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Brenda Song

Overview

Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is known to younger and older audiences for starring in the Disney Channel Original Series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as the not-so-intelligent heiress London Tipton, and she became known to older audiences for starring in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior which is currently the eighth highest viewed Disney Channel Original Movie with over 5.7 million viewers on the night of its premiere. She has made appearances in other Disney Channel original series and films. Song has been featured in Hollywood films like Requiem, Santa with Muscles and Like Mike. According to Variety, Song and Shin Koyamada will star in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior 2, where Song will reprise the title role; shooting begins in early 2008.She has been voted as one of Teen People's 25 hottest stars under 25.

Personal Life

Brenda Song was born in Carmichael, California (a suburb of Sacramento) to a Hmong American father and a Thai American mother. Her father is a second-grade teacher and her mother is a homemaker. Her family immigrated to America from Laos in 1976. Song lives in Greater Los Angeles with her parents and her two younger brothers, Timmy (three years younger) and Nathan (eight years younger).Song holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade.Song started in show business as a child fashion model in San Francisco.

She graduated from high school as valedictorian with Kay Panabaker when she was 16 years old, and she received her Associate's degree at age 17. She has been voted as one of Teen People's 25 hottest stars under 25. Song has also ranked #9 in Netscape's "Top 10 Pretty Petites in Entertainment".

Song currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Song is managed by The Curtis Talent Management.

Television career

Early work
Song began acting at the age of six. Her first television appearance was in a Little Caesars commercial. The John Robert Powers modeling agency claims that Song was one of their students in their success stories.

Song's early career was marked by playing minor roles, she appeared in many shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s like 7th Heaven , Once and Again ,Popular , Judging Amy , The Nightmare Room and The Bernie Mac Show , which led to a Young Artist Award nomination for the catogery "Best Performance in a Television Comedy Series, Guest Starring Young Actress".In 1999, Song appeared as a Trick-or-Treater in a "Mad TV" skit.Song also appeared in Bette with close friend Ashley Tisdale. Her first major part was in Nickelodeon's 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd as Sariffa Chung. Song's first film appearance was the 1995 short film Requiem, an AFI student film by actress Elizabeth Sung. Song was discovered at 7 years old to play a young version of "Fong," who is played as an adult in the film by Tamlyn Tomita. Song had a cameo role in A Cinderella Story as Kelly Anderson.
Disney Channel era
Song has also starred in the Disney movie The Ultimate Christmas Present, where she won a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie Comedy, Supporting Young Actress". Song also starred in another Disney movie called Get a Clue alongside with Lindsay Lohan and Stuck in the Suburbs alongside Danielle Panabaker. Song has also guest appeared in Disney Channel shows like Lizzie McGuire. Song also had minor roles in many American sitcoms, her most notable appearance is in Will and Grace, One Tree Hill and Strong Medicine. Song has a voice over role in Costume Party Capers: The Incredibles.

Song had roles in three feature films. Song's first feature film was in 1996, when she appeared with Hulk Hogan in Santa with Muscles. She played Susan Acustus in the 1997 film Leave it To Beaver ; and in 2002, she played Reg in Like Mike.

In 2005, Song was cast in the role of London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody after auditioning for the roles of Maddie Fitzpatrick and London Tipton. As the series became popular, Song became a featured performer on the Disney Channel and performed a voice role in Disney's American Dragon: Jake Long series. She played a recurring role as Tia in the Disney Channel's Phil of the Future.

In 2006, Song starred in the Disney Channel Original Movies Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, which received 5.7 million viewers making Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior the eighth highest viewed Disney Channel Original Movie. This is the first movie where Song does not play a sidekick character. In early 2007, Song traveled to Malaysia, Singapore and Mexico to promote the film.

Song appeared in the Disney Channel Games 2006 as captain of the Blue Team. Song also appeared in the second rendition of the Disney Channel Games this year as captain of the Red Team.Song is currently hosting a new Disney Channel short series called "Pass the Plate",which is a multicultural series that is produced in association with Disney Channel in 10 countries.

In December 2006, Song was named The Queen of Disney by CosmoGIRL! and Popstar! Magazine and she was named the "Actress of the Year" by the readers of Askmen.com.

Song has a voice over role in Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen, which also features the voices of fellow Disney Channel stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse and Emily Osment.

Song is set to star alongside Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman in American Darlings. According to Variety, Song and Shin Koyamada will star in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior 2, where Song will reprise the title role; shooting begins in early 2008.

Film career

Song's first role in a theatrical motion picture was in Santa with Muscles ( 1996),an independent film starring professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.Song also appeared in Leave It to Beaver (1998) as Susan Acustis.Later in 1998,Song has a cameo appearance in the first sequel from the Blade Trilogy.

Song's first film appearance was the 1995 short film
Requiem, an AFI student film by actress Elizabeth Sung. Song was discovered at 7 years old to play a young version of "Fong," who is played as an adult in the film by Tamlyn Tomita.

Her first major role in a feature film was in the family film Like Mike (2002), starring rapper Bow Wow.Song portaryed the character Reg Stevens,the film received positive reviews and was successful enough to spawn a sequel, in which Song did not participate. Afterwards,Song appeared in
Get a Clue ,alongside with actress Lindsay Lohan.In 2004, Song appeared in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story,starring Hilary Duff.The reviews were mostly negative, the film went on to become a moderate box office hit.

In 2006,Song was featured in Fox's animated film
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen,which also had other Disney stars like Dylan and Cole Sprouse and Emily Osment,Osment and Song were also featured in the prom issue for Popstar! Magazine.Song's next project, American Darlings, a feature film set during the swing era, stars Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Lopez.According to Variety, Song and Shin Koyamada will star in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior 2, where Song will reprise the title role; shooting begins in early 2008.Though it has not been confirmed if the movie will be released in as a theatrical Disney film or a Disney Channel Original Movies.Song confirmed that she will star alongside with Raven-Symoné and Martin Lawrence in Walt Disney Pictures's College Road Trip.<bgref>Brenda Song Teen Mag Interview 2 <i>TeenMag.com Accessed 2007-5-7.</bgref>

Music career

Song was part of the Disney Channel Group of Stars, a group of performers from several different Disney Channel television series, in a version of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes". The recording appears on both the special edition </i>Cinderella DVD and on the DisneyMania 4 CD. The album CD was released in April 2005 under the Walt Disney Records label and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200, and number 2 on the Top Kids Audio chart,<bgref>Disneymania, vol 4. <i>Allmusic.com. Accessed 2007-06-18.</bgref> with sales reported at 417,000 copies U.S. and 600,000 copies worldwide.

In late 2006, producers Mark Jackson and Scott Ian confirmed that they have written and produced songs for her.
Soundtracks

Awards and nominations

* Won: 2001 Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie Comedy, Supporting Young Actress", for </i>The Ultimate Christmas Present.<bgref>22nd Annual Young Artist Awards. <i>YoungArtistAwards.org. Accessed 2007-06-20.</bgref> * Nominated: 2003 Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a Television Comedy Series, Guest Starring Young Actress", for </i>The Bernie Mac Show''.

Filmography

Films
Television
Guest appearances

References

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Song has also starred in the Disney movie The Ultimate Christmas Present, where she won a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie Comedy, Supporting Young Actress". Song also starred in another Disney movie called Get a Clue alongside with Lindsay Lohan and Stuck in the Suburbs alongside Danielle Panabaker. Song has also guest appeared in Disney Channel shows like Lizzie McGuire...

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