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Not to be confused with Brenda Strong.

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Brenda Song
Song in 2009
Born	(1988-03-27) March 27, 1988 (age 36) Carmichael, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993\u2013present
Partner	Macaulay Culkin (2017\u2013present)
Children	2

Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988)^[1] is an American actress. Born in California, Song began her career at the age of six, working as a child model. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the sitcom Thunder Alley (1995), and went on to roles such as the children's television series Fudge (1995) and the Nickelodeon series 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999). She starred in the Disney Channel original film The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000), which won her a Young Artist Award. She subsequently signed a contract with Disney Channel and earned widespread recognition for playing the titular character in the action film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006), and London Tipton in The Suite Life franchise (2005\u20132011), earning her acclaim and two Young Hollywood Awards.^[2] She additionally played the recurring role of Tia in Phil of the Future (2004\u20132005), and had starring roles in the television film Get a Clue (2002), the sports comedy film Like Mike (2002) and the comedy film Stuck in the Suburbs (2004).\n

Song made her transition into mainstream roles with the critically acclaimed biographical drama film The Social Network (2010) and went on to roles in the ABC political thriller Scandal (2012\u20132013), the Fox sitcom New Girl and the sitcom Dads (2013). In October 2014, she signed a talent holding deal with Fox and 20th Century Fox Television and was subsequently cast in several television pilots for NBC and CBS, including the medical drama series Pure Genius (2016\u20132017) and the action drama series Station 19 (2018\u20132020). She returned to Disney Channel to provide the voice of Anne Boonchuy in the animated series Amphibia (2019\u20132022), starred as Madison Maxwell in the Hulu comedy-drama series Dollface (2019\u20132022), and provides the voice of Princess Akemi in Blue Eye Samurai (2023\u2013present). She has also headlined the romantic comedy film Angry Angel (2017), the psychological thriller film Secret Obsession (2019), the comedy-drama film Changeland (2019), the romantic comedy Love Accidentally (2022) and the drama film The Last Showgirl (2024). She also starred in the horror video game The Quarry (2022).\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1995\n	Requiem\n	Young Fong\n	Short film\n
1996\n	Santa with Muscles\n	Susan\n	\n
1997\n	Leave It to Beaver\n	Susan Akatsu\n	\n
1998\n	Blade\n	Hostage Child\n	Uncredited\n
1999\n	The White Fox\n	Sandy\n	Short film\n
2002\n	Like Mike\n	Reg Stevens\n	\n
2008\n	College Road Trip\n	Nancy\n	\n
2009\n	Boogie Town\n	Natalie\n	\n
2010\n	The Social Network\n	Christy Lee\n	\n
Little Sister\n	Storyteller\n	\n
2011\n	The Little Engine That Could\n	Shiny Passenger Train\n	Voice, direct-to-video^[119]\n
Cinnamon\n	Cinnamon\n	Voice, direct-to-video\n
2012\n	First Kiss\n	Samantha\n	Short film\n
2019\n	Changeland\n	Pen\n	\n
Secret Obsession\n	Jennifer Allen Williams\n	\n
2020\n	Bobbleheads: The Movie\n	Kelani\n	Voice, direct-to-video\n
2022\n	Love Accidentally\n	Alexa\n	\n
2024\n	The Last Showgirl\n	Mary-Anne\n	\n
Operation Taco Gary's\n	Allison\n	\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1994\u20131995\n	Thunder Alley\n	Kathy\n	2 episodes\n
1995\n	Fudge\n	Jennie\n	2 episodes\n
1999\n	Once and Again\n	Chrissy\n	Episode: \"There Be Dragons\"\n
MADtv\n	Trick-or-Treater\n	Episode: \"Halloween Special Edition\"\n
Popular\n	Mandy Shepherd\n	Episode: \"Fall on Your Knees\"\n
2000\u20132002\n	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd\n	Sariffa Chung\n	Recurring role: 19 episodes\n
2000\n	7th Heaven\n	Cynthia\n	2 episodes\n
The Ultimate Christmas Present\n	Samantha Kwan\n	Disney Channel Original Movie\n
The Brothers Garc\u00eda\n	Jenny\n	Episode: \"Love Me Tender\"\n
2001\n	Bette\n	Stacey\n	Episode: \"The Invisible Mom\"\n
ER\n	Lynda An\n	Episode: \"Fear of Commitment\"\n
Judging Amy\n	Vanessa Pran\n	Episode: \"Darkness for Light\"\n
2002\n	The Bernie Mac Show\n	Shannon\n	Episode: \"The King and I\"\n
The Nightmare Room\n	Tessa\n	Episode: \"Dear Diary, I'm Dead\"\n
George Lopez\n	Jennifer\n	Episode: \"Token of Unappreciation\"\n
Get a Clue\n	Jennifer\n	Disney Channel Original Movie\n
For the People\n	Ellie\n	Episode: \"The Double Standard\"\n
2003\n	That's So Raven\n	Amber\n	Episode: \"A Dog by Any Other Name\"\n
Lilo & Stitch: The Series\n	Mitzi Suzuki\n	Voice, 2 episodes\n
One on One\n	Asoniti\n	Episode: \"Keeping It\"\n
2004\u20132005\n	Phil of the Future\n	Tia\n	8 episodes\n
2004\n	Costume Party Capers: The Incredibles\n	Alex\n	Voice, television film\n
Stuck in the Suburbs\n	Natasha Kwon-Schwartz\n	Disney Channel Original Movie\n
2005\u20132008\n	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\n	London Tipton\n	Main role: 85 episodes\n
2006\n	Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior\n	Wendy Wu\n	Disney Channel Original Movie; also co-producer\n
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen\n	Treat\n	Voice, television film^[119]\n
American Dragon: Jake Long\n	Cheerleader Tracey\n	Voice, episode: \"Bring It On\"\n
2007\n	The Emperor's New School\n	Dancing Queen\n	Voice, episode: \"The Emperor's New Tuber/Room for Improvement\"\n
2007\u20132011\n	London Tipton's Yay Me! Starring London Tipton\n	London Tipton\n	Web series\n
2008\n	Macy's Presents Little Spirit: Christmas in New York\n	Paige\n	Television film^[119]\n
Special Delivery\n	Alice Cantwell\n	Television film\n
2008\u20132011\n	The Suite Life on Deck\n	London Tipton\n	Main role: 71 episodes\n
2009\n	Phineas and Ferb\n	Wendy\n	Voice, episode: \"Unfair Science Fair\"^[119]\n
Wizards of Waverly Place\n	London Tipton\n	Episode: \"Cast-Away (to Another Show)\"\n
Hannah Montana\n	London Tipton\n	Episode: \"Super(stitious) Girl\"\n
2011\n	The Suite Life Movie\n	London Tipton\n	Disney Channel Original Movie\n
Pixie Hollow Games^[120]\n	Chloe\n	Voice, television special^[119]\n
2012\n	Key & Peele\n	Purple Falcon\n	Episode: \"Power Falcons\"\n
2012\u20132013\n	Scandal\n	Alissa\n	Recurring role: 4 episodes\n
2013\n	New Girl\n	Daisy\n	Recurring role: 4 episodes\n
2013\u20132014\n	Dads\n	Veronica\n	Main role: 19 episodes\n
2014, 2018\n	Robot Chicken\n	Various voices\n	2 episodes\n
2014\n	The League\n	Rosette\n	Episode: \"The Hot Tub\"\n
2015\n	Miles from Tomorrowland\n	Frida\n	Voice, 3 episodes^[119]\n
2016\n	Life in Pieces\n	Bonnie\n	Episode: \"Bite Flight Wing-Man Bonnie\"\n
2016\u20132017\n	Pure Genius\n	Angie Cheng\n	Main role: 13 episodes^[121]^[122]\n
2017\n	Superstore\n	Kristen\n	2 episodes\n
Angry Angel\n	Allison Pyke\n	Freeform television film\n
2018\u20132020\n	Station 19\n	JJ\n	Recurring role: 10 episodes\n
2019\u20132022\n	Amphibia\n	Anne Boonchuy\n	Voice, lead role^[81]^[119]\n
2019\n	Teen Girl in a Frog World\n	Voice, web series\n
Broken Karaoke\n
2020\n	Theme Song Takeover\n
2021\n	Amphibia: Vlogs from the Bog\n
2019\u20132022\n	Dollface\n	Madison Maxwell\n	Main role: 20 episodes\n
2020\n	The Eric Andre Show\n	Herself\n	Episode: \"The ASAP Ferg Show\"\n
2022\u2013present\n	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder\n	Vanessa Vue\n	Voice, 2 episodes\n
Chibiverse\n	Anne Boonchuy\n	Voice, 3 episodes\n
2023\u2013present\n	Blue Eye Samurai\n	Princess Akemi\n	Voice, main role^[86]^[119]\n
2025\n	Shifting Gears\n	Caitlyn\n	Guest role^[123]\n
Running Point\n	Ali Lee\n	Upcoming series^[88]\n

