Summer Glau

Acting

Summer Glau

Born 1981-07-24 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

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.

Acting credits

Serenity poster
7.4

A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.

Serenity

2005

Sleepover poster
6.1

Desperate to improve their social status, four best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.

Sleepover

2004

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse poster
7.2

Batman discovers a mysterious teen-aged girl with superhuman powers and a connection to Superman. When the girl comes to the attention of Darkseid, the evil overlord of Apokolips, events take a decidedly dangerous turn.

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

2010

Knights of Badassdom poster
5.6

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 the internet ends up being a genuine grimoire and they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting succubus from hell.

Knights of Badassdom

2014

Mammoth poster
4.5

On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater Louisiana, a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. The meteor is actually a spaceship containing an alien life form which animates the museum's partially frozen Woolly Mammoth and begins a rampage. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast, to bring down the giant mammoth in this alien-invasion flick!

Mammoth

2006

Dead End poster
NR

A man at the end of his rope, gets carjacked by 2 addicts and goes on a surreal journey.

Dead End

2015

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy poster
4.5

In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune. Fueled by an ensemble cast and inspired by actual events, THE LEGEND OF HELL’S GATE blends legend and history into a Western spectacle that recounts a treacherous existence in post Civil War Texas.

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

2011

Deadly Honeymoon poster
4.6

Handsome silver spoon Texan Trevor Forrest can't always control his tendencies to flirt and gamble, even on honeymoon cruise to Tahiti with Lindsey Ross Forrest, which may compromise their business ambitions. The ship captain asks FBI agent Gwen Merced, on cruise, to investigate discretely when Trevor goes missing, probably fallen or pushed overboard as blood traces are found. It's unclear whether the Hungarian business trio Luka, Max and Ben are innocent flirtatious gamblers like Trevor or criminals, but others have hidden agendas too.

Deadly Honeymoon

2010

Done the Impossible poster
5.9

A documentary covering Firefly's birth, death and rebirth from the perspective of both the fans and the cast and crew of both productions.

Done the Impossible

2006

Help for the Holidays poster
6.1

Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family—mom Sara (Eva La Rue), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier), and their two kids Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook)—a holiday wake-up call. Will Christine fail her assignment and be sent back to the North Pole for good, or will the VanCamps come to their senses about the meaning of Christmas?

Help for the Holidays

2012

The Initiation of Sarah poster
5.6

A sorority girl unwittingly becomes the focus of a battle between good and evil.

The Initiation of Sarah

2006

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special poster
5.5

Science Channel reunites Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion and the entire renegade crew of the Serenity for the first time ever to provide the complete oral history on the franchise that continues to explode in popularity — despite meeting its end a decade ago. The 60-minute special includes secrets from the set, exclusive cast interviews, and footage from this year's colossal Comic-Con panel that dominated the pop culture conversation.

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special

2012

Inside the Box poster
6.5

When the local District Attorney comes knocking, a Texan cop is forced to face a secret that he's been hiding from his wife in an effort to keep his family together.

Inside the Box

2013

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' poster
6.0

Making of explaining the ideas of the show and showcasing how different scenes where filmed.

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'

2017