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Summer Glau
Birth at
24 July 1981
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Summer Glau was born in Texas to an architect and teacher. Since early childhood, she was fond of ballet and studied ballet from the age of 5.
Since it was difficult for a little girl to combine classes in ordinary and ballet schools, Summer was transferred to home schooling, mainly her mother studied with her.
As a teenager, the girl already danced at the Majestic Theatre. Summer was prevented from becoming a professional ballerina by a leg injury. Even with a broken finger, she continued dancing
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Summer Glau was born in Texas to an architect and teacher. Since early childhood, she was fond of ballet and studied ballet from the age of 5.
Since it was difficult for a little girl to combine classes in ordinary and ballet schools, Summer was transferred to home schooling, mainly her mother studied with her.
As a teenager, the girl already danced at the Majestic Theatre. Summer was prevented from becoming a professional ballerina by a leg injury. Even with a broken finger, she continued dancing for several months, but it became clear that she would no longer be a dancer. After high school, Summer travels to Los Angeles to recover and spend the summer with a friend. And accidentally gets a job there. As a result, the dream of ballet gives way to the dream of becoming an actress. “It was the hardest decision of my life,” Summer Glau said, “because until now people saw me as a dancing girl.”
Summer made her first steps in show business in commercials, and she got her first episodic role in the film in the series Angel by Joss Whedon. One of the episodes of this film included an episode from the ballet Giselle, and Summer Glau had the opportunity to demonstrate his skills as a ballerina. Her next role was River Tam.
And the same Joss Whedon. Then followed the series “Crime Scene” and “Subdivision”, and then Summers played a girl with schizophrenia. series "4400" .
“Firefly” turned out to be a very box-office series, and its creators decided to make a sequel, which they called “Mission Serenity”. In this film, River Tam performed by Summer Glau was already one of the main characters. Summer herself had to master martial arts, and the training course was written specifically for her, taking into account her features.
Summer Glau played the robot again in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The pilot series was watched by 18 million viewers. And Glau Summer was awarded as the best supporting actress. /