Eliza Patricia Dushku was born in Watertown (born December 30, 1980), Massachusetts, the daughter of Philip R. Dushku, an administrator and teacher in the Public Schools of Boston and Judith "Judy" (née Rasmussen), a political science professor. Dushku's father is an Albanian from the city of Korçë, Korça  and her mother is of Danish and English descent.
Dushku attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, and graduated from Watertown High School.


Eliza Dushku is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse She is also known for her role in films including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as well as her voice work on video games.

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<sup>Born: December 30, 1980,  Watertown
Height: 1.65 m
Partner: Rick Fox (2009–)
Parents: Judith Rasmussen, Philip R. Dushku
Siblings: Nate Dushku, Aaron Dushku, Benjamin Dushku

Dushku resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California. She visited her father's family in Albania in 2006 after receiving an invitation from Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha. She visited Kosovo and got an Albanian Eagle tattoo on the back of her neck.[34][35] While on her second visit to Albania in 2011, she applied for Albanian citizenship and obtained the Albanian passport and ID Card. She became an honorary citizen of Tirana, and was given the honorary title of Tirana Ambassador of Culture and Tourism in the World by Tirana mayor Lulzim Basha. Additionally, she was given honorary citizen status in her father's home town of Korçë, Albania.

Awards and nominations

Her performance in Tru Calling garnered Dushku two nomination in 2004: a Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Star – Female a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series. Maxim magazine ranked Dushku 6th on the "Hot 100 Women of 2009" list. Dushku was nominated in 2009 for a Scream Award for Best Science Fiction Actress for her role of Echo. Dushku was named Ambassador for the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show Entertainment Matters program in October 2011,

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