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| subject_name = Summer Glau
| image_name = Summer Glau premiere.jpg
| image_caption = Summer Glau at the premiere of ''Serenity''
| date_of_birth = [[July 24]], [[1981]]
| place_of_birth = [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]
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'''Summer Glau''' (born [[July 24]], [[1981]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[dancer]] and [[actor|actress]], best known for her role as [[River Tam]] in the short-lived [[science fiction]] series ''[[Firefly (television series)|Firefly]]'' and follow-up movie ''[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]''.
==Career==
Glau, a native of [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]], was classically trained as a [[ballerina]] and also studied [[Tango (dance)|tango]] and [[flamenco]]. A professional dancer since age 12, Glau relocated to [[Los Angeles, California|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 (Angel episode)|"Waiting in the Wings"]] (episode 3x13) of the television series ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]''. There she caught the eye of producer [[Joss Whedon]], who later cast her in ''Firefly''.
Glau appears on the episode "Love Conquers Al" (1x06) of the [[Television program|TV series]] ''[[Cold Case]]''. She has a small role in the film ''[[Sleepover (2004 film)|Sleepover]]'', in which she plays a [[Secondary education in the United States|high school senior]] named Shelly. She appears in the ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' episode "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?". She plays Tess Doerner, a [[paranoia|paranoid]] [[schizophrenia|schizophrenic]] returnee in the second season premiere of ''[[The 4400]]'' (episode "Wake-Up Call"), and has stated that she will return to shoot a couple of more episodes for season three.
Glau stars in the [[science fiction film]], [[Mammoth (film)|''Mammoth'']], which was filmed in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]], and [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]].
Glau was voted Best Actress of 2005 by readers of [[SFX magazine|''SFX'' magazine]] for her portrayal of River Tam in ''Serenity''.
Summer has won a 2006 [[Saturn Award]] for Best Supporting Actress in ''Serenity''.
Summer has been cast in a new TV movie on [[ABC Family]] called ''[[The Initiation of Sarah]]''.
On [[22 April]] [[2006]], Summer stated at the [http://www.supanova.com.au/about_venue-and-times.html Supanova 2006 convention] held in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]], that she was aware of the 'secret' of the character [[Derrial Book|Shepherd Book]] from the series ''Firefly''. This has encouraged further speculation of a possible sequel to ''Serenity''.
==Selected filmography==
*''[[The Initiation of Sarah]]'' ([[2006 in film|2006]]) (TV movie)
*''[[Mammoth (film)|Mammoth]]'' ([[2006 in film|2006]]) (TV movie)
*''[[The 4400]]'' ([[2005 in television|2005]]) (TV series)
*''[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]) (film)
*''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' ([[2004 in television|2004]]) (TV series)
*''[[Sleepover (2004 film)|Sleepover]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]) (film)
*''[[Cold Case]]'' ([[2003 in television|2003]]) (TV series)
*''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' ([[2002 in television|2002]]) (TV series)
*''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'' ([[2002 in television|2002]]) (TV series)
==References==
* [http://www.saturnawards.org/winners.html Saturn Awards winners page]
==External links==
* [http://www.summerglau.co.uk/ Official website]
* {{imdb name|id=1132359|name=Summer Glau}}
* [http://www.summer-glau.net/ Summer-Glau.net] — Fansite
* [http://www.summer-shines.com Summer-shines.com] —Fansite
* [http://summer.fan-sites.org Miss Glau] —Fansite
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