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!!Summer Glau appears in:
* "Waiting in the Wings," an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' where her [[OneSceneWonder one scene of dialogue]] got a standing ovation from the cast and crew.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''{{Film/Serenity}}'', where she played River Tam, a crazy psychic waif on the run from the Alliance with her brother. [[StarMakingRole Skyrocketed her into popularity]] among geekdoms everywhere.
* VictimOfTheWeek Paige Pratt in the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Love Conquers All"
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5f_mmpAVTk "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"]]
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': She [[http://xkcd.com/311/ beats up everyone]] and [[http://xkcd.com/581/ beats both Randall Munroe and Nathan Fillion in an electric skateboard race]].
* Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie ''Mammoth'', which featured a mammoth corpse reanimated by aliens that sucked the life force out of those it encountered.
* ''Series/TheUnit''
* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'', where she plays Tess Doerner, another crazy psychic waif. She does [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], though.
* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': Notable also for making a ''Terminator'' into a sympathetic character while still going on [[AxCrazy violent, shotgun happy-rampages]]. She also played Allison Young, a not-very crazy, very-not-psychic resistance fighter who nonetheless proved to be as tough as Sarah Connor in terms of sheer {{Determinator}}-ability.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJskWeMG_U That one episode of]] ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' where she [[AsHimself played]] herself.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', playing a genius-level Doll programmer named Bennett Halverson who has ... issues.
* ''[[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Deadly Honeymoon]]'', which is [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740178/ apparently]] VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory.
* The {{Western}} ''Legend of Hell's Gate'' playing a girl named Maggie Moon.
* Creator/{{NBC}}'s superhero drama ''Series/TheCape'' in which she plays a cyber-sleuth blogger reporter known as [[ShoutOut Orwell]], who apparently becomes the title hero's sidekick and, like with River and Cameron, [[WaifFu is more dangerous than her size implies]].
* Appropriately-named horror/comedy movie ''Film/KnightsOfBadassdom''. Presumably, they were working with a much less awesome title before Summer was cast.
* The voice of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies installment ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse''.
* ''Film/{{Sleepover}}''. She is credited as "Ticket girl".
* ''{{Series/Chuck}}'' as one of the "Greta" agents. ([[http://seat42f.com/images/stories/tvshows/Chuck/Season4/S0408/Chuck-Versus-The-Fear-Of-Death-Summer-Glau-1.jpg Not surprisingly]], one of the more AxCrazy Gretas.)
* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' (guest starring) as a GadgeteerGenius named Skylar.
* Cameoed as a nurse on ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* ''Film/TheInitiationOfSarah (2006)'', where she played [[MagicalGirl Sarah]]'s {{Muggle}} sister Lindsay.
* A Hallmark Special ''[[http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/helpfortheholidays Help for the Holidays]]'', wherein she plays an elf out to restore a family's Christmas spirit.
* Isabel Rochev in ''{{Series/Arrow}}''. She got into a bit of WagTheDirector due to being unsatisfied with how small the role was, resulting in the story being changed mid-course to turn her into the supervillain Ravager (with the side effect of the original character intended for the role, Sara Lance, remaining a hero and ultimately getting a major role in another Arrowverse show).
* Appears in the ''Crackle.com'' series ''Sequestered''.
* Olivia Frampton in the "Comic Con Air" episode of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}''.
* Miss Jones (The Water Wu) in ''Series/WuAssassins''.
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** She also tried out for the role of Kitty Pryde in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. For her audition, she recited a scene Whedon wrote for Kitty during his run on ''[[Comicbook/XMen Astonishing X-Men]]''.

!!Summer Glau appears in:
* "Waiting in the Wings," an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' where her [[OneSceneWonder one scene of dialogue]] got a standing ovation from the cast and crew.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''{{Film/Serenity}}'', where she played River Tam, a crazy psychic waif on the run from the Alliance with her brother. [[StarMakingRole Skyrocketed her into popularity]] among geekdoms everywhere.
* VictimOfTheWeek Paige Pratt in the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Love Conquers All"
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5f_mmpAVTk "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"]]
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': She [[http://xkcd.com/311/ beats up everyone]] and [[http://xkcd.com/581/ beats both Randall Munroe and Nathan Fillion in an electric skateboard race]].
* Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie ''Mammoth'', which featured a mammoth corpse reanimated by aliens that sucked the life force out of those it encountered.
* ''Series/TheUnit''
* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'', where she plays Tess Doerner, another crazy psychic waif. She does [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], though.
* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': Notable also for making a ''Terminator'' into a sympathetic character while still going on [[AxCrazy violent, shotgun happy-rampages]]. She also played Allison Young, a not-very crazy, very-not-psychic resistance fighter who nonetheless proved to be as tough as Sarah Connor in terms of sheer {{Determinator}}-ability.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJskWeMG_U That one episode of]] ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' where she [[AsHimself played]] herself.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', playing a genius-level Doll programmer named Bennett Halverson who has ... issues.
* ''[[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Deadly Honeymoon]]'', which is [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740178/ apparently]] VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory.
* The {{Western}} ''Legend of Hell's Gate'' playing a girl named Maggie Moon.
* Creator/{{NBC}}'s superhero drama ''Series/TheCape'' in which she plays a cyber-sleuth blogger reporter known as [[ShoutOut Orwell]], who apparently becomes the title hero's sidekick and, like with River and Cameron, [[WaifFu is more dangerous than her size implies]].
* Appropriately-named horror/comedy movie ''Film/KnightsOfBadassdom''. Presumably, they were working with a much less awesome title before Summer was cast.
* The voice of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies installment ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse''.
* ''Film/{{Sleepover}}''. She is credited as "Ticket girl".
* ''{{Series/Chuck}}'' as one of the "Greta" agents. ([[http://seat42f.com/images/stories/tvshows/Chuck/Season4/S0408/Chuck-Versus-The-Fear-Of-Death-Summer-Glau-1.jpg Not surprisingly]], one of the more AxCrazy Gretas.)
* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' (guest starring) as a GadgeteerGenius named Skylar.
* Cameoed as a nurse on ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* ''Film/TheInitiationOfSarah (2006)'', where she played [[MagicalGirl Sarah]]'s {{Muggle}} sister Lindsay.
* A Hallmark Special ''[[http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/helpfortheholidays Help for the Holidays]]'', wherein she plays an elf out to restore a family's Christmas spirit.
* Isabel Rochev in ''{{Series/Arrow}}''. She got into a bit of WagTheDirector due to being unsatisfied with how small the role was, resulting in the story being changed mid-course to turn her into the supervillain Ravager (with the side effect of the original character intended for the role, Sara Lance, remaining a hero and ultimately getting a major role in another Arrowverse show).
* Appears in the ''Crackle.com'' series ''Sequestered''.
* Olivia Frampton in the "Comic Con Air" episode of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}''.
* Miss Jones (The Water Wu) in ''Series/WuAssassins''.
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** She also tried out for the role of Kitty Pryde in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. For her audition, she recited a scene Whedon wrote for Kitty during his run on ''[[Comicbook/XMen Astonishing X-Men]]''.

