Brenda Song born March 27, [ 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 , and went on to roles such as the children's television series Fudge and the Nickelodeon series Deeds for Eddie McDowd 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 , and London Tipton in The Suite Life franchise β , earning her acclaim and two Young Hollywood Awards.
Song made her transition into mainstream roles with the critically acclaimed biographical drama film The Social Network and went on to roles in the ABC political thriller Scandal β , the Fox sitcom New Girl and the sitcom Dads In October , 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 β and the action drama series Station 19 β She returned to Disney Channel to provide the voice of Anne Boonchuy in the animated series Amphibia β , starred as Madison Maxwell in the Hulu comedy-drama series Dollface β , and provides the voice of Princess Akemi in Blue Eye Samurai βpresent.
She has also headlined the romantic comedy film Angry Angel , the psychological thriller film Secret Obsession , the comedy-drama film Changeland , the romantic comedy Love Accidentally and the drama film The Last Showgirl She also starred in the horror video game The Quarry Brenda Song was born on March 27, , in Carmichael, California , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] a suburb of Sacramento , to a Hmong father from Bangkok and Thai mother from Chiang Mai who was adopted by a Hmong family.
Her father works as a school teacher and her mother, a housewife. She has two younger brothers named Timmy and Nathan Song. When she was six years old, Song moved with her mother to Los Angeles , California to support her acting career; the rest of the family followed two years later.
As a young girl, Song wanted to do ballet , while her younger brother wanted to take taekwondo. She said, "My mom only wanted to take us to one place," so they settled on taekwondo. Although Song cried all the way through her first class, [ 8 ] she now holds a black belt in taekwondo. Song was named an All-American Scholar in the ninth grade. She was homeschooled and earned a high school diploma at age 16, [ 6 ] [ 5 ] then took courses at a community college.
