Named #46 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005).

According to Chinese calendar and astrology, she was born in the year of the monkey.

She went to an audition for the part of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man (2002). In one of the specials of the Spider-Man (2002) DVD you can see her reading opposite Tobey Maguire. The role later on went to Kirsten Dunst, after Kate Hudson declined the offer. Alicia Witt was actually set to play that part in the end, but when Sam Raimi saw Kirsten Dunst, she was a last minute audition, he chose her.

Good friend of Clare Kramer.

She always takes the back of her director's chair (the chair personalized with her name) after a shoot as a souvenir.

Voted the 9th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.

Sister of Nate Dushku.

She ranked #93 (2001) and #58 (2002) in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women.

She ranked #76 (2002) in FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women.

She refuses to do nude scenes. She says, "You have a better chance of seeing God."

She ranked #13 (2002) in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women.

In addition to Nathaniel (Nate), she has two older brothers named Aaron and Benjamin (Ben) (born February 5th 1976).

Was legally emancipated from her parents because of the restrictive laws that limit the hours that a minor is allowed to work.

Has been working with acting coach, Peter Kelley, since she was a child.

Stated in an interview that she is terrified of flying and will only do so if she has religious artifacts with her.

Has worked with both halves of the Buffy season-five bad guy Glory/Ben outside of the Buffy show: Clare Kramer in Bring It On (2000) and Charlie Weber in The Kiss (2003) (V).

The tattoo she wore as Faith was fake.

She used to have a German shepherd-husky-beagle mix named Korbit. Now she has 2 dogs, a golden named Max Factor and a Bernese named Rigby Idaho.

She attended the John Kerry fund raiser on July, 2004.

Is of Albanian, Danish and Colonial English descent.

Jamie Lee Curtis is her idol.

She ranked #44 (2000), #13 (2001), #28 (2002) and #63 (2003) in Stuff's Sexiest Women.

Planned to attended Suffolk University and be an English major, but she backed out at the last minute after she landed the role of Faith in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).

She started her career by getting hurt at one of her brother Nate's auditions and impressing the talent scouts with her emphasized drama.

Her last name is pronounced DUSH-koo and rhymes with "push."

Hosted the 2005 Winter Venatian Masquerade in New York.

Dushku was the only family with that surname in the United States of America in 1920 and were living in Massachusetts.

Attended the San Diego Comic Convention on July 25th, 2004, for a Q&A session.

While filming Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), was called Duck Shoot by director Kevin Smith after he mispronounced her last name accidentally.

Her favorite color is black.

Her maternal grandfather Richard Costley Rasmussen died at March 30th 2006. He was survived by his wife, Barbara Porter Hegsted.

Turned down a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) spin-off (based on her character, Faith) for her role on "Tru Calling" (2003).

While on location, she surrounds herself with pictures of family and friends.

She did a political, social, and economic study of women in post-apartheid South Africa with her mother.

Was featured as #13 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)

Shares a birthday with actress Kristin Kreuk, actor-model-singer Tyrese Gibson, and some famous athletes: Tiger Woods, NBA superstar LeBron James, and former Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson.

Her mother, Judy (born Judith Rasmussen), is a university administrator-professor at Suffolk University; her Father, Philip R. Dushku, is an administrator-teacher in the Boston Public Schools.