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Christy Summerhays

Christy Summerhays

Actor · Born January 4, 1969 (57) · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Christy Summerhays is an American actress.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 4, 1969 (57)
From
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26

What are Christy Summerhays' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
31%
Self
28%
Morality
22%
Bonds
19%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
3
Contemplative
1
Melancholic
1

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Christy Summerhays' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Christy Summerhays' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Forgotten Carols (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Producer · as Lillian Chamberlain

  • Yellowstone(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Carla

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Hereditary(2018)

    as Charlie's Teacher

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Being Charlie(2015)

    as Female Staffer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • White on Rice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Mrs. Polleys

  • Minor Details(2009)

    as Pauline

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Blank Slate(2008)

    as Wendy Wilmont

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Daddy Day Camp(2007)

    as Margo

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Benji: Off the Leash! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Colby's Mom

  • Everwood(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Jenny Foster

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Karena Thomas

  • Dead by Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Melanie

  • In My Sister's Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Trish

  • Hostage High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Margaret Fine

  • Divided by Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Annie Vandenberg

  • Unabomber: The True Story(1996)

    as Lorraine

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Same River Twice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Nancy

  • Just Like Dad(1995)

    as Miss Quinn

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Out of Annie's Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Morgan Bradshaw

Career shape

Star power in the 80th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1995 to 2020; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Hereditary (2018)

$90M worldwide

Highest rated

Hereditary (2018)

Midcredits 90th

Film career

19952020

Peak 2017 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2004Screen debut· Benji: Off the Leash!

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting19 of 19: 18 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thDirecting1 of 19: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 19: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s8 · acting2000s7 · acting2010s3 · acting2020s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Christy Summerhays' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Minor Details (2009)

87th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Hereditary (2018)

Midcredits 90th · 75% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 61. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.