Who is Summer Phoenix?

Summer Joy Phoenix was born in Winter Park, Florida USA on 10 December 1978 – her zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and she holds American nationality. She’s an actress, model and a fashion designer, with close to 30 acting credits to her name, while she’s perhaps still known best for her portrayal of the main character Carla Moebius, in the 2001 drama movie “The Believer”. Written and directed by Henry Bean, it also starred Ryan Gosling and Peter Meadows, and follows the life of a Jewish man who was a member of the KKK – Ku Klux Klan – in the ‘60s; the film won six of the 16 awards for which it was nominated.

Early life and education

Summer was raised alongside her sisters Rain and Liberty, and brothers River and Joaquin, in Winter Park by their father John Lee Bottom and their mother Arlyn Sharon Phoenix (nee Dunetz), who was a social activist.

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All of Summer’s siblings have become actors and actress, while Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is perhaps the most popular amongst them, winning an Oscar for his portrayal of the title character in the 2019 psychological thriller movie “Joker”.

Summer became interested in acting at a very early age, and was five years old when she made her debut TV series appearance in the episode “Flight #093 Is Missing” of the action science fiction adventure “Airwolf”. The same year also saw her play Cindy Donovan in the episode “We’re Off to Kill the Wizard” of the mystery crime drama “Murder, She Wrote”.

She continued acting throughout her entire education. Summer attended a local high school, at which she was into various activities, including playing soccer, practicing creative writing, and doing gymnastics. Upon matriculating in 1996, she enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, but dropped out after two years to focus on her acting career.

Roles in movies

Summer made her debut film appearance in 1986, with her portrayal of Frannie in the comedy “Taking It Home”, and a couple of her following roles were in the 1986 drama “Kate’s Secret”, the 1987 drama “Russkies”, and later the 1997 drama “Arresting Gena”.

She gained recognition in 1998, when she played Brandy in the musical comedy drama “SLC Punk!”, written and directed by James Merendino, and which starred Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian and Annabeth Gish. It follows Heroin Bob and Stevo, the only two dedicated punks in Salt Lake City in the ‘80s; the movie won two of the eight awards for which it was nominated.

Summer appeared in three movies in 2000: the mystery science fiction horror “The Faculty”, the comedy drama “Committed”, and the romantic drama “Esther Kahn”.

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Her following notable performance was her portrayal of the main character Suzie Gold, in the eponymous 2004 romantic comedy drama, written and directed by Ric Cantor, and which also starred Ariana Fraval and Daniel Mendoza. It follows Suzie as her sister is about to marry, while Suzie has now fallen in love with the non-Jewish man Darren; the movie was nominated for a single award.

Summer then took a 12-year-long break from acting, to focus on her family. She returned in 2016, with her portrayal of Samantha in the drama “All at Once”, and in 2017, she played one of the main characters, Beatrice Price, in the thriller drama “The Mad Whale”. Directed by Sonia A. Guggenheim and David Breschel, it also starred Camilla Belle and Dominic Rains, and follows the women in a mental asylum as they’re staging their production of “Moby Dick”.

Two of Summer’s most recent film roles have been in 2019, in the biographical drama “Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto”, and the short drama “Skin”.

Roles in TV series

Summer portrayed Molly Kelly in the 1987 episode “Elegy” of the romantic comedy “Duet”, and the same year saw her play Jody in the episode “Big Brother’s Not Watching”, of the family comedy “Growing Pains”.

In 1988, she made a guest appearance in the episode “Runaway Ralph” of the short adventure “ABC Weekend Specials”, and in the following year, Summer portrayed Bettie Haskell in the episode “Still the New Leave It to Beaver” of the family comedy “The New Leave It to Beaver”; created by Brian Levant, it starred Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers, and follows the lives of Beaver Cleaver and his family and friends. the series aired from 1983 to 1989, and won four of the 17 awards for which it was nominated.

Summer’s only other two roles in TV series have been in the 1990 episode “New Acquaintance” of the science fiction drama “Swamp Thing”, and the 1997 episode “Ambush” of the romantic drama “ER”.

Other credits

Summer wrote and performed the song “The Sky Is Down” in the 2002 movie “Wasted”. In 2004, she sang “Don’t Stop Moving” in the film “Suzie Gold”, and in 2007, she sang “Momma Butterfly” in the film “Reservation Road”.

