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Summer Glau

Actress / Ballet Dancer / Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 07/24/1981 (43) | San Antonio, Texas (United States of America (USA))
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Summer Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American actress best known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy television series: as River Tam in Firefly (2002) and its continuation film Serenity (2005), as Tess Doerner in The 4400 (2005–2007), as Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009), and as Isabel Rochev / Ravager in Arrow (2013–2014). ()
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Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress, known for playing River Tam in the science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action & Adventure | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Three best friends and dedicated roleplayers take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario as a live action role-playing game. Trouble arises when a prop spellbook purchased from t ...

Knights of Badassdom

R

2013 | 2.8/5 | 1h 26min
Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
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When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will dest ...

Serenity

PG-13

2005 | 3.7/5 | 1h 59min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer networ ...

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

TV-14

2008 | 3.8/5
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. ...

Firefly

TV-14

2002 | 4.2/5
Drama, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with Summer Glau as Actress(13)

2015 Dead End
as Christine Prancer2013 Help for the Holidays
as Sophie2013 Inside the Box
as Gwen2013 Knights of Badassdom
as herself2012 Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special
as Maggie Moon2011 The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
as Lindsey Ross Forrest2010 Deadly Honeymoon
as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl (voice)2010 Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
as Self (Archive Footage)2006 Done the Impossible
as Jack Abernathy2006 Mammoth
as Lindsey Goodwin2006 The Initiation of Sarah
as River Tam2005 Serenity
as Ticket Girl2004 Sleepover

TV Shows/Series with Summer Glau as Actress(19)

as Water Wu / Miss Jones2019 Wu Assassins
as Martina2015 Con Man
as Anna2014 Sequestered
as Isabel Rochev2012 Arrow
as Orwell2011 The Cape
as Skylar Adams2011 Alphas
as Maggie Hoapili2010 Hawaii Five-0
as Bennett Halverson2009 Dollhouse
as Kendall Frost2009 Castle
as Cameron2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as herself2007 The Big Bang Theory
as Greta2007 Chuck
2006 The Unit
as herself2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Tess Doerner2004 The 4400
as Paige Pratt2003 Cold Case
as River Tam2002 Firefly
as Mandy Cooper2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Prima Ballerina1999 Angel

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Full Name: Summer Glau
Born: Friday, 07/24 1981 (July) in San Antonio, Texas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 43 years + 299 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Summer Glau (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"섬머 글루"
"Summer Lyn Glau"
Summer Glau frequently works together with these people:
Joss Whedon (20x, Crew)
Alan Tudyk (11x, Actor)
Amy Acker (10x, Actress)
Garret Dillahunt (9x, Actor)
Tim Minear (9x, Crew)
Tara Hernandez (8x, Crew)
Karen Gaviola (8x, Crew)
Patrick Weil (8x, Cast)
Steve Holland (8x, Crew)
Rob Hanning (8x, Crew)
Maria Ferrari (8x, Crew)
Tim Cox (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1479, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 05/18/2025