Brenda Song Success Story

Childhood

Brenda was born on 27^th March, 1988 to a Thai mother and Hmong father, in Carmichael, California. She moved to L.A at the age of 6. While Song was keen on taking ballet lessons, she was ultimately admitted into taekwondo that earned her the prestigious black belt in later life. Brenda was homeschooled and the bright star earned All-American Scholar while in 9^th grade and she completed high-school diploma at 16.

Early Career

Song embarked on her career pretty early in 1995 and her first acting was at a Little Caesars which was followed by a Barbie ad. Little Brenda debuted in movies with CINE Golden Award winning Requiem in 1995. Her next film was The White Fox and later on she starred in Santa With muscles in 1996.

In between she regularly appeared in Fudge and Thunder Alley television series. Song has also appeared several other TV shows such as Judging Amy, 7^th heaven, Bette, The Bernie Mac Show, The Nightmare Room etc. and of course 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.

In regards to her early films, Song was starred in superhit Like Mike, The Ultimate Christmas Present and Stuck in the Suburbs. Her appearances in both TV serials and movies have fetched her illustrious nomination and a Young Artist Awards. Song signed a Disney contract in 2002 that bagged her a role in Get a Clue for Disney Channel and from then on she has appeared in different US situation comedies as a guest star.

Career

In 2005, Brenda appeared in Disney’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody series as a spoilt heiress . She played the title character in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. She was seen in the movie “College Road Trip” which was a Walt Disney film.

Next, she was seen in the movie Special Delivery which is labelled as a telefilm. She appeared in an animated special for TV called “Macy’s Presents Little Spirit: Christmas in New York”. She was also seen in the cast of Social Network. In 2012 she appeared in First Kiss, the short film. The production of Dads began in 2013 which is a TV show.

Song has been a part of the music video “A dream is a wish your heart makes”. She was also seen in the music video “Good Life”.

Career Highlights

The major highlight of her career was her debut lead role in Disney Channel Original’s Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior in 2006.

Personal Life

It was reported in 2011 that she was engaged to Trace Cyrus but they ended the engagement in 2012.

She has been an inspiring youth for many as a hostess to annual charity shows, Make-a-Wish foundation and UNICEF. She has also lent her voice for the environmental campaign “Disney’s Friends for Change”.

Awards &Achievements

Brenda won the young artist award in 2001 for The Ultimate Christmas Present.

Brenda Song Interview At Disney Channel