Summer Glau
From The Firefly and Serenity Database
Summer Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American dancer and actress, best known for her role as River Tam in the short-lived science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity; and for her role as Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
[edit] Career
Glau, a native of San Antonio, Texas, was classically trained as a ballerina and also studied tango and flamenco. A professional dancer since age 12, Glau relocated to Los Angeles in 2002. She appeared in a few television commercials, but Glau's first television credit was a guest role as a ballerina on the 2002 episode "Waiting in the Wings" (episode 3x13) of the television series Angel. There she caught the eye of producer Joss Whedon, who later cast her in Firefly.
Glau appears on the episode "Love Conquers Al" (1x06) of the TV series Cold Case. She has a small role in the film Sleepover, in which she plays a high school senior named Shelly. She appears in the CSI episode "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?". She plays Tess Doerner, a paranoid schizophrenic returnee in the second season premiere of The 4400 (episode "Wake-Up Call").
Glau stars in the science fiction film, Mammoth, which was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Bucharest, Romania.
Glau was voted Best Actress of 2005 by readers of SFX magazine for her portrayal of River Tam in Serenity.
Summer has been nominated for a 2006 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Serenity. She currently resides in southern Alabama with her current beau, Id Snew.
Summer has been cast in a new TV series on ABC Family. For details see here
On the 22nd of April 2006, Summer stated in an Australian convention that she was aware of the 'secret' of the character Shepherd Book from the series Firefly. This has encouraged further speculation of a possible sequel to Serenity.
Currently (2008), she is in the main cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series playing Cameron, a cyborg sent from the future to protect John Connor.
[edit] External links
- Summer-Glau.net — Fansite with a lot of information about Summer, as well as interviews, video interviews, audio interviews, transcripts, news, photo-galleries, ect.
- Saturn Awards nominations page.
- Summer-shines.com — A fansite filled with news, competitions, fanart, interviews, links, and more.
