Summer Glau

Biography of Summer Glau

Summer Lyn Glau was born on July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas. She is an American dancer and actress.

Her mother is a teacher and her father is a contractor. Already in early childhood she received intensive ballet lessons. The tight schedule made it impossible to attend school, which is why she was homeschooled by her mother.

At the age of twelve, Glau began her career as a professional dancer until an injury forced her to take a break. During this time, she landed her first acting role while visiting friends in Los Angeles. Shortly thereafter, she decided to move to Los Angeles and work there as an actress and dancer.

After various appearances in commercials, Glau got her first television role in 2002 in the series Angel, in which she was able to demonstrate her ballet skills. Impressed by her talent, Angel producer Joss Whedon cast her in a leading role in his new series Firefly, but the series was canceled after 11 episodes aired of 14 episodes filmed.

After the end of Firefly she had appearances in the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Caseand 4400. She played her next major roles in the science fiction films Serenity (2005) and Mammoth (2006).

In 2005, she was voted Best Actress of the Year by readers of British science fiction magazine SFX for her role in Serenity. In 2006, she received the Saturn Award for the same role.

In 2008 and 2009, Glau starred as the female Terminator Cameron in the series version of the Terminator saga Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. She received the Saturn Award again in 2008 for this role.

Glau is active in several non-profit organizations such as B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre. She has been a vegetarian since 1995 and supports several animal rights organizations.

In January 2015, Summer Glau and her husband Val Morrison welcomed their first child. She gave birth to her second child in October 2017.