For actress Eliza Dushku, the title of CES ambassador is not simply honorary. It speak to what she truly is: a tech geek.

“I have a lot of gadgets because I travel a lot. I have an iPhone, and I still use a BlackBerry,” says Dushku, best known for appearing on the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse. “I like the (portable speaker) Jambox from Jawbone — that pumps when I am on the road.”

She has voiced characters in video-game releases such as Fight Night Champion and Wet. But these days, “I do a lot with social media,” she says.

Dushku (@ElizaDushku) uses Twitter to alert her 1.1 million followers to gadgets she is into and charities that she is involved with, including a trauma healing and reflection center for former child soldiers in Uganda.

Her interest in technology drew Dushku and her boyfriend to last year’s International Consumer Electronics Show. “We gave ourselves two days. But it is just so big, and there was so much happening.”

Show operators approached her about returning this year as ambassador, and she accepted. “I’m here to help people navigate the floor and Twitter about it and host parties and talk to people about gadgets they like.” She also did live, on-air spots for cable’s Spike TV.

Next up for Dushku is a movie she’s developing with her brother, Nate — and will star in — about her hometown of Boston. The two recently shot a documentary in Albania, and next year plan to shoot a film about photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

About the rumor she may be cast in Ghostbusters 3? “That is an Internet Movie Database rumor,” she says. “I know (Ghostbusters writer/star Dan) Ackroyd, and I heard about. It would be fun.”

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She’s battled Buffy, brought it on and made us want to play in the weirdest dollhouse ever, so it’s no wonder we can’t get enough of Eliza Dushku. But for those of you still not hip to the hotness that is Dushku, we’re happy to say that she is more than just a pretty face who can kick ass. She’s also a funny lady — as proven by tonight’s bawdy guest spot on The League (10:30/9:30c, FX) — a budding filmmaker, and a philanthropist. Here, the multi-hyphenate fan fave discusses her latest foray into the funny business of TV and what we can expect from her in the coming year.

TV Guide Magazine: So how did a nice girl like you fall in with The League?
Eliza Dushku: They called, and Rick [Fox, her beau] and I had literally just watched a bunch of episodes we had downloaded. It’s always weird how that happens. Something comes on your radar and then the phone rings. We’re huge Curb fans, so we were familiar with [executive producers] Jeff and Jackie Schaffer, plus I think everybody knows I’m a huge sports fan. [Laughs]

TV Guide Magazine: What did you think of the episodes you watched?
Dushku: I think the show is so funny. I like the part-improv, part-scripted style, which is not something I’ve ever really done.

TV Guide Magazine: That had to be a little intimidating.
Dushku: It is! And yet, when you’re doing it with people who are so good at it…they show up, have the outline of the scene ready and really deliver. The creators Jeff and Jackie are on set every second helping you with [all this]. So I think I was more intimidated before I got there and realized how much they participate. Then you get to just shoot a bunch of things and have the confidence that they’ll pick your best stuff.

TV Guide Magazine: What do they have you doing on this episode?
Dushku: Kevin, who’s played by Stephen Rannazzisi, is getting pressure from his wife, Jenny, to be more active and less of a fat ass, as she says. So she sends him to a Krav Maga class, and I play the instructor. He suspects that there is something more than just teaching going on between himself and my character, but he can’t tell at first. Is it Krav Maga or is she hitting on him? Then it sort of escalates when he takes this back to his friends to see what they think, then we find out what is really going on at the end.

TV Guide Magazine: Are you trained in Krav Maga?
Dushku: I am not. But I am trained in being physical. I can take a guy down. [Laughs]

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