[Played by Eliza Dushku]

Faith is another Slayer, summoned into action following the death of Kendra (in �Becoming � Part II�), and she immediately offers to assist Buffy in the fight against the forces of evil. After being regaled with tales of her adventures, Giles and the team soon discover that Faith�s Watcher is not, as she claimed, attending a retreat in the Cotswolds, but was in fact killed by a bestial vampire, Kakistos.

The team soon discovers that there�s a dark side to Faith�s character, which makes Buffy in particular wary. (Shortly after Faith�s arrival, she tells Giles that Faith �isn�t playing with a full deck�.) Her fears are realised when Faith accidentally stakes and kills a human, the Deputy Mayor, and has no apparent regrets about doing so. This event alienates her from the team, and Faith joins forces with the Mayor, as he prepares for his ascension to power.

Beaten and left in a coma by Buffy, Faith reawakened months later, and caused havoc in Sunnydale with a body switching device. She then fled to LA, where Angel finally stopped her trail of destruction. Since then, she's been languishing in the penitentiary.

Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 30th, 1980. She trained as a dancer studying ballet, jazz and tap. Her acting career took off after she won a role alongside Juliette Lewis and C. Thomas Howell in the 1992 movie 'That Night'. Since then she has appeared in James Cameron�s 1994 blockbuster 'True Lies' (as Arnold Schwarzenegger�s daughter, Dana); as Pearl in Michael Caton-Jones� critically-lauded 'This Boy�s Life' (with Ellen Barkin, Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio); and as Paul Reiser�s sulky daughter in the 1995 comedy 'Bye, Bye Love'. She has regularly appeared on stage, at the Watertown Children's Theatre, which she has attended for many years, often providing signing for the deaf. She has three older brothers, including actor Nate. Her father is a professor at Boston University.