Summer Glau, an American actress, was born on July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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Name in English: Summer Glue
Full real name: Summer Lynn Glow
Nationality: United States
Language: English
Religion: Christianity
Date of birth: July 24, 1981
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Age: 41 years old (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Leo
Profession: Actress, ballet dancer
Genre: Hollywood Cinema, Series
Years of activity: 2002 – present
Brothers: Kristi, Caitlin
Biography, Life story
Summer Glau was born on July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas, in the United States, where she grew up with her parents and her two younger sisters, Christy and Caitlin. She has Scottish-Irish and German ancestry. Her mother is a teacher while her father is a general contractor. She received a scholarship to study ballet from a company, and she was taught at home from the third to the twelfth grade, and at the same time she continued her studies in ballet with her private coach, and in addition to that, she learned tango and flamenco dancing. After a serious ankle injury ended her career as a dancer, she decided to move to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue her acting career.
She began working in acting in 2002 through her first honorary appearance on television in the series (Angel) as a ballerina, and from there she was caught by the eyes of director Joss Whedon, who gave her the role of (River Tam) in the science fiction series (Firefly), through which she gained fame, and later She repeated the role in the sequel to the series in the successful movie (Serenity). It is noteworthy that Samar had previously tried the role of Pink Rager for the Power Rangers series, but she did not get the role, and she continued to appear in series with small or minor roles, including the Cold Case series, the CSI series, and also appeared in the Unity series.
In 2006, she portrayed the schizophrenic Tess Doerner in Season 2 of The 4400 and became a permanent character in Season 3.
In 2008, she starred in the series (Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles), starring as Cameron, a professional killer robot sent from the future to protect John from the Terminator. In episode 7 of The Terminator, Summer (as Cameron) danced ballet. I also became famous through this work.
In 2009, she guest-starred as herself on the second season of The Big Bang Theory. It has been confirmed that she will appear in at least two episodes in the second season of Dollhouse.
In 2010, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of The Cape as the main character.
Samar participated in many charitable projects in hospitals and health centers, she signed teddy bears in order to sell them on eBay to help the hospital raise money. She is an animal lover and a participant in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Samar has been a vegetarian since 1995, but she stated that she ate meat during the filming of Serenity because of the hard physical work. Samar trained in martial arts, including kung fu and boxing.
Awards and Honors
Samar Glau was voted Best Actress in 2005 by readers of SFX magazine, and won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Serenity. She was also nominated in the Best Actress category in 2006 for the SyFy Genre Awards. In 2008, she won her second Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television for her role as Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
