summer glau

Summer Glau at a 2005 Serenity Flanvention. Born Summer Lyn Glau

July 24, 1981 (1981-07-24) (age 27)

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. Occupation Actress Years active 2002–present

Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American dancer and actress, known for playing River Tam in the short-lived science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity, and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 Awards 3 References 4 External links //

Biography

Early life

Glau was born in San Antonio, Texas, where she grew up with her two younger sisters, Christie and Kaitlin.[citation needed] Her mother is a schoolteacher and her father a general contractor.[1] Glau received a scholarship to a ballet company and was home-schooled from grades 3 to 12 to accommodate her ballet training.[2] After a serious ankle injury finished her dancing career[3] Glau took time off from dancing to visit friends in Los Angeles, where she auditioned for several television commercials.[citation needed] Glau later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a more active acting career. She is of Scotch-Irish and German descent.[4]

Career

Glau was classically trained as a ballerina[3] and also studied tango and flamenco. A professional dancer since age 12, she appeared in several television commercials. Having relocated to Los Angeles in 2002, 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 director Joss Whedon, who later cast her in his short-lived TV series Firefly as River Tam, a role she reprised for the show's feature film sequel, Serenity. Glau previously auditioned for the role as a Pink Ranger on one of the Power Rangers series before meeting Joss Whedon.[5]

Glau appeared on the episode "Love Conquers Al" (1x06) of the TV series Cold Case. She had a small role in the film Sleepover, in which she played a high school senior named Shelly. She also appeared in the CSI episode "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?," and the second season of The Unit; portraying Crystal Burns, the girlfriend of Jeremy Erhart. In 2006, Glau played Tess Doerner, a paranoid schizophrenic returnee in the second season premiere of The 4400 (episode "Wake-Up Call"), and became an essential recurring character from Season 3 onwards. Her character had the power to compel people to do whatever she wanted. She also starred in the science fiction film Mammoth. Glau was cast in a TV movie on ABC Family called The Initiation of Sarah. Summer Glau at WonderCon 2008

In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a series that debuted January 13, 2008, Glau plays the role of Cameron Phillips, a Terminator infiltration unit sent back to protect John Connor and Sarah Connor from Skynet.[6] The seventh episode of the series, "The Demon Hand,"