Echo/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Epitaph Two: Return (#2.13)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Getting Closer (#2.11)} [Echo/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Ghost (#1.1)} [Echo/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Gray Hour (#1.4)} [Echo/Taffy] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Haunted (#1.10)} [Echo/Margaret] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Instinct (#2.2)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Man on the Street (#1.6)} [Echo/Rebecca Mynor] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Meet Jane Doe (#2.7)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Needs (#1.8)} [Echo/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Omega (#1.12)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Stage Fright (#1.3)} [Echo/Jordan] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Stop-Loss (#2.9)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {The Attic (#2.10)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {The Hollow Men (#2.12)} [Echo/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {The Left Hand (#2.6)} [Echo/Caroline Farrell] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {The Public Eye (#2.5)} [Echo] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {The Target (#1.2)} [Echo/Jenny] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {True Believer (#1.5)} [Echo/Esther] <1>
- "Dollhouse" (2009) {Vows (#2.1)} [Echo] <1>
- "E! News Daily" (1996) {(2003-05-20)} [Herself]
- "E! News Daily" (1996) {(2005-10-19)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-02-11)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-04-10)} [Herself]
- "Extra" (1994) {(2003-10-21)} [Herself]
- "HypaSpace" (2002) {(#1.113)} [Herself]
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(2004-02-23)} [Herself]
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(2008-08-06)} [Herself]
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(2009-03-12)} [Herself]
- "King of the Hill" (1997) {Get Your Freak Off (#7.1)} (voice) [Jordan Hilgren-Bronson]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2003-11-25)} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2009-04-23)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2003-05-27)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2003-11-20)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2006-01-17)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.127)} [Herself] <3>
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.59)} [Herself]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#17.21)} [Herself - Guest] <3>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#9.205)} [Herself - Guest] <3>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2003-04-07)} [Herself]
- "Life After Film School" (2006) {Eliza Dushku} [Herself - Guest]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2005-12-02)} [Herself]
- "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" (2004) {(2004-02-23)} [Herself]
- "Punk'd" (2003) {(#1.2)} (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Reading Rainbow" (1983) {Unique Monique (#15.2)} (voice) [Herself]
- "Richard & Judy" (2001) {(2004-04-19)} [Herself]
- "Talkshow with Spike Feresten" (2006) {Mary Lynn Rajskub/Trace Adkins (#3.12)} [Herself]
- "That '70s Show" (1998) {It's All Over Now (#7.15)} [Sarah] <11>
- "The Bonnie Hunt Show" (2008) {(2009-04-21)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2002-11-09)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2004-01-20)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2004-04-12)} [Herself]
- "The Sharon Osbourne Show" (2003) {(2004-02-26)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2002-05-09)} [Herself]
- "The Tony Danza Show" (2004) {(#2.73)} [Herself]
- "The Wayne Brady Show" (2002) {(2004-03-20)} [Herself]
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again (#2.6)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Brother's Keeper (#1.3)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Closure (#1.8)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {D.O.A. (#1.19)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Daddy's Girl (#1.14)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Death Becomes Her (#1.17)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Drop Dead Gorgeous (#1.13)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Enough (#2.5)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Grace (#2.2)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Haunted (#1.5)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {In the Dark (#2.3)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Morning After (#1.7)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Murder in the Morgue (#1.9)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Past Tense (#1.4)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Putting Out Fires (#1.2)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Rear Window (#1.18)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Reunion (#1.10)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Star Crossed (#1.6)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {The Getaway (#1.15)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {The Last Good Day (#2.4)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {The Longest Day (#1.11)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {The Perfect Storm (#2.1)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Two Pair (#1.16)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Two Weddings and a Funeral (#1.20)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Unaired Pilot (#1.0)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Tru Calling" (2003) {Valentine (#1.12)} [Tru Davies] <1>
- "Ugly Betty" (2006) {Giving up the Ghost (#2.9)} [Cameron Ashlock] <14>
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 15 December 2008, Vol. 56, Iss. 50, pg. 31, by: Kate Hahn, "Q&A Eliza Dushku"
- "Widescreen" (Germany), 18 February 2004, Iss. 03/2004, pg. 79, by: Emanuel Bergmann, "Ich werde unruhig, fühle mich unwohl und mein Hintern tut mir weh."