She has received three special thanks: for the 2007 documentary series “4Real”, the 2010 musical comedy movie “I’m Still Here”, and the critically acclaimed 2016 drama film “Manchester by the Sea”, which won 131 awards including two Oscars, and was nominated for 263 other awards.

Summer has made a guest appearance in a couple of talk-shows, including “Molto Mario” and “Entertainment Tonight”.

Awards and nominations

In 2002, Summer was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, for her performance in “The Believer”, and in 2003, she was nominated for a Prism Award for Performance in TV Movie or Miniseries for “Wasted”.

Love life and marriage with Casey Affleck

On 25 December 2003, Summer and the famous American actor and film director Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt announced that they were engaged. Casey has appeared in over 40 movies and TV series, and has won 68 awards, including an Oscar, while he’s been nominated for 61 other awards; he won his Oscar for his performance in the 2016 drama movie “Manchester by the Sea”, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, and which also starred Kyle Chandler and Michelle Williams. It follows a depressed man who’s being asked to take care of his nephew, after his father passes away.

On 31 May 2004, Summer gave birth to her and Casey’s son Indiana August in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; she and Casey exchanged vows on 3 June 2006, in a private ceremony in Savannah, Georgia, attended by their closest friends and family members. On 12 January 2008, Summer gave birth to their second son Atticus, but in March 2016, after close to 10 years of marriage, Summer and Casey revealed that they had separated five months prior; their divorce was finalized in 2017.

Neither of the two have spoken of any other people whom they have perhaps been with since their divorce, so as of September 2021, Summer seems to be single, was married to Casey Affleck, with whom she has two sons.

Hobbies and other interests

Summer loves to travel, and her acting career has taken her all around the US, as well as to a couple of European countries, including England, France and Italy; her dream travel destination is Tokyo in Japan.

She’s physically active, and has a couple of training sessions at the gym each week, while she’s also following a strict diet – Summer is a vegan.

She’s a huge lover of animals, and has volunteered at various animal shelters, as well as donated money.

Summer’s favorite season is summer, as she enjoys sun tanning and drinking cocktails at the beach.

She has her own favorite actors and actresses, some of whom are Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Amanda Seyfried, while a couple of her favorite movies are the franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Titanic” and “Les Miserables”.

Age, height and net worth

Summer’s age is 42. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) and she weighs around 128lbs (58kgs).

As of September 2021, her net worth has been estimated at over $4 million, while her ex-husband Casey’s net worth is reputedly over $20 million.

Who is Loryn Powell?

Loryn Powell was born in Virginia, USA on 25 February 1987 – her zodiac sign is Pisces, and she holds American nationality. She’s an actress, comedienne, film writer and producer, and a YouTuber who’s perhaps known best for having written, produced and directed the game-show “Skin Wars: Naked Truth”, which starred Kandee Johnson, Kingsley and Piper Kennedy, and aired its 17 episodes in 2014 and 2015.

Early life and education

Loryn was raised in Virginia by her parents, about whom nothing’s known, as she respects their privacy; she hasn’t talked about having any siblings, and so is because to be an only child.

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Loryn became interested in comedy while attending a local elementary school, as she and her parents would often watch comedy shows on TV. She became interested in writing upon enrolling at a local high school, and took creative writing lessons; Loryn was into various other activities during her four years there, including acting with the school’s drama club, singing and dancing.

Upon matriculating in 2005, she enrolled at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2009.

Acting credits

Loryn made her debut film appearance in 2012, when she starred as Matilda in the short comedy “The First Time”, which also starred Sarah Keith and Fanny Slater, and follows four women who are talking about the time when they lost their virginity. In the same year, she played Kemper, in the short comedy film “Surprise”, which starred Brian Thomas Smith and Kerry Barker, and follows Matthew who’s throwing a party for his girlfriend, and instead from her address book, has invited people from her little black book.

In 2013, Loryn was cast to play Party Staff in the romantic horror comedy movie “Shotgun Wedding”, directed by Danny Roew, and which starred Mike Damus, Kim Shaw and Joel McKinnon Miller.

It follows Robert, who has just shot his finance’s maid of honor with a shotgun, while his mother’s trying her best to still make the wedding happen.

