Summer Bishil Bio

   Summer Bishil was a Pasadena, California native. She and her family moved to the United States when she was just three. Summer went to British as well as American schools as her family travelled abroad. returning to her home town of Pasadena just short of her birthday of 14. Summer was five years old when she was captivated by acting and began her first acting class. Nine months later, she enlisted an agent/manager, and started her full-time profession. She attends college in her spare time, working to earn her degree. She was among the young stars featured in VanityFair's August 2008 cover issue, "Hollywood’s New Wave: Hollywood's Hottest Kids in Hollywood". Bishil began her acting lessons when she was 14. Within a year, Bishil was signed to a contract by a manager or agency. Bishil's first role was on the brief-lived Nickelodeon television show Just for Kicks, followed by appearances on other children's shows.Bishil's debut performance was the lead in Alan Ball's film Towelhead in 2007, which was a re-telling of the novel with the same name. Slate critic Dana Stevens said, "Her performance is the most authentic in a film that with all its great intentions, seems completely fake and a little embarrassing, much like an extended PSA concerning inappropriate touching." Bob Strauss, who writes for various Los Angeles newspapers, states that Bishil, "...is one among the top natural actresses in film to appear in years." Gary Goldstein in a September 12 Los Angeles Times review of the film Towelhead and stated that "...newcomer Summer Bishil turns in a sly, captivating performance in the role of Jasira. In 2009, she was a part of Wayne Kramer’s Crossing Over movie starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd. Jay Reiner, Associated Press, appreciated her performance. She was chosen to portray Azula in M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 film The Last Airbender, and was supposed to be the main focus of the planned but never-produced sequel.