Eliza Dushku The Late Show with David Letterman

Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by h0ausagi in Actors

Eliza Dushku visited Letterman show on Oct 6th 2009.

About Eliza Dushku

Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American actress who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. She is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel, as well as the main character, Tru Davies, in the short-lived Fox series Tru Calling. She currently produces and stars in the series Dollhouse as Echo, created by Buffy and Angel creator Joss Whedon.

Early career

Dushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10. She was chosen at the end of a five month search throughout the United States for the lead role of Alice, playing with Juliette Lewis in the film That Night. In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy’s Life, a role that she said opened a lot of doors. The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. She also had parts as Paul Reiser’s daughter in Bye Bye, Love, as Cindy Johnson with Halle Berry and Jim Belushi in Race the Sun, as well as roles in a television movie and a short film.

Dushku took some time off from acting to finish her junior and senior years of high school. She was accepted to the George Washington University in Washington, DC and Suffolk University in Boston, where her mother serves as professor of government and previously served as dean of the campus in Dakar, Senegal.

Personal life

Dushku resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.

Dushku is the CEO of her production company Boston Diva and serves as a producer on her recently released Fox sci-fi series, Dollhouse. She is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox.

Throughout her career, Dushku had refused to appear in nude scenes, saying that people have “a better chance of seeing God than seeing me naked.” She did however appear topless in The Alphabet Killer. In Nobel Son her character removed all but a black lace thong. She also posed naked for promotional pictures for Dollhouse and for a photoshoot in the May 2009 issue of Allure magazine.

She had dated former L.A. Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, but in February 2009 she announced on the Howard Stern radio show that they had broken up. Dushku is currently dating former Los Angeles Lakers star Rick Fox.

Awards and nominations

She was twice nominated in 2004: for a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Star – Female for Tru Calling and for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films at the 30th Saturn Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series for Tru Calling.

Maxim magazine ranked Dushku 6th on the “Hot 100 Women of 2009″ list.

Dushku was nominated in 2009 for a Scream Award at the Scream Awards for Best Science Fiction Actress for her role of Echo.