- Describing her mother - a college professor in Boston - as the biggest influence on her life, Eliza notes with admiration that She believes in herself, she's the coolest lady, explaining that her mother has been in Romania for the past several months writing a book on the conditions there.
- Her last name is pronounced (Dush-koo) - Dush rhymes with push.
- Raised in a staunch Mormon household.
- Right after graduating from high school, Eliza Dushku landed the role of Faith on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and had to go back to acting like a student.
- She's Albanian and Danish.
- Kevin Smith gave her the nickname Duck Shoot during JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK production after accidentally mispronouncing her last name.
- She says the line Bring it on to Shannon Elizabeth. Eliza Dushku plays Missy in BRING IT ON (2000).
- The deep, digitally enhanced voice in JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (2001) that introduces Jay in the CLIT video is the same voice that was used in the interrogation scene in TRUE LIES (1994). She starred both movies.
- BRING IT ON (2000) casts, Eliza Dushku, Clare Kramer and Nicole Bilderback have all had recurring roles on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997).
- Eliza was spotted by producers of a commercial her brother was auditioning for when she tripped over the stairs and gave herself a blood nose.
- Was ranked #13 in Maxim's hot 100 in 2002.
- Worked twice with Robert De Niro & she's only 21.
- Eliza describes her elder brother Nate as her best friend.
- Parents divorced before she was born.
Quotes- "I had a great, great family growing up, I had a ton of support and discipline."
- "Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?"
- "I feel so lucky to be in my family, we love each other so much. It's the best thing you can have, you know?"
- "When I got the role on Buffy, I was only supposed to come on for five to ten episodes. This project came up a month after I graduated, and we were thinking it would be a great stepping-stone back in."
- "I was sort of a tomboy growing up, tackle football and that kind of stuff. I do a little bit of Tae-Bo - it's like a mix between kick-boxing and tai kwon do without any physical contact - and I think it's great training for the show, it's basically the kind of fighting we do on the shows."
- "I've been getting fan mail from maximum security penitentiaries, and Death Row What are the authorities thinking of in playing a show with young teenage girls to Death Row inmates? They write everything - disgusting things that you don't even want to know about."
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