![]() Glau voiced Kara Zor-El in the DC Comics original animated movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. On July 11, 2011, Glau was cast on Alphas as Skylar Adams, a recurring alpha and mother to Zoe Adams, and a former acquaintance of Dr. In June 2010, she was confirmed as the female lead in the horror comedy film Knights of Badassdom. On March 12, 2010, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of NBC's The Cape in a leading role. She portrayed Bennett, the programmer for a rival Dollhouse. On August 26, 2009, it was confirmed after much speculation that Glau would be joining the cast of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse for at least two episodes in season two's early part. Glau also guest starred as herself in a 2009 episode of the CBS situation comedy The Big Bang Theory. The series' seventh episode, "The Demon Hand", included several scenes in which Glau (in character as Cameron) dances ballet Glau also played Allison Young (Cameron's human doppelgänger) in the second-season episodes "Allison from Palmdale" and " Born to Run". In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a series that debuted January 13, 2008, Glau played the role of Cameron Phillips, a Terminator infiltration unit sent back to protect John Connor and Sarah Connor from Skynet. Glau was cast in the ABC Family TV movie The Initiation of Sarah. She also starred in the horror comedy film Mammoth. In 2006, Glau played Tess Doerner, a paranoid schizophrenic returnee in season two's premiere of The 4400, and became a recurring character from season three onwards. She also appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?", and season two of The Unit as Crystal Burns (the girlfriend of Jeremy Erhart). She had a small role in the film Sleepover, in which she played the high school senior Shelly. Glau appeared on the episode "Love Conquers Al" of the TV series Cold Case. Glau previously auditioned for the role of a Power Ranger (White Wild Force Ranger Alyssa Enrilé) in Power Rangers Wild Force but lost to actress Jessica Rey before meeting Whedon. There she caught the eye of director Joss Whedon who later cast her in his critically acclaimed but short-lived TV series Firefly as River Tam, a role she reprised for the show's feature film sequel Serenity. Glau's first television credit was a guest role as a ballerina on a 2002 episode of the television series Angel. Glau at Paradise City Comic Con, December 2016 After a broken toe ended her dancing career, Glau moved to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue acting. ![]() In addition to her classical ballet training, she studied tango and flamenco. Glau received a scholarship to a ballet company and was homeschooled from grades 3 to 12 to accommodate her ballet training. Her mother is a schoolteacher, and her father a general contractor. ![]() ![]() She is of Scots-Irish and German ancestry. Glau was born in San Antonio, Texas, where she grew up with her two younger sisters Kaitlin and Christie. Summer Lyn Glau ( / ɡ l aʊ/ born J) is an American actress best known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy television series: as River Tam in Firefly (2002) and its continuation film Serenity (2005), as Tess Doerner in The 4400 (2005–2007), as Cameron in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009), and as Isabel Rochev/Ravager in Arrow (2013–2014). ![]()
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