Biography
Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American classically trained ballerina and actress.
She is widely known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy television series, as River Tam in Firefly (2002) and its sequel, Serenity (2005).
However, anyone who watches her movies can see that she is a phenomenal actress.
American actress
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| Full name: | Lyn Glau Summer |
| Stage name: | Summer Glau |
| Born: | July 24, 1981 (age 43) |
| Place of birth: | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Parents: | Mari Glau, Mark Glau |
| The children: | Sunny Isabou, Milena Jo Morrison |
| Height: | 1.66 meters |
| Siblings: | Kaitlin Glau, Christie Glau |
| Husband • Spouse: | Val Morrison (married 2014) |
| Boyfriend • Partner: | Do not have |
| Job: | Actors • Dancers |
| Net worth: | 4 million US dollars |
Early life
Actress Summer Glau was born in San Antonio, Texas, to parents Mari Glau and Mark Glau on July 24, 1981.
Her mother is a teacher and her father is a construction contractor.
Growing up, Summer Glau was homeschooled as she was also training to become a classical ballet dancer.
Ballet requires a lot of dedication, and it takes about ten years for a performer to become a classical ballerina.
Her dedication paid off as Summer Glau grew into a phenomenal dancer, becoming a soloist in her ballet company and starting to work with a symphony orchestra at the age of 14. Sadly, her dancing career was cut short.
Ballet is a beautiful and powerful form of dance. Unfortunately, it is known to cause hip, foot, knee, and ankle injuries to dancers. Stress fractures and arthritis are also common.
In Summer Glau’s case, her problem started with a broken toe that she didn’t rest to let heal. She danced on it for four months.
Summer Glau eventually developed tendinitis in her ankle, which left her with no use of her foot. She was only 19 years old, and it was the end of her ballet career.
Before becoming a famous actress, Summer said she worked in commercials and danced tango for about a year to pay the bills.
Education
Summer Glau received a scholarship to a ballet company and was homeschooled from grades 3 through 12 to accommodate her ballet training. In addition to her classical ballet training, she also studied tango and flamenco.
Career
After her dream of becoming a ballerina was crushed by an injury, Summer Glau left her home in Texas and headed to Los Angeles.
After two years in LA, she got her first on-screen job in 2001 in Joss Whedon’s Angel series. In an interesting coincidence, her first role was as a ballerina.
List of movies played
- Sleepover as a Ticket Girl (2004)
- Serenity as River Tam (2005)
- Mammoth as Jack Abernathy (2006)
- Sarah’s Debut as Lindsey Goodwin (2006)
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse las Kara Zor-El/Supergirl (voice) 2010
- Deadly Honeymoon as Lindsey Ross Forrest (2010)
- The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy as Maggie Moon (2011)
- Help for the Holidays as Christine (2012)
- Inside the Box as Sophie (2013)
- Knights of Badassdom as Gwen (2013)
- Dead End as Franck’s Wife & Fugitive (2015)
TV editing
- Angel as Leading Lady Ballerina, Episode: “Waiting in the Wings” (2002)
- Firefly as River Tam, 14 episodes (2002–2003)
- Cold Case as Paige Pratt Episode: “Love Conquers Al” (2003)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mandy Cooper Episode: “What’s Eating Gilbert Grissom?” (2004)
- 8 episodes 4400 Tess Doerner (2005–2007)
- The Unit Crystal Burns 7 episodes (2006–2007)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Cameron / Allison Young 31 episodes (as Cameron), (2008–2009) 2 episodes (as Allison Young)
- The Big Bang Theory as Herself Episode: “The Terminator Decoupling” (2009)
- Dollhouse Bennett Halverson 4 episodes (2009–2010)
- Chuck Greta Episode: “Chuck vs. Fear of Death” (2010)
- The Cape as Jamie Fleming / Orwell 10 episodes (2011)
- Alphas as Skylar Adams 4 episodes (2011–2012)
- Grey’s Anatomy as Nurse Emily Kovach 2 episodes
- The Scent of the Missing Sedona Pilot
- Hawaii Five as 0 Maggie Hoapili Episode: “Kekoa”(2013)
- NTSF:SD:SUV:: Olivia Frampton Episode: “Comic-Con Air” (2013)
- Arrow as Isabel Rochev/Ravager 9 episodes (2013–2014)
- Peter Panzerfaust as Wendy (voice) (2014)
- Sequestered as Anna Brandt 12 episodes
- Castle as Kendall Frost Episode: “The GDS” (2016)
- Wu Assassins Miss Jones (The Water Wu) 2 episodes (2019)
Online media
- R. Tam films River as Tam 5 short videos (2005)
- Ctrl Alt Destroy as Narrator and All the Characters Literary RPG Podcast (2021)
Awards & Nominations
- In 2005, the SFX Awards won her the Best Actress award for her role in Serenity.
- 2006, SyFy Genre Award Nominated for Best Actress/Movie for her role in Serenity
- 2006, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Serenity
- 2008, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (tied with Elizabeth Mitchell)
- 2008, Scream Award for Best Actress in a Science Fiction Film or Television Series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicle was nominated
- 2008, Teen Choice Awards Favorite TV Actress: Action Adventure Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles nominated
- 2008 Teen Choice Awards Breakout TV Star Female Star Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was nominated
- 2009, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was nominated
- In 2009, Teen Choice Award for Best Actress in a TV Series: Action Adventure Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was nominated.
Social media
Actress Summer Glau has a large following on Twitter and Instagram along with numerous fan pages.
- Summer Glau (@SummerLGlau) / Twitter
- Summer Glau (@glausummer) • Instagram photos and videos
Personal life
Summer Glau has been married to Val Morrison since 2014. In 2015, the actress gave birth to their first child, Milena Jo Morrison. Their second daughter, Sunny Isabou, was born in October 2017.
Summer Glau has been away from the screen for a while and seems to be slowly making a comeback. Hopefully she will return to acting soon and make her mark as a great fighter and movie star.
Net worth
Actress and dancer Summer Glau is quite wealthy. Her massive net worth is estimated at around $4 million.
