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Biography:Summer Glau has been a ballerina from the time she was a small child. While it would be her acting career that would bring her face to face with her largest audience, it was her background as a dancer that would provide her with the chance to do so. After appearing in a few commercials, she appeared on the Joss Whedon series Angel as a ballerina in the episode Waiting in the Wings. Whedon was so impressed with the young actress' debut performance that in 2002, he cast the then-21-year-old in the challenging role of River in his new series Firefly. Despite immediately earning a hardcore cult fan base, Firefly's ratings would prove to be unsatisfactory for Fox, which pulled the plug after only 11 episodes. Glau had made her mark, however, playing a traumatized prodigy running from the interplanetary authorities aboard a cargo ship. She went on to test her acting chops by appearing on shows like CSI and... Full Biography
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Sean Maher and Summer Glau in "Serenity"
Summer Glau in "Serenity"
Gina Torres, Summer Glau, Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk on the set of "Serenity"
"The Big Bang Theory" (Monday, March 9 at 8 p.m. on CBS)An ordinary train trip to San Francisco gets...
Summer Glau arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 2008.
Actress Summer Glau and guest arrive at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheater on August...
Actress Summer Glau and guest arrive at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheater on August...
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