Loryn’s only other role has been her portrayal of Bree, in the 2018 horror thriller movie “Rideshare”, written and directed by Tremain Hayhoe, and which starred Bradley Laborman, Syd Wilder and Curtis McGann. It tells the story of a Rideshare app Hitch, which one night contributed to the making of a horror tale.

Writing, producing and directing credits

Loryn has 12 writing, eight producing and four directing credits. In 2012, she wrote and directed the short films “The First Time” and “Surprise”, and in 2014, she wrote and produced several episodes of the game-shows “Dirty Mind Challenge” and “Photobomb”.

The following year saw her write and direct the game-show “Which Is Worse”, as well as write and produce the game-shows “Toplist”, “Debate Your Fate” and “4 Facts 1 Lie”. She then wrote and produced the popular game show “Challenge Accepted”, and the short comedy series “2 Girls Try 21 Challenges in 2 Minutes”.

In 2017, Loryn wrote the episode “Date Is a Four-Letter Word” of the comedy “Lost n’ Found”, which starred Ashley Alva, Brenna Leigh Noguez and Dorothy Dillingham Blue, and follows the lesbian couple Marty and Harvey who are living together in Los Angeles, California.

More recently, in 2018 Loryn wrote the episode “Glamorous Ottoman Makeover” of the reality show “Marketplace Makeover”, in which she starred alongside Drew Dorsey.

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Other credits

In 2015, she edited the episode “Most Disgusting Pizza Challenge EVER!” of the game-show “Challenge Accepted”.

Loryn has competed herself in a number of game-shows, with her first having been “Dirty Mind Challenge” in 2014, and in the same year in an episode of “Room Tour Challenge”. In 2015, she was a contestant in the game-show “Toplist”, and also has competed in “Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time”.

Loryn has made a guest appearance in a couple of talk-shows, such as “Throwback” and “Hollywood Estate Date”.

YouTube channel

Loryn launched her eponymous YouTube channel on 27 April 2006, and it’s today subscribed to by almost 50,000 people, while she’s amassed over 3.6 million views of all her videos combined.

She’s mostly focused on uploading comedy content, and we’re about to mention three of her most popular videos, which have helped her attract many subscribers.

Loryn’s #1 video “If Your Drinks Could Talk” has been watched over a million times since 24 October 2020, and features Loryn talking as if she were a variety of alcoholic drinks.

Her second most popular video “If House Tours Were Honest” has been viewed over 310,000 times since 13 July 2021 – the title’s quite self-explanatory.

Her third most watched video is “If Your College Self Showed Up Unannounced”, viewed close to 300,000 times since 20 July 2021.

Love life and wedding

Loryn prefers to keep the details of her love life to herself, but it’s known that she’s married to Shawn Casey, an American non-celebrity man, who’s ‘pretending to be an actor in his wife’s internet videos’. He’s into working out, and is quite active on Instagram, as he’s today followed by more than 11,000 people, and has uploaded over 500 pictures.

Their wedding took place in September 2015, a private ceremony attended by many of their friends and family members, and numerous pictures taken during the wedding can be found uploaded on both Loryn and Shawn’s Instagram accounts. It’s widely believed that the two don’t want to have children because they’re both focused on their careers, however, some believe that perhaps one of the two (or both) is infertile.

Neither has spoken of any other people whom they had perhaps been with prior to meeting each other, so as of September 2021, Loryn’s married to Shawn Casey, and doesn’t have children.

Hobbies and other interests

Loryn’s a huge fan of alcoholic drinks, with her favorites being seltzers; she refers to herself as a Seltzpert – ‘seltzer expert’.

Her favorite season is summer, as she enjoys spending her time at the beach, sun tanning and swimming in the ocean; she’s also a huge fan of beach volleyball and soccer.

Loryn likes to travel, and has been to various US states, as well as to a couple of European countries, including France and Spain; her dream travel destination in Miami in Florida.

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She enjoys watching movies late at night, and her favorite actor and actress are Leonardo DiCaprio and Emma Watson, while a couple of her favorite films include “Titanic”, “Inception” and the franchise “Harry Potter”.

Loryn’s a huge dog-lover, and her pet dog Godric Gruffindor can be seen featured in some of her Instagram pictures; she’s created an Instagram account for it, followed by over 8,000 people.

Age, height and net worth

Lory’s age is 34. She has long blonde hair and light blue eyes, her height is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) and she weighs around 128lbs (58kgs).

As of September 2021, her net worth has been estimated at over $1 million.