Summer Phoenix

Infobox actor

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birthname = Summer Joy Phoenix
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|12|10
birthplace = Winter Park, Florida, United States
spouse = Casey Affleck (2006–present)

Summer Joy Phoenix (born December 10, 1978) is an American actress and model.

Biography

Career

Phoenix has appeared in several artistic / indie movies, including "Wasted", "The Laramie Project", "Esther Kahn", "SLC Punk!", "Dinner Rush", and "The Faculty". She has also had guest roles on many television shows, including "ER", "Growing Pains", "Murder, She Wrote", and "Airwolf".

Not content with being a musician and a film actress, Phoenix has also trodden the boards in London, appearing in "This is Our Youth" for the 2002 run at the Garrick Theatre with Matt Damon and future husband Casey Affleck. She has also performed with Clea DuVall (in the movie "The Faculty" as the girl shouting "Fuck you" and slapping to her boyfriend many times, the boyfriend being Jon Abrahams (Scary Movie).

Personal life

Phoenix was born in Winter Park, Florida. Her mother, Arlyn Sharon (née Dunetz), was born in the Bronx, New York to Jewish parents from Hungary and Russia. [ [http://draven.ifrance.com/ames/s-press.html Summer Phoenix : articles (part 1) ] ] [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173161,00.html FOXNews.com - 'Walk the Line' Star Won't Campaign for Oscar - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment ] ] [ [http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/16489_celebrities.html Ten American showbiz celebrities of Russian descent - Pravda.Ru ] ] Her father, John Lee Bottom, was a lapsed Catholic from Fontana, California. [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8397 JewishJournal.com ] ] In 1968, Phoenix's mother left her family and moved to California, meeting Phoenix's father while hitch-hiking. They married in 1969 and joined the religious cult the Children of God, working as missionaries and fruit pickers in South America. Phoenix has four siblings: two brothers, actors Joaquin and the late River, and two sisters, Rain and Liberty.

Phoenix attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, but left before graduating to pursue a career in film.

A vegan since birth, Phoenix is an avid supporter of several environmental and animal rights causes and charities, including PETA. Phoenix owns the vintage clothing boutique in Manhattan, NY and in Los Angeles, CA called "Some Odd Rubies" with friends Odessa Whitmire and Ruby Canner. [ [http://www.someoddrubies.com/ Some Odd Rubies ] ]

Phoenix became engaged to Casey Affleck on December 25, 2003, and gave birth to a son, Indiana August, on May 31, 2004, in Amsterdam. Phoenix and Affleck married on June 3, 2006 in Savannah, Georgia. They welcomed their second son, Atticus [ [http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/06/05/affleck-brothers-strike-gold-on-the-silver-screen-65233-21028292/ Affleck brothers strike gold on the silver screen] ] , on January 12 2008, . [ [http://www.caseyaffleck.com Casey Affleck ] ]

Filmography

* "Kate's Secret" (1986) (TV), Becky Stark
* "Russkies" (1987), Candi
* "Runaway Ralph" (1988) (TV)
* "Arresting Gena" (1997), Jane Freeman
* "Girl" (1998), Rebecca Fernhurst
* "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998), Candy, Stoned Girl's Friend - Scenes deleted
* "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (1998), Bartender#2/Girl at the Beach
* "SLC Punk!" (1998), Brandy
* "The Faculty" (1998), Fuck You Girl
* "Committed" (2000), Meg
* "Esther Kahn" (2000), Esther Kahn
* "Dinner Rush" (2000), Marti Wellington
* "The Believer" (2001), Carla Moebius
* "The Laramie Project" (2002), Jen Malmskog
* "Wasted" (2002) (TV), Samantha
* "Suzie Gold" (2004), Suzie Gold

References

External links

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* [http://www.someoddrubies.com Some Odd Rubies]