Summer Glau

Summer Lyn Glau ( born July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American dancer and actress. She gained worldwide recognition for her role as River Tam in the television series Firefly - The departure of Serenity and the movie based on Serenity - Escape to new worlds.

Career

Summer Glau was born in 1981 as the first of three daughters in San Antonio. Your Irish- Scottish mother is a teacher and her father German contractor. Already in her childhood she has been subjected to a rigorous ballet training. The tight schedule made ​​school attendance impossible, which is why she got home her mother taught her.

With twelve years Glau began her career as a professional dancer until an injury forced her to take a break. During this time, she got her first acting role on a visit of friends in Los Angeles. Shortly after, they decided to move and to work as an actress and dancer in Los Angeles.

After several appearances in commercials Glau in 2002 got her first television role on the series Angel - Hunters of the darkness in which they could demonstrate their ballet skills. Impressed by her talent continued the Angel - producer Joss Whedon them in his new series Firefly - The departure of Serenity in a main role, the series was, however, after 11 broadcast of 14 episodes set rotated.

After the end of Firefly she had, among other appearances in the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten, 4400 - The returnees. Your next major roles they had in the science fiction films Serenity - Escape to new worlds (2005) and Mammoth (2006).

In 2005, she was chosen for her role in Serenity by the readers of the British science fiction magazine SFX magazine as the best actress of the year. In 2006, she won the Saturn Award for the same role.

2008 and 2009 faith in the series version of the Terminator saga was Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to see as the female Terminator Cameron. For this role, she again won the 2008 Saturn Award.

Filmography

  • 2002: Angel - Hunters of Darkness ( Angel)
  • 2002-2003: Firefly - The departure of Serenity ( Firefly )
  • 2003: Cold Case - No victim is ever forgotten ( Cold Case )
  • 2004: Suddenly ( Sleepover ) love
  • 2004: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
  • 2005: Serenity - Escape to new worlds ( Serenity )
  • 2005-2007: 4400 - The returnees ( The 4400 )
  • 2006: Under the spell of the dark forces ( The Initiation of Sarah )
  • 2006: Mammut (Mammoth )
  • 2006: The Unit - A Question of Honour ( The Unit )
  • 2008-2009: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  • 2009: The Big Bang Theory ( Season 2, Episode 17 )
  • 2009-2010: Dollhouse ( four episodes )
  • 2010: Deadly Honeymoon
  • 2010: Chuck
  • 2010: The Cape (ten episodes )
  • 2010: Superman / Batman: Apocalypse
  • 2011-2012: Alphas ( four episodes )
  • 2012: Grey's Anatomy ( two episodes )
  • 2012: Help for the Holidays
  • 2013: Hawaii Five -0 ( Season 3, Episode 16 )
  • 2013: Knights of Badassdom
  • Since 2013: Arrow ( TV series)
Mammoth (2006 film) Dollhouse (TV series) Chuck (TV series) The Cape (2011 TV series) Hawaii Five-0 Arrow (TV series)
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