Summer Bishil
Summer Bishil (* 17th July 1988 in Pasadena , California ) is an American actress .
Life
Bishil was born in Pasadena in 1988 to an Indian father and an American-Mexican mother. From the early 1990s she lived with her family for a short time in Saudi Arabia and later in Bahrain. The family returned to California in the early 2000s.
She took on her first leading role in 2007 in the controversially discussed Blunt - Nothing is Private , directed by Alan Ball . Bishil took on the role of 13-year-old Jasira Maroun , an American of Lebanese origin who discovered her sexuality. The role is considered her breakthrough in Hollywood.
Your next major role followed in 2009 Crossing Over alongside Harrison Ford , Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd . In M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy film The Legend of Aang , Bishil took on the role of Azula in 2010 .
Since 2015 she can be seen in the role of Margo Hanson in the Syfy series The Magicians .
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Zeit der Sehnsucht ( Days of our Lives , soap opera, one episode)
- 2006: Just for Kicks (TV series, episode 1x02)
- 2006: Drake & Josh (TV series, episode 4x01)
- 2006: Hannah Montana (TV series, episode 1x16)
- 2006: Halloweentown 4 - The Witches College (Return to Halloweentown)
- 2007: Blunt - Nothing is Private (Towelhead)
- 2009: Crossing Over
- 2010: Mooz-lum
- 2010: Public Relations
- 2010: The Legend of Aang (The Last Airbender)
- 2011: The Whole Truth (TV series, episode 1x09)
- 2011: 90210 (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2011: Lip Service
- 2013: Lucky 7 (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2013: Destruction: Las Vegas (Blast Vegas)
- 2015: iZombie (TV series episode 1x05)
- 2015–2020: The Magicians (TV series, 62 episodes)
Web links
- Summer Bishil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summer Bishil in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Summer Bishil Aims to Play Against Type at washingtonpost.com, March 13, 2009
- ↑ Gulf girl makes it big in Hollywood at arabianbusiness.com, accessed October 30, 2011
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SURNAME | Bishil, Summer |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena , California , United States |