Summer Glau

VANITIES

All Is VANITIES...Nothing Is Fair

APRIL

2008

AGE: 26. PROVENANCE: Son Antonio. YOU KNOW HER As...Cameron from Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the spin-off of James Cameron's 1991 blockbuster, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, that forever changed the way we view cyborgs. "I was reluctant to audition because I knew who they had cast as the girl Terminator in the last movie," says Glau. "She's statuesque and really striking." NOT SO DIRTY DANCING: A classically trained ballerina, Glau spent her early days in L.A. as a traveling dancer, living off paychecks from corporate events, weddings, and resort gigs. But it worked out in the end. "Sure enough," she says, "my fist role was as a ballerina trapped in the 1700s," in the tween drama Angel. BEING ON TV SURE DOES HAVE ITS PERKS. THOUGH: Despite growing up a Cowboys fan, Glau attended the Super Bowl, in which the Giants overcame the undefeated Patriots. "It was such an exciting game," she says. "I was actually rooting for New York, because, you know, perfection . - . it's not as much fun anymore."

KRISTA SMITH