Born
of Albanian-Danish descent in Boston, MA, on December 30, 1980,
Dushku grew up the youngest sibling of three older brothers.
Following her debut in That Night, which cast her as a young girl
who becomes infatuated with the rebellious teen who lives across the
street, the young actress did supporting work in This Boy's Life
(1993) and played the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie
Lee Curtis in True Lies (1994). In 1998 Dushku got one of her
biggest breaks to date when she was cast as troubled slayer Faith on
Buffy. Although Faith was only meant to appear in a handful of
episodes, the show's creators liked Dushku enough to make Faith a
recurring character, and also featured her on Angel, Buffy's
spin-off.
Dushku had perhaps her most successful big-screen role to date in
Bring It On (2000), a high-school comedy that cast her as Kirsten
Dunst's reluctant but tough fellow cheerleader. The film was one of
the summer's biggest money-earners, and Dushku, unsurprisingly, was
soon busy with a number of new film projects. Included amongst them
were Soul Survivor (2001), a teen horror movie that also featured
Casey Affleck and Wes Bentley, and The New Guy (2001), another
comedy about the horrors of high school life. ~ Rebecca Flint, All
Movie Guide
Born
of Albanian-Danish descent in Boston, MA, on December 30, 1980,
Dushku grew up the youngest sibling of three older brothers.
Following her debut in That Night, which cast her as a young girl
who becomes infatuated with the rebellious teen who lives across the
street, the young actress did supporting work in This Boy's Life
(1993) and played the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie
Lee Curtis in True Lies (1994). In 1998 Dushku got one of her
biggest breaks to date when she was cast as troubled slayer Faith on
Buffy. Although Faith was only meant to appear in a handful of
episodes, the show's creators liked Dushku enough to make Faith a
recurring character, and also featured her on Angel, Buffy's
spin-off.