Eliza Dushku
Eliza Patricia Dushku [ 'duʃ.ku ] (born December 30, 1980 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American - Albanian actress . She was best known for her role as Faith on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Slayer of Darkness .
life and career
Her Albanian father, who comes from Korça , and her Danish mother Judith are university professors. Her mother teaches political science at Suffolk University in Boston. Eliza Dushku was raised in the Mormon faith .
Dushku began her film career in That Night at the age of ten . She gained experience at the Watertown Children's Theater early on . As the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies , she was seen at the age of 14.
In 1996, Dushku took a two year hiatus to graduate from Watertown High School. Then she wanted to start her studies. But when she got the role of Faith Lehane in Buffy - The Vampire Slayer and later as a supporting actress in Angel - Hunters of Darkness , she decided to postpone it for the time being in order to devote herself entirely to her film career. After the great success of Girls United in 2000 at the side of Kirsten Dunst , she stood in front of the camera for smaller television appearances.
In 2003, Dushku began filming Tru Calling , her first series , in which she plays Tru Davis, a student who works at night in a morgue and changes the fate of people who have died by reliving the dead for days and trying to save those who died innocently . However, due to lack of success, the series was canceled after a few episodes of the second season.
To combat her stage fright, she played earlier plays for the deaf , because they dominated next several musical instruments , the sign language . In winter 2005/2006 she performed in New York City in the off-Broadway -Stück Dog Lake God on.
In 2008 Dushku co-developed his new television series with Joss Whedon Dollhouse , which was produced for FOX and premiered in February 2009. Dushku played the main role, Echo , a so-called "doll" who remains in childlike ignorance until someone hires her for an assignment of any kind. The Dollhouse is the organization that Echo programs for an order and then ensures that Echo cannot remember anything. This premise allowed Dushku to play a variety of different roles over the course of the series according to the assignments, and should still give her an opportunity for long-term character development, as Echo begins to develop a sense of self. In January 2010, however, the series was canceled after the second season.
Personal
On August 9, 2011, she was granted Albanian citizenship . She was dating former basketball player Rick Fox from 2009 to 2014 . He accompanied her on her trip to Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia in 2011.
On August 18, 2018, she married the former tennis professional and managing director of a real estate agency Peter Palandjian. The two had been engaged since June 2017. They have a son (* 2019) together.
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: The Magic of a Summer (That Night)
- 1993: This Boy's Life
- 1994: True Lies (True Lies)
- 1994: Fishing with George (short film)
- 1995: Bye Bye, Love
- 1995: Journey - Lost Memories ( Journey , TV movie)
- 1996: Race the Sun (Race the Sun)
- 1998–2000, 2003: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer , TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2000: Girls United (Bring It On)
- 2000, 2003: Angel ( Angel , TV series, six episodes)
- 2001: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- 2001: Soul Survivors
- 2002: The New Guy
- 2002: City by the Sea
- 2002: King of the Hill (TV series, episode 7x01, voice)
- 2003: Wrong Turn
- 2003: The Kiss
- 2003–2005: Tru Calling - Destiny reloaded! ( True Calling , TV series, 27 episodes)
- 2005: The Wild Seventies ( That '70s Show , TV series, episode 7x15)
- 2006: The Last Supper (short film)
- 2007: On Broadway
- 2007: Nobel Son
- 2007: Ugly Betty (TV series, episode 2x09)
- 2007: Sex and Breakfast
- 2008: Bottle Shock
- 2008: The Coverup
- 2008: Alphabet Killer (The Alphabet Killer)
- 2009: Open Graves
- 2009: Wet (video game, voice)
- 2009–2010: Dollhouse (TV series, 27 episodes)
- 2010: Locked In
- 2010: The Big Bang Theory (TV series, episode 4x07)
- 2011: White Collar (TV series, episode 3x09)
- 2011: Batman: Year One
- 2011: The League (TV series, episode 3x10)
- 2011: DC Showcase: Catwoman
- 2012: Noah's Ark: The New Beginning
- 2013: Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
- 2013–2015: Hulk and the Team SMASH ( Hulk and the Agents of SMASH , TV series, 51 episodes, voice)
- 2014: The Scribbler
- 2015: Jane Wants a Boyfriend
- 2016: Banshee - Small Town. Big Secrets. ( Banshee , TV series, episodes 4x04-4x08)
- 2016: Eloise
- 2017: Bull (TV series, episodes 1x21–1x23)
- 2017: The Saint (TV movie)
Web links
- Official website of Eliza Dushku
- Eliza Dushku in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ BalkanWeb - Eliza Dushku bëhet me nënshtetësi shqiptare. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; Retrieved January 2, 2013 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ tvklan - Presidenti Topi, i jep shtetësinë shqiptare Eliza Dushkut. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 23, 2012 ; Retrieved January 2, 2013 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Eliza Dushku in the Notable Names Database (English)
- ↑ Buffy: Eliza Dushku got married on Serienjunkies.de , accessed on September 18, 2018
- ↑ Eliza Dushku and Husband Peter Palandjian Welcome Son Philip: 'Can You Feel the Love'. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dushku, Eliza |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dushku, Eliza Patricia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston , Massachusetts, United States |