In 2009 she reteamed with Joss Whedon for the TV series Dollhouse, but it failed to build the same devoted audience as Buffy. She starred in the TV series Tru Calling beginning in 2003, and continued to try and make headway into a movie career with projects like Wrong Turn, Nobel Son, and Bottle Shock. 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. The film was one of the summer's biggest money-earners, and Dushku, unsurprisingly, was soon busy with a number of new film projects. 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.ĭushku 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. In 1998 Dushku got one of her biggest breaks to date when she was cast as troubled slayer Faith on Buffy. 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). Dushku, who made her film debut starring opposite Juliette Lewis in the 1992 period drama That Night, began acting professionally when she was barely in her teens.īorn of Albanian-Danish descent in Boston, MA, on December 30, 1980, Dushku grew up the youngest sibling of three older brothers. Meanwhile, Dushku previously dated former NBA star Rick Fox for five years but broke up in June 2014.Best known to TV audiences for her role as Faith on the WB Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eliza Dushku also has a number of films to her name. Palandjian also has four kids from a previous relationship. “Mother & wife goddess & always best friend, Thank you my love for our beautiful boy Bourne!” the former tennis player wrote on social media at the time. “#Ayo.! “YES!!” Absolutely, my love,” the Boston native wrote on Instagram after he popped the question, adding the hashtags, “#BostonBorn #BostonBred #BostonSoonToBeWed.” They first took their love public in 2016. The actress married the CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, 55, in 2018 after getting engaged in June the previous year. “Mama x 2,” she captioned a series of photos at the time, including one of herself in a blue bathing suit holding her growing bump. They first announced that they were expecting a second child together in February. She shared a sneak peak of her newborn to Instagram. “Ah, this is where we’re supposed to be ✨.”ĭushku shared several photos including a few shots of her baby bump, a pic with her husband, and a black and white snap of Bodan’s tiny little feet. “Thanks to all out there who support & love us~,” she wrote. She also thanked those around them for their support and love. Bourne & Bodie: #Boston brothers,” she wrote. “Gratitude & joy! These boys give life new horizons. The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum shared how grateful she is for both her newborn and their 2-year-old son Phillip, who goes by the nickname Bourne. “Welcoming our beautiful son, ‘Bodan,’ this week has been a journey in & of itself □,” Dushku, 40, wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. Eliza Dushku and husband Peter Palandjian welcome their first childĮliza Dushku announced that she and husband Peter Palandjian have welcomed their second child together, a baby boy named Bodan, this week.
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