- "Mean" (USA), July 2001, Iss. 14, pg. 42-43, by: Michelle Madden, "Eliza Dushku"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. 41, pg. 102+104, by: Paul Young, "Faith No More"
- "Movieline" (USA), August 2000, Vol. X!, Iss. 11, pg. 20, by: Dennis Hensley, "Hype: Eliza Kushku"
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- "Saturday Night Magazine" (USA), 1 April 2009, Vol. 6, Iss. 7, pg. 35-38, by: Jillian Gordon, "All Dolled Up: Eliza Dushku"
- "Hollywood Reporter" (USA), 2 November 2007, pg. 1, by: Gregg Goldstein, "Nobel' a prize pickup for Freestyle"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 31 October 2007, pg. 1, by: Dan Snierson, "Joss Whedon taps Eliza Dushku for new Fox series"
- "CFQ Spotlite" (USA), 2004, Iss. Fall, pg. 6-9, by: Edward Gross, "Faith No More"
- "Spin" (USA), November 2003, Vol. 19, Iss. 11, pg. 45-46, by: Jenny Williams, "Faith No More"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 9 August 2003, Vol. 51, Iss. 32, pg. 28, by: Ileane Rudolph & Lauren Kanter, "The Fit Club: Eliza Dushku"
- "FHM" (USA), June 2003, Iss. 33, pg. 112, by: John Sellers, "Buffy Tribute! : Eliza Dushku"
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (USA), June/July 2003, Vol. 5, Iss. 8, pg. 13, "Eliza Dushku"
- "Premiere" (USA), February 2002, Vol. 15, Iss. 6, pg. 23-24, by: Lauren Waterman, "Action: Eliza Dushku"
- "Elle" (USA), May 2001, pg. 83-84, "Raging Belle"
- "Femme Fatales" (USA), 30 June 2000, Vol. 9, Iss. 1, pg. 24-27, by: Mitch Persons, "Eliza Dushku, Vampire Slayer: Recalling the 'Birth' of Faith and a Provocative Episode, She admits 'Staying with "Buffy" Is Not What I Want to Do'"
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- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 125, pg. 48-49, "Celebutantes"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), August 2003, Vol. 26, Iss. 119, pg. 31, by: staff, "Skinematic Youth: The New Guy"
- "Stuff" (USA), 2003, Iss. 47, pg. 100, by: n/a, "Fall TV Preview"
- "Glamour" (USA), August 2001, pg. 182-185, by: Kim Myers Robertson, "Try-On- Athon"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. Special, pg. 25, by: Dominick Guillemot, "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #10"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. 41, pg. 98-106, by: Dominick Guillemot, "Faith No More"
- "Teen People" (USA), September 2000, pg. 179-187, by: Nick Baratta, "Mixed Messages"
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- "Saturday Night Magazine" (USA), 1 April 2009, Vol. 6, Iss. 7
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (USA), August 2004, Vol. 5, Iss. 14
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), January 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 125
- "Total Movie" (USA), September 2002
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. 41
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- Appeared in Simple Plan's "I'm Just a Kid" music video
- Appeared in Tobey Maguire's screen test on the "Spider-Man" DVD.
- Appeared as the lead in "The Mikado" as a child.
- Modeled for makeup cosmetics in InStyle Magazine (2002)
- She appeared in her first Australian commercial when she was 12.
- Book-on-tape narration for "Everyone Worth Knowing" by Lauren Weisberger.
- December 2005- Performing in Off-Broadway play "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead"
- Appears in Nickelback's Rockstar music video
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- (2003) Filming _"Tru Calling" (2003)_ (qv) in Canada.
- (October 2005) Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, shooting Noble Son (2007).
- (December 2005) Playing the character of Van's sister in the off-Broadway play "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" at the Century Center for the Performing Arts (New York, New York, USA).
- (October 2006) In Spain shooting her new horror movie _Open Graves (2009)_ (qv), also co-starring 'Mike Vogel (I)' (qv).
- (November 2006) Back in the U.S. after shooting _On Broadway (2007)_ (qv), _Nobel Son (2007)_ (qv), _Open Graves (2009)_ (qv) (in Spain), _The Alphabet Killer (2008)_ (qv) and _Sex and Breakfast (2007)_ (qv). Choosing her next role.
- (August 2009) Filming season 2 of _"Dollhouse" (2009)_ (qv) in California.
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- Often plays young debutantes "on the edge"
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- Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?
- [When asked how being in prison has changed her angry and aggressive _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) and _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv) character, Faith:] "How would prison change anyone? There was something about the fact that she's a Slayer, so she wouldn't really be there unless she wanted to be because she's got superhuman strength. She could have busted out of that joint if she really wanted to, but she and Angel developed this relationship. He was leading her down the road to redemption, kind of facing the things she's done and recovering from that and hopefully being a better her. She's been in there, doing the time, thinking. She's still a tough girl, but she really has to suppress her demons a little more. In these past few ["Angel"] shows, that's what we're seeing -- her teetering on the line between the old her and the new her" [Buffalo News, March 17, 2003].
- I love leather and it's great to be a bad girl at times. But there is a time and place for everything. When I'm with Grandma it's flowers, and when I'm out on the town scoping guys, you know...
- There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.
- You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you'll ever meet.
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- Was legally emancipated from her parents because of the restrictive laws that limit the hours that a minor is allowed to work.
- Younger sister of 'Nate Dushku' (qv).
- Her last name is pronounced DUSH-koo and rhymes with "push."
- In addition to Nathaniel (Nate), she has two older brothers named Aaron and Benjamin (Ben) (born February 5th 1976).
