Seren1ty Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Summer Glau Summer Glau (born July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas) 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. Career Glau 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 as River Tam. 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. Summer 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 (Daniel Wisler). Glau plays Tess Doerner, a paranoid schizophrenic returnee in the second season premiere of The 4400 (episode "Wake-Up Call"), and the season three episodes "The Ballad of Kevin and Tess", "Terrible Swift Sword" and "Fifty-Fifty". Her character has the power to compel people to do whatever task she wants. Glau stars in the science fiction film, Mammoth, which was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and Bucharest, Romania. Glau was voted Best Actress of 2005 by readers of SFX magazine for her portrayal of River Tam in Serenity. Glau also won a 2006 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Serenity and was runner up for Best Actress/Movie in the SyFy Genre Awards for 2006.[1] Glau has been cast in a new TV movie on ABC Family called The Initiation of Sarah. In February 2007 a report rumoured that Glau would be playing a role as a Terminator in the upcoming film tie-in television series The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Source: Wikipedia Quote
BonesFan Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Cool, I really like her and for those in region 1 dvd there will be a 2-disc Serenity DVD. Quote
spacdiv Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Fox TV All-Star Party in Santa Monica 07.23 spacdiv Quote
mbinebri Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 I think her being cast in this new Terminator series was a mistake. She doesn't fit the role very well to me. Quote
tinkerbelle Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 not the most beautiful but there's something about her that I really like Quote
DirrtyXtina87 Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 She's gorgeous! I love her on Terminator! She also has the cutest sweetest little voice! Quote
DirrtyXtina87 Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Summer as Cameron on 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' - UHQ Quote
Salty Longshanks Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Scan from April 08' Vanity Fair in HQ Enjoy! Quote
Salty Longshanks Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Summer (w/Thomas Dekker) @ a WB promo shoot in Sydney Australia. H, and MQ. Enjoy! Quote
Salty Longshanks Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Summer, and her co-stars @ 08' Wondercon in S.F 2/24 HQs Enjoy! Quote
Salty Longshanks Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 @ the L'oreal luxury suite prior to the 08' SAG Awards. HQ Enjoy! Quote
Randy The Ram Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Been a fan of hers since she became the second sexiest Terminator! Quote
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