Summer Phoenix

Summer Phoenix is an American actress and musician who worked from the age of two, when she was represented by agent Iris Burton along with her siblings. Born in Winter Park, she moved from guest roles on Murder, She Wrote, Growing Pains, Swamp Thing and Airwolf into the television movie Kate's Secret and Russkies (1987), playing the younger sister of her real brother Joaquin. Her films include SLC Punk (1998), Dinner Rush (2000), The Believer (2001) and The Faculty, and she took leading roles in Esther Kahn (2000) and in Suzie Gold (2004). In 2002 she spent three months at the Garrick Theatre in This is Our Youth, opposite Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. She also played in the rock group The Causey Way, and later appeared as a guest on albums by the Papercranes, her sister Rain's band.