All All. Sign In. List activity. Eliza Dushku. Dushku, a teacher and administrator. She was discovered at the end of a five-month search throughout the United States for the perfect girl to play the lead role of Alice opposite Juliette Lewis in the film That Night Born in Boston on December 30, , she has studied the piano, drums, and several types of dance jazz, tap, and ballet. Her previous acting experience includes numerous amateur presentations at the Watertown Children's Theater where she was part of the company since she was in the first grade.
In addition to acting, she is sometimes seen on stage at the Children's Theater signing for the deaf. Melissa George. Actress Soundtrack Hunted β. The daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker, Melissa initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather than acting.
During her childhood, George studied tap, ballet, and jazz, later transitioning into professional rollerskating - similar to figure skating on ice. By age 16, George had won several awards at various National Rollerskating Championships in Australia, and subsequently began modeling after dropping out of high school.
George met a casting agent while doing modeling work, and was given a role on the popular Australian soap opera Home and Away ; George moved to Sydney and worked on the show for three years until deciding to pursue other projects.
In , George left Australia and moved to Los Angeles in search of bigger roles. She garnered various supporting parts in films such as Dark City and Steven Soderbergh 's crime thriller The Limey , before landing a key part in David Lynch 's acclaimed neo noir mystery film, Mulholland Drive While in Bali in , George met future husband, Chilean filmmaker Claudio Dabed ; the two were married in late The early s would have George playing bit parts in several American television shows, including Friends and Monk , ultimately landing a recurring role on the hit Alias alongside Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan.