- Dushku was the only family with that surname in the United States of America in 1920 and were living in Massachusetts.
- Has worked with both halves of the Buffy season-five bad guy Glory/Ben outside of the Buffy show: 'Clare Kramer' (qv) in _Bring It On (2000)_ (qv) and 'Charlie Weber' (qv) in _The Kiss (2003) (V)_ (qv).
- Voted the 9th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
- Her mother, Judy (born Judith Rasmussen), is a university administrator-professor at Suffolk University; her Father, Philip R. Dushku, is an administrator-teacher in the Boston Public Schools.
- While on location, she surrounds herself with pictures of family and friends.
- She always takes the back of her director's chair (the chair personalized with her name) after a shoot as a souvenir.
- She used to have a German shepherd-husky-beagle mix named Korbit. Now she has 2 dogs, a golden named Max Factor and a Bernese named Rigby Idaho.
- Turned down a _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) spin-off (based on her character, Faith) for her role on _"Tru Calling" (2003)_ (qv).
- Good friend of 'Clare Kramer' (qv).
- She started her career by getting hurt at one of her brother 'Nate Dushku' (qv)'s auditions and impressing the talent scouts with her emphasized drama.
- Planned to attended Suffolk University and be an English major, but she backed out at the last minute after she landed the role of Faith in _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).
- For a long period of time, she refused to do nude scenes. She once stated "You have a better chance of seeing God than me naked". Still, in 2008, she appeared topless in the film _The Alphabet Killer (2008)_ (qv).
- The tattoo she wore as Faith was fake.
- She did a political, social, and economic study of women in post-apartheid South Africa with her mother.
- Stated in an interview that she is terrified of flying and will only do so if she has religious artifacts with her.
- She attended the 'John Kerry (III)' (qv) fund raiser on July, 2004.
- Attended the San Diego Comic Convention on July 25th, 2004, for a Q&A session.
- She ranked #13 (2002) in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women.
- She ranked #44 (2000), #13 (2001), #28 (2002) and #63 (2003) in Stuff's Sexiest Women.
- Her favorite sport is Women's Ice Hockey.
- She ranked #76 (2002) in FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women.
- She ranked #93 (2001), #58 (2002), #48 (2003), #26 (2004), #83 (2005), #38 (2008), #28 (2009), #21 (2010) in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women.
- Shares a birthday with actress 'Kristin Kreuk' (qv), actor-model-singer 'Tyrese Gibson' (qv), and some famous athletes: 'Tiger Woods' (qv), NBA superstar 'LeBron James' (qv), and former Olympic sprinter 'Ben Johnson (VIII)' (qv).
- While filming _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)_ (qv), was called Duck Shoot by director 'Kevin Smith (I)' (qv) after he mispronounced her last name accidentally.
- According to Chinese calendar and astrology, she was born in the year of the monkey.
- Hosted the 2005 Winter Venatian Masquerade in New York.
- Her favorite color is black.
- 'Jamie Lee Curtis' (qv) is her idol.
- Named #46 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005).
- Was featured as #13 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
- She went to an audition for the part of Mary Jane Watson in _Spider-Man (2002)_ (qv). In one of the specials of the _Spider-Man (2002)_ (qv) DVD you can see her reading opposite 'Tobey Maguire' (qv). The role later on went to 'Kirsten Dunst' (qv), after 'Kate Hudson (I)' (qv) declined the offer. 'Alicia Witt' (qv) was actually set to play that part in the end, but when 'Sam Raimi' (qv) saw 'Kirsten Dunst' (qv), she was a last minute audition, he chose her.
- Her maternal grandfather Richard Costley Rasmussen died at March 30th 2006. He was survived by his wife, Barbara Porter Hegsted.
- Has been working with an acting coach, 'Peter Kelley (I)' (qv), since she was a child.
- Is of Albanian, Danish and Colonial English descent.
- Ranked #11 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008).
- When she was told her naturally deep, husky voice was destroying her vocal chords, she went to a vocal coach to learn to speak in a higher register.
- Says when she was a young child, her best friend lived in a funeral home and they would often hang out in the mortuary after school, thus desensitizing her to the image of dead bodies. She comments, "It was very "Six Feet Under"".
- Of the three leads in _Bring It On (2000)_ (qv), she was the only one who wasn't a cheerleader in high school.
- Her devoutly religious Mormon grandmother once tried to call powerful Hollywood super-agent 'Michael Ovitz' (qv) (who headed the agency that then represented Dushku) to complain about a sex scene that her granddaughter participated in on the TV show _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).
- Is good friends with _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) and _"Angel" (1999)_ (qv) co-star 'Julie Benz' (qv), although the two never appeared together in an episode of either show. Dushku has said that she would love for Benz to appear in an episode of _"Dollhouse" (2009)_ (qv).
- Has the words "Lead Kindly Light" as a tattoo. A hymn written in 1833 by John Henry Newman.
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