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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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.
Big break
Song landed the role of London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody without ever auditioning for it.
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
Operation Taco Gary'sas Allison
The Last Showgirlas Mary-Anne
Love Accidentallyas Alexa Parker
Bobbleheads: The Movieas Kelani (voice)
Changelandas Pen
Secret Obsessionas Jennifer Williams
The Little Engine That Couldas Shiny Passenger Train (voice)
The Suite Life Movieas London Tipton
The Social Networkas Christy Ling
College Road Tripas Nancy
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrioras Wendy Wu
Stuck in the Suburbsas Natasha Kwon-Schwartz
Get a Clueas Jennifer
Like Mikeas Reg Stevens
The Ultimate Christmas Presentas Samantha Kwan
Leave It to Beaveras Susan
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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.








Films together
Jamie Lee Curtis2 films together, 2011 to 2024
Jamie Lee Curtis's page The Last Showgirl2024IMDb rating 6.5Song as Mary-AnneCurtis as Annette
The Little Engine That Could2011IMDb rating 5.6Song as Shiny Passenger TrainvoiceCurtis as Beverlyvoice
Grey Griffin1 film together, 2020
Grey Griffin's page Bobbleheads: The Movie2020IMDb rating 2.4Song as KelanivoiceGriffin as Rosavoice
Jeff Bennett1 film together, 2011
Jeff Bennett's page The Little Engine That Could2011IMDb rating 5.6Song as Shiny Passenger TrainvoiceBennett as Hudson, Red Enginevoice
Whoopi Goldberg1 film together, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg's page The Little Engine That Could2011IMDb rating 5.6Song as Shiny Passenger TrainvoiceGoldberg as The Towervoice
Jim Cummings1 film together, 2011
Jim Cummings's page The Little Engine That Could2011IMDb rating 5.6Song as Shiny Passenger TrainvoiceCummings as Rustyvoice
Christopher McDonald1 film together, 1997
Christopher McDonald's page Leave It to Beaver1997IMDb rating 5.2Song as SusanMcDonald as Ward Cleaver
Peter SullivanDirector, 2 films, 2019 to 2022
All films by Peter Sullivan Love Accidentally2022IMDb rating 5.3Song as Alexa Parker
Secret Obsession2019IMDb rating 4.5Song as Jennifer Williams
Box office
What Brenda Song's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
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$225M63.2% of the total
- 2$62M17.5% of the total
- 3$52M14.5% of the total
- 4$11M3.1% of the total
- 5$6.4M1.8% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Hollywood Film Festival | Won | ||
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | Won | ||
| Young Artist Awards | Won | ||
| Young Hollywood Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.







