Biography

Brenda Song

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Born
March 27, 1988 · Carmichael, California, USA
Nicknames
- B
- Bren
- BS
- Bren S
Height
5′ 2″ (1.57 m)

Biography

Brenda Song was born in Carmichael, California. Her father is Hmong and her mother is Thai-American. Brenda, her parents, and her younger brothers Timmy and Nathan now live in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Brenda was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

She stars as London Tipton, the hotel owner's spoiled daughter, in the Disney Channel's sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005). Having acted since age six, Brenda is already a familiar face to Disney Channel viewers. Before beginning production on the new series, she had a recurring role as the hip and trendy Tia on Phil of the Future (2004). She also starred in the top-rated Disney Channel Original Movies Stuck in the Suburbs (2004), the mystery Get a Clue (2002) with Lindsay Lohan, and The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) with Hallee Hirsh and Spencer Breslin.

Her other television credits include guest starring roles on That's So Raven (2003), George Lopez (2002), The Bernie Mac Show (2001), 7th Heaven (1996), One on One (2001), The Nightmare Room (2001), Judging Amy (1999), Popular (1999), Once and Again (1999), and as a panelist on Small Talk (1996). Brenda also had a starring role on the series 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1998).

On the big screen, she starred in Like Mike (2002) opposite Shad Moss and Jonathan Lipnicki, and appeared in Leave It to Beaver (1997) and Santa with Muscles (1996) starring Hulk Hogan.

A self-proclaimed total dork, she loves sampling international cuisine, shopping and studying. She is an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan.
- IMDb mini biography by: Scott Appel Public Relations

Family

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Trademarks

Husky voice

Trivia

Once saved her brother, Timmy Song, from drowning.
Has two children: sons Dakota Song Culkin (b. April 5, 2021) and Carson Culkin (b. December 2022) with a partner (now fiance) Macaulay Culkin.
Speaks Hmong and Thai.
She got her first gig when her friend couldn't go to an audition for a commercial and asked if Brenda could go.
While growing up, she wanted to take ballet lessons, but her mother refused and put her in karate lessons where although she hated the idea of fighting, ironically she loved it so much that she earned a black belt, and was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade.

Quotes

Shoot for the moon, if you fall you might catch a star.
My first kiss was on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005), actually. I was a late bloomer - I was 16, and I did it front of, like, 50 people!
I live in heels, give me a pair of flip-flops and I'll trip all over myself.
I'm the oldest in my family, so I do nothing but chores, chores, and chores! I do the laundry and cooking, and I drive my brothers everywhere. I'm like a second mom!
Writing in a journal comes naturally to me. It helps me escape reality for a while. When I'm upset, instead of taking it out on my brothers. I'll write it down. I feel so much better afterwards.