Brenda Song

I was born in Carmichael, California (a suburb of Sacramento) to a Hmong American father and a Thai American mother. My family immigrated to America from Laos in 1976. I have two younger brothers, Timmy and Nathan, with whom she and mt parents live in Los Angeles. I holds a black belt in Taekwando and was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade. I began acting and modeling at age six. My first television appearance was in a Little Caesars commercial. I also played a minor role in a skit on MADtv. I started in acting when auditioning at the John Robert Powers acting agency. I began My professional performing career almost from infancy, and was appearing on television in commercials, series guest roles, and minor movie parts from the age of 6. While growing up, I wanted to take ballet lessons, but my mother refused and put me in Tae Kwon Do lessons.One of my more notable acting roles is my portrayal of London Tipton in the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (alongside Ashley Tisdale and twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse). I also played a recurring role as Tia in the Disney Channel Original Series Phil of the Future and as Sariffa Chung on Nickelodeon's 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd. I starred as Wendy Wu in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.I had minor guest appearances on the Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven, American Dragon: Jake Long, and Lloyd In Space; on One on One, George Lopez, The Nightmare Room, The Bernie Mac Show, Judging Amy, Bette, Charmed, and 7th Heaven; and "extra" appearances on Reba, Strong Medicine, Supernatural, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Will and Grace, Grounded for Life, Lizzie McGuire, and Even Stevens.I had starring roles as Natasha in the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs (alongside Danielle Panabaker), Jennifer in Get a Clue (alongside Lindsay Lohan), Samantha Kwan in The Ultimate Christmas Present (alongside Hallee Hirsh), and Wendy Wu in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (alongside Shin Koyamada). Wendy Wu first aired on June 16, 2006, where Song starred as a popular high school student who aspires to be Homecoming Queen, but is called to be the next great warrior – my only Disney Channel Original Movie role where she does not portray a sidekick character. In December 2006, I provided voice overs for a 60-minute made-for-television film called The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen.I also sang alongside other Disney Channel stars in their rendition of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," which was released on both the special edition Cinderella DVD and on the DisneyMania 4 CD