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Trivia
Birth name: Eliza Patricia Dushku
Date of birth:
30 December 1980
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Nickname:
Duck Shoot
Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)
Was legally emancipated from her parents because of
strict laws on the hours that a minor is allowed to work.
Sister of Nate
Dushku.
She's Albanian and Danish.
Her last name is pronounced (Dush-koo) - Dush rhymes
with "push".
In addition to Nate, she has two older brothers named
Aaron and Ben.
Her Dushku family were the only family with that
surname in America in 1920, and were living in Massachusetts.
Has worked with both halves of the Buffy season 5 bad
guy Glory/Ben, outside of the Buffy show. Clare
Kramer in Bring It On
(2000) and Charlie Weber
in The Kiss (2003).
Voted the 9th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the
Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
Mother, Judy, is a university administrator/professor
at Suffolk University. Father, Philip, is an administrator/teacher in
the Boston Public Schools.
While on location, she takes her bed linen so she
feels comfortable. She also surrounds herself with pictures of family
and friends.
She always takes the back of her 'director's chair'
after a shoot, as a souvenir.
She has a German shepherd/husky/beagle mix named
Korbit, who lives in Utah.
Turned down a "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer" (1997) spin-off role (based on her
character, Faith) for her role on "Tru
Calling" (2003).
Good friend of Clare
Kramer.
She started her career by getting hurt at one of her
brother Nate's auditions and impressing the talent scouts with her
emphasized drama.
Planned to attended Suffolk University and study to be
English major. She backed out at the last minute after she landed the
role of "Faith".
She refuses to do nude scenes. She says, "You
have a better chance of seeing God".
The tattoo she had for Buffy is fake.
She did a political, social and economic study of
women in post-apartheid South Africa with her mother.
Stated in a recent interview that she is terrified of
flying, and will only do so if she has religious artifacts with her.
She attended the John
Kerry fund raiser on July, 2004.
Attended the San Diego Comic Con on July 25th, 2004
for Q&A
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) and #58 (2002) in FHM's 100
Sexiest Women
Shares a birthday with actress Kristin Kreuk,
actor/model/singer Tyrese
and some famous athletes: Tiger
Woods, NBA superstar LeBron
James and former Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson.
While filming Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001),
was called "Duck Shoot" by director Kevin Smith after he
accidentally mis-pronounced her last name.
According to Chinese calender 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 is her idol
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