Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, 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.
Glau was born in San Antonio, Texas, where she grew up with her two younger sisters, Christie and Kaitlin. She is of Scots-Irish and German descent. Her mother is a schoolteacher and her father a general...
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Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, 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.
Glau was born in San Antonio, Texas, where she grew up with her two younger sisters, Christie and Kaitlin. She is of Scots-Irish and German descent. Her mother is a schoolteacher and her father a general contractor.
Glau received a scholarship to a ballet company and was home-schooled from grades 3 to 12 to accommodate her ballet training. Glau was classically trained as a ballet dancer and also studied tango and flamenco. After a serious ankle injury ended her dancing career, Glau took time off from dancing to visit friends in Los Angeles, where she auditioned for several television commercials. Glau later moved to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a more active acting career.
Glau's first television credit was a guest role as a ballerina on the...
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