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Brenda Song

Biography

Brenda Song is an American actress who started as a child model at six and began screen acting. Born in Carmichael, California, she won a Young Artist Award for The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) and signed with Disney Channel. She became recognized as London Tipton in The Suite Life franchise and as the title character in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006), earning two Young Hollywood Awards. Her credits include Get a Clue (2002), Like Mike (2002) and Stuck in the Suburbs (2004). She moved into mainstream work with the critically acclaimed The Social Network (2010), appeared in Scandal, New Girl, Dads, Pure Genius and Station 19. Later roles include Secret Obsession (2019), Changeland (2019), Love Accidentally (2022), the voice of Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia and Princess Akemi in Blue Eye Samurai. She earned renewed recognition for The Last Showgirl (2024), which brought her a shared award from the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and for the Netflix series Running Point.

38years old

Turns 39 on March 27in 164 days

  • Born Carmichael
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Brenda Julietta Song (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
16
Career span
29 years1997 to 2026

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  1. First role

    Song's first starring role was as the title character in the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. She had been set for a supporting part, but got the lead after she began martial arts training.

  2. Big break

    Song landed the role of London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody without ever auditioning for it.

  3. First role

    Song's first film role came in Requiem, a 1995 short film made by actress Elizabeth Sung while she was a student at AFI.

Brenda Song movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Social Network2010 Biography, Dramaas Christy Ling

    IMDb rating 7.8829K votes

  2. Secret Obsession2019 Drama, Horror, Thrilleras Jennifer Williams

    IMDb rating 4.527K votes

  3. The Last Showgirl2024as Mary-Anne

    IMDb rating 6.523K votes

  4. Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior2006as Wendy Wu

    IMDb rating 5.58.7K votes

  5. College Road Trip2008as Nancy

    IMDb rating 4.417K votes

  6. Like Mike2002as Reg Stevens

    IMDb rating 5.525K votes

  7. Stuck in the Suburbs2004as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz

    IMDb rating 5.64.9K votes

  8. Get a Clue2002as Jennifer

    IMDb rating 5.18.2K votes

Worked with

Brenda Song shares two films with Jamie Lee Curtis, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Brenda Song's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$356 million

5 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 16 films: 5 worldwide figure; 8 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found; 1 too new to count.

  • 5Worldwide figure
  • 8Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found
  • 1Too new to count

Highest grossing

The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Social Network2010as Christy Ling
    $225M63.2% of the total
  2. 2
    Like Mike2002as Reg Stevens
    $62M17.5% of the total
  3. 3
    College Road Trip2008as Nancy
    $52M14.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Leave It to Beaver1997as Susan
    $11M3.1% of the total
  5. 5
    The Last Showgirl2024as Mary-Anne
    $6.4M1.8% of the total

Awards

Four awards and honors.

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Brenda Song's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
Hollywood Film FestivalWon
Palm Springs International Film FestivalWon
Young Artist AwardsWon
Young Hollywood AwardsWon

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