!!Summer Glau appears in:
* "Waiting in the Wings," an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' where her [[OneSceneWonder one scene of dialogue]] got a standing ovation from the cast and crew.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''{{Film/Serenity}}'', where she played River Tam, a crazy psychic waif on the run from the Alliance with her brother. [[StarMakingRole Skyrocketed her into popularity]] among geekdoms everywhere.
* VictimOfTheWeek Paige Pratt in the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "Love Conquers All"
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5f_mmpAVTk "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"]]
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': She [[http://xkcd.com/311/ beats up everyone]] and [[http://xkcd.com/581/ beats both Randall Munroe and Nathan Fillion in an electric skateboard race]].
* Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie ''Mammoth'', which featured a mammoth corpse reanimated by aliens that sucked the life force out of those it encountered.
* ''Series/TheUnit''
* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'', where she plays Tess Doerner, another crazy psychic waif. She does [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], though.
* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': Notable also for making a ''Terminator'' into a sympathetic character while still going on [[AxCrazy violent, shotgun happy-rampages]]. She also played Allison Young, a not-very crazy, very-not-psychic resistance fighter who nonetheless proved to be as tough as Sarah Connor in terms of sheer {{Determinator}}-ability.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJskWeMG_U That one episode of]] ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' where she [[AsHimself played]] herself.
* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', playing a genius-level Doll programmer named Bennett Halverson who has ... issues.
* ''[[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Deadly Honeymoon]]'', which is [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740178/ apparently]] VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory.
* The {{Western}} ''Legend of Hell's Gate'' playing a girl named Maggie Moon.
* Creator/{{NBC}}'s superhero drama ''Series/TheCape'' in which she plays a cyber-sleuth blogger reporter known as [[ShoutOut Orwell]], who apparently becomes the title hero's sidekick and, like with River and Cameron, [[WaifFu is more dangerous than her size implies]].
* Appropriately-named horror/comedy movie ''Film/KnightsOfBadassdom''. Presumably, they were working with a much less awesome title before Summer was cast.
* The voice of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies installment ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse''.
* ''Film/{{Sleepover}}''. She is credited as "Ticket girl".
* ''{{Series/Chuck}}'' as one of the "Greta" agents. ([[http://seat42f.com/images/stories/tvshows/Chuck/Season4/S0408/Chuck-Versus-The-Fear-Of-Death-Summer-Glau-1.jpg Not surprisingly]], one of the more AxCrazy Gretas.)
* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' (guest starring) as a GadgeteerGenius named Skylar.
* Cameoed as a nurse on ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* ''Film/TheInitiationOfSarah (2006)'', where she played [[MagicalGirl Sarah]]'s {{Muggle}} sister Lindsay.
* A Hallmark Special ''[[http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/helpfortheholidays Help for the Holidays]]'', wherein she plays an elf out to restore a family's Christmas spirit.
* Isabel Rochev in ''{{Series/Arrow}}''. She got into a bit of WagTheDirector due to being unsatisfied with how small the role was, resulting in the story being changed mid-course to turn her into the supervillain Ravager (with the side effect of the original character intended for the role, Sara Lance, remaining a hero and ultimately getting a major role in another Arrowverse show).
* Appears in the ''Crackle.com'' series ''Sequestered''.
* Olivia Frampton in the "Comic Con Air" episode of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}''.
* Miss Jones (The Water Wu) in ''Series/WuAssassins''.
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* PhraseCatcher: After an infamous incident of Summer screwing up her lines during the filming of ''Firefly'', the other cast members -- most notably Creator/NathanFillion -- took to [[UnusualEuphemism yelling her name as an expletive]] whenever anything went wrong. Nathan is rumored to have taken the tradition on to his succeeding shows including ''Series/Drive2007'' and ''Series/{{Castle}}''.

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* PhraseCatcher: After an infamous incident of Summer screwing up her lines during the filming of ''Firefly'', the other cast members -- most notably Creator/NathanFillion -- took to [[UnusualEuphemism yelling her name as an expletive]] whenever anything went wrong. Nathan is rumored to have taken the tradition on to his succeeding shows including ''Series/Drive2007'' and ''Series/{{Castle}}''.''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''.
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* MethodActing: She has stated that one of the reasons she goes barefoot so often in her roles is because her having bare feet helps her focus more in becoming her characters.

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