Eliza Patricia Dushku (/ˈdʊʃkuː/; born December 30, 1980) is an American actress, model and producer. She starred as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel, as well as two Fox series, Dollhouse, for which she was also a producer, and Tru Calling. She is also known for her roles in films, including True Lies, Bye Bye Love, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as her voice work on video games.
Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter and youngest of the four children of Philip Richard George Dushku and Judy (Judith Ann) Dushku (née Rasmussen), a political science professor. Dushku's father was Boston-born, of Albanian heritage, with his parents coming from the city of Korçë and her mother, from Idaho, is of Danish, English and Irish, and remote German, descent. Her parents were divorced before she was born.