- Has 2 sons: Indiana Affleck (b. May 31, 2004) & Atticus Affleck (b. January 12, 2008) with ex-husband, Casey Affleck.
- She named her older son Indiana after her late brother, River Phoenix, who played young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
- Her name, Summer Joy, represented her family's reaction to being back in the United States after leaving the religious cult, The Children of God.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
- The name of her store (Some Odd Rubies) is a play on the owners' names (Some for Summer, Odd for Odessa, and Rubies for Ruby).
- April/May 2002: Appeared at London's Garrick Theatre, in "This Is Our Youth", alongside Matt Damon and Casey Affleck.
- Often works with good friend Clea DuVall.
- Opened a recycled vintage clothing boutique on Manhattan's Lower East Side called "Some Odd Rubies" which she co-owns with Odessa Whitmire (Matt Damon's ex-girlfriend) and Ruby Canner (a childhood friend). (May 2003)
- Together with business partners Odessa Whitmire and Ruby Canner, Summer opened a West Coast branch of her fashion boutique Some Odd Rubies. The new store is located in Los Angeles.
- Wrote/Played some piano pieces on her sister Rain Phoenix's new CD.
- Appears in Girl (1998) with Sean Patrick Flanery, who, like her brother River Phoenix, played the young Indiana Jones.
- Aunt of Jonas Winter (b. 1993), a son of her sister Rain Phoenix; Rio Everest Phoenix-Asch (b. 1997), Indigo Orion Phoenix-Asch (1999-2001, died from pneumonia at age 2) and Scarlette Jasmine Phoenix-Asch (b. 2001) - children of her sister Liberty Phoenix.
- Is a member of "The Paper Cranes", an alternative band that plays the New York City club scene. She plays the Rhodes, piano and guitar. They have released an EP and have plans to produce more. Her sister, Rain Phoenix, is the band's lead vocalist. "Paper Cranes" plays mostly shows in Gainesville, Florida.
- Her father, from California, has English, along with Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Irish, Welsh, and French Huguenot, ancestry. Her mother was born in the Bronx, New York, to Jewish parents whose families were from Hungary and Russia.
- (January 1997 - May 1998) Attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts film school.
- Can currently be seen on stage at the Garrick Theatre, London in a highly successful production of Kenneth Lonergan's play "This Is Our Youth" (opposite Matt Damon and Casey Affleck.) Run ends June 15th. (May 2002)
- Competed with her sister, Liberty Phoenix, for the part of "Candi" in Russkies (1987)
- Her brother, the late River Phoenix, played the young Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Her brother-in-law, Ben Affleck, played the younger version of Harrison Ford's character in The Sum of All Fears (2002).
- Was a member of the (now defunct) quasi-religious alternative band "The Causey Way" (along with her elder sister Rain Phoenix). She played keyboards and sang back vocals, occasionally. In keeping with the pseudo-religious "Causey" theme, each band member, when they were inducted, was given a new Causey name. Summer's Causey name was "Sum Sum Causey".
- Daughter of John Lee Bottom & Heart Phoenix.
- Born at 2:34 AM EST
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