Year\n	Association\n	Category\n	Work\n	Result\n	Ref.\n
2001\n	Young Artist Awards\n	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy), Supporting Young Actress\n	The Ultimate Christmas Present\n	Won\n	^[16]\n
2003\n	Young Artist Awards\n	Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series, Guest Starring Young Actress\n	The Bernie Mac Show\n	Nominated\n	^[17]\n
2006\n	Asian Excellence Awards\n	Newcomers Award\n	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\n	Nominated\n	^[31]\n
Young Hollywood Awards\n	Best Role Model\n	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\n	Won\n	\n
Superstar of Tomorrow\n	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\n	Won\n	\n
2009\n	The 10th Annual Crown Awards\n	Best Hairstyle on Television\n	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody\n	Won\n	^[126]\n
2010\n	Green Globe Film Awards\n	Outstanding Actors Asians in Hollywood\n	The Suite Life on Deck\n	Nominated\n	^[127]\n
Hollywood Film Awards\n	Ensemble of the Year\n	The Social Network\n	Won\n	\n
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards\n	Best Ensemble Acting\n	The Social Network\n	Won\n	\n
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards\n	Best Performance by an Ensemble\n	The Social Network\n	Nominated\n	\n
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards\n	Best Ensemble\n	The Social Network\n	Nominated\n	\n
2011\n	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards\n	Best Ensemble\n	The Social Network\n	Nominated\n	\n
Gold Derby Awards\n	Best Ensemble Cast\n	The Social Network\n	Nominated\n	\n
Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards\n	Best Ensemble Cast\n	The Social Network\n	Won\n	\n
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards\n	Funniest TV Sidekick\n	The Suite Life on Deck\n	Nominated\n	^[128]\n
2024\n	San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival\n	Special Jury Prize^[a]\n	The Last Showgirl\n	Won\n	^[129]\n

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Brenda Song - American actress and model (born 1988)

Brenda Song - American actress and model (born 1988)