Summer Glau

Summer Glau has been involved in a number of charities, such as B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre where she autographed several teddy bears to be sold on eBay to help raise money for the Hospital. Glau is an animal lover and has shown support to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, where she hand-painted a decorative pet bowl that was later sold on eBay to raise funds. She was also a vegetarian from 1995 to 2005. Glau has trained in multiple forms of martial arts, including kung fu and kickboxing.
Awards
Glau was voted Best Actress of 2005 by readers of SFX magazine and received a 2005 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Serenity. She was also runner up for Best Actress/Movie in the SyFy Genre Awards for 2006.