Summer Glau Profile

Name: Summer Glau
Birth Name: Summer Lyn Glau
Birth Date: July 24, 1981
Birth Place: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Measurements: 34-23-33

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Summer Glau Quotes

It's the most difficult acting I've ever done. Very, very demanding, and I wanted to do my best because many people don't get a script like that, especially in TV. It's just a really special script and it's definitely my favorite.
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I think that's why I liked dancing. It was a way for me to communicate and show how I really felt without having to connect with anyone.
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Being physical is an important part of being a woman--feeling good about yourself and being in tune with your personality.
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Summer Glau Biography

Summer Lyn Glau was born on July 24, 1981 in San Antonio Texas. When Summer received a scholarship from a ballet company, she took advantage of the opportunity and was home-schooled since 12 years old to accommodate a busy training as a ballerina. However, after a serious ankle injury, she took the time off from her dancing career and visited friends in LA. While in town, Glau auditioned for several TV advertisements and later settled to Los Angeles in 2002 in pursuit of a professional acting career.

Summer’s first TV role was a guest appearance as a ballerina in the episode "Waiting in the Wings" from the third season of the hit show, “Angel.” The director of Angel, Joss Whedon, then offered Glau a role as River Tam on the 14-episode TV series, “Firefly.” In 2003, Summer Glau portrayed Paige Pratt in an episode of the TV series “Cold Case,” followed by a ticket girl role in the 2004 film “Sleepover.” Also in 2004, Glau appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode “What’s Eating Gilbert Grissom?” as Mandy Cooper, a friend of the victim.

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Summer Glau started her dancing career at age 12, moving to flamenco and tango, while appearing in several TV commercials. In 2002, Summer Glau moved to Los Angeles and appeared on the hit TV series, “Angel”, which led to a role in the TV series, “Firefly”. Although the series was only short-lived, it became a feature film entitled, “Serenity”, where Glau starred as the lead role. For her role in “Serenity”, Glau received a ‘Best Actress’ award voted by readers of SFX mag in 2005 and a 2005 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Glau appeared in several small roles for various TV shows, including a one-time appearance in “Cold Case” and “CSI” and a recurring role in “The Unit”. She also had a cameo role in the movie, “Sleepover”. By 2006, Summer Glau landed a recurring role in “The 4400” from the third season onwards. She was later cast in an ABC Family TV movie, “The Initiation of Sarah”. On the big screen, Summer Glau appeared in the sci-fi film, Mammoth.

It was in 2008 that Summer Glau received global fame when she was cast in ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ as Cameron Phillips. She won another Saturn Award and was nominated as a Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show at the Spike TV Scream Awards for her role in the hit series.