In 1993, Dushku landed a role as Pearl, alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, in the drama film This Boy's Life. She was chosen in a five-month search for the lead role of Alice in the 1992 romantic drama film That Night. Career Acting 1992–1997: Beginnings and breakthrough ĭushku came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10 years old. She attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and graduated from Watertown High School.
ĭushku's mother was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Dushku and her three brothers were raised as Mormons. Her parents were divorced before she was born. 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, Irish and German descent.