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| Birth Name(s) : Brenda Song |
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Full Brenda Song Biography
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.
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.
She 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.
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.Rumors have been circulating about Song and Ricky Ullman dating because of a kiss on the cheek at The Disney Toontown Online festival.
For her role as Samantha Kwan in 2000's The Ultimate Christmas Present, Song was presented with that year's Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Comedy TV Movie. Song received her second Young Artist Award nomination for her January 2002 appearance in "The King and I" episode of The Bernie Mac Show.
One of Song's more notable acting roles is her portrayal of London Tipton the air-headed heiress on the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. She played a recurring role as Tia in the Disney Channel Original Series Phil of the Future.Song in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.
In 2006, Song starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
In late 2006, producers Mark Jackson and Scott Ian confirmed that they have written and produced songs for Brenda. |
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