Anecdotes

She had not actually seen the Terminator movies before being cast in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008).

Mother, with husband Val Morrison, of daughters Milena Jo Morrison (b. January 26, 2015) and Sunny Izabo Morrison (b. October 2017).

Her ancestry includes: Alsace, German, Swiss-German, English, Scottish, and Welsh.

Revealed in a 2005 interview that she originally auditioned for the role of Alyssa in Power Rangers Wild Force (2002), and was the casting directors' second choice for the role.

She loves to watch cooking shows.

Summer Glau frequently attends conventions.

It was speculated that Summer Glau's character in Firefly (2002) and Serenity (2005), River Tam, was one of Steven Moffat's influences behind the recurring Doctor Who (2005) character River Song, whom Alex Kingston played from 2008 - 2015.

Ranked #37 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Summer stated that her parents named her Summer because she was born during the American summertime.

In 2012, a Facebook group called "Should Summer Glau have a guest role in an episode of Doctor Who?" was set up as an online campaign for the actress to appear in an episode of the long running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2005).

Ranked #8 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008).

Ranked # 63 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list (2014).

Ranked #26 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Her parents are Mari and Mark and she has 2 sisters, Christie and Kaitlin.

Summer appeared at the Armageddon Pulp Expo in Auckland, New Zealand in October 2006.

Has worked with Game of Thrones (2011) stars Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage who play siblings Cersei and Tyrion Lannister in the series. Lena Headey played Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Peter Dinklage played Hung in Knights of Badassdom (2013). Emilia Clarke who plays Daenerys Targaryen in that series played Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys (2015).