Summer Glau is an American TV actress from San Antonio, Texas. She is the oldest of three daughters. Her father and mother worked as a general contractor and a school teacher, respectively. When she was younger, Summer was a professional ballet dancer. Her ballet training schedule required her to be home-schooled by her mother from Grades 3 to 12. She secretly wanted to become an actress.
When she was older, Summer was forced to take a break from dancing due to a foot injury. She began to act, appearing in various commercials and theatre productions. Then when she finally made
I primarily watch Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles because of Summer Glau. Her role as Cameron Phillips, a Cyborg, sent by John Connor, freedom fighter, of the future, to protect John Connor, teenage boy, in the present, is portrayed very convincingly. She is a machine learning to blend… More in with humans. Her character is given more on screen time in Episode 11, Aired Dec. 1, 2008, titled Self Made Man. We see how she has befriended a young man, confined to a wheelchair. He works nights at the Library, after it has closed and lets her come in to do her research. He doesn't seem to take notice, of her strange behaviour, only because he sees a beautiful girl. Her deadpan delivery, with an occasional smile worked in, is masterful. How she tells the young man his cancer has returned. It's important information meant to be helpful. Yet it causes the young man to become angry with her. Her expressions, having to mimic the non-human machine, are well done. I look forward to seeing her getting more screen time.8)
loved her from the first moment she came onto the screen in firefly.. she has a great mix of quirkiness/humility (well, through my eyes is the way i see her) that i absolutely love and usually the actresses i see that in i always fall for and enjoy following their careers and being a fan of. … More now i just wish a series she stars in will actually succeed and stop being canceled. :( actors like her i don't think know how much they touch people and effect people (maybe they do). i feel so blessed to have firefly and terminator the sarah connor chronicles to watch over and over and have her in my life that way. (and other actresses that i like as much as her) wish you the best life and all the happiness, summer glau. thanks.
When I first saw Summer as River is one of the best shows of all time, there was something oddly familiar about her. I couldn't put my finger on it. But while i was watching some of my good ol' movies I happened uppon The Alien Trilogy, and it hit me. Summer Glau reminded me of… More Sigourney Weaver. So much infact that I had guessed Sigourney Weaver was Summer Glau's mother ( she isn't ). I was wondering if anyone else saw this, or it was just me. If you don't see it, look at this interview, and tell me you dont see Sigourney Weaver. :arrow: http://www.accesshollywood.com/video_1027801 Oh yeah, Save Terminator: TSCC. Its one of the best shows out there. What is it with fox and early termination of REALLY good shows?
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Anybody knows what else is coming up for Summer?
Plus: People still really like football, Fox gets a do-over with American Idol, and Tracy Morgan has been hospitalized.
Plus: A show you didn't know was on the air has been canceled, HBO is getting Lucky early, and Gossip Girl is bringing back a mean girl.
Summer Glau guest stars as a handyman Alpha, and everyone runs ragged trying to track her down in this episode about setting people free.
On our list this week: Louis C.K. and Dane Cook's face-off, Saved by the Bell and Game of Thrones video games, and Jersey Shore's boring Season 4 debut.
She is so talented, she played river in firefly nailed it, she played a cyborg protecting mankinds messaih and kicked metal butt doing it, cant wait to see her in future TSCC episode and what her career has in store for this special person...Her talent for acting surpasses anyone i know of date...Honestly there a few actors and actresses that she can bring to the table, shes unique yet beautiful, she envokes the right emotions in every scene form firefly up till the season finale of TSCC
Everyone wants to see summer play a normal human fighting in the resistence for season 3 of the terminator so get on your thinking caps and do whatever you can do to ensure there will be a season 3...
One of the best reasons why I watch "Terminator:the Sarah Conner Chronicles" is because of Summer Gleu. I like her a lot. she's not onl;y grogous, but she is very smart. She appeared on "Access Hollywood" about a month ago and seh's nothing like the character on "the Terminator." Her character is fun to watch. I hope she gets a Emmy nomination for her role. she's the best thing about the writers strike ridden season. I'm looking forward to see her again next season. She'll be back. And when she does. I'll be there cheering. to me, every day is Summer Time!
I think she is very pretty, and it really shocked me that she was 27, while she plays a 17 year old on Terminator. I honestly thought, before i saw her profile that she was that age or maybe a little older, but she looks great for he age and i think will age beautifully. I actually saw her in the unit before she was in Terminator and when i saw her for the season premier in Terminator i was like 'oh my god, that's that home-wrecker from The Unit'. Well it obviously she is not anything like her character on that show, and i think that she portrays Cameron very well, and having no emotions for me, I think would be very hard.
things that i like about summer glau
1. she is in one of my top three shows currently on TV, T:SCC.
2. She was in my favorite show of all time: firefly.
3. She likes sci-fi.
4. She is musical--she dance-- and not only is she musical, she also incorporates her skill into the shows she is starring in, In firefly she danced in a hoedown style dance while Mal and Jane fought. In terminator she closed an episode by dancing a ballet to Chopin's Polonaise in C# minor---- a personal favorite piece of mine. And she uses her musicality to turn her fight scenes into a beautiful melee of violence and grace.
5. I touched on this already when i mentioned her fight scenes, she fights regularily, which from a petite girl like summer, is incredible. I take pride in declaring that summer could most likely beat me up on any given day.
6. Yes, she is gorgeous. 7. She isn't full of herself.
8. She is chosen for difficult roles, cameron is a "scary robot" who is designed to be able to infiltrate and destroy, and yet, she seems to almost be able to feel, to have emotions. How summer can go into a scene knowing she needs to show emotion, and at the same time be incapable of having emotion, and portray this role so well, amazes me.
9. I've run out, so i'll say this again, she's gorgeous.
What a beautiful actress. I first saw her, in the TV Series, Firefly, as River Tam. The Series ran from 2002 to 2003 for 14 Episodes. Her emerging character, from telepathic, traumatized, helplessness to kick ass fighter was great. Unfortunately, the TV series was cancelled. On Sept. 30, 2005, Serenity, the movie, was released, based on Firefly. Summer reprised her character, River Tam. We saw her Ballet training used to great effect. I saw her back on TV, in the Series, The Unit. A recurring role as Crystal Burns, from Episode 2, Aired, Sept. 26, 2006, and Episodes 5, 12,14,15 and 19, Aired, April 3, 2007. She was great playing the spendthrift girlfriend, of a contract soldier, who is not willing to look after him when he comes home, badly burned. I'm really enjoying, her present role, as Cameron Phillips, a reprogrammed Terminator, sent to protect John Connor, in the TV series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Playing a machine without feelings. Deadpan delivery. Again, her ballet training is immensely helpful with the difficult fight scenes as well as the discipline, in how she moves. I will continue to enjoy watching her.
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