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Brenda Song Role: London Tipton
Birthday : 27 March, 1988
Birthplace : Carmichael, California, USA
Birth Name : Brenda Song
AKA : London Tipton, Brenda Song
Recent Role : London Tipton on ‘The Suite Life on Deck’
Nickname : B, Bren, BS, Bren S
Height : 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Gender : Female

Brenda Song is a very popular American actress, model, voice actor, host and a singer as well. She reached on the pinnacle of the success with her appearance on ‘Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior’, a Disney channel production which grabbed 5.7 million viewers on the night of its premiere. Brenda Song was named among ‘13 Hottest Young Stars to watch’ by the TV Guide.

Brenda Song was born to a Hmong father, a second grade teacher and a Thai mother, a homemaker. She has two younger sisters, namely Timmy and Nathan. She was interested to become an actress since her childhood so she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, when she was at six only, to support her acting career. Rest of the family moved in with them after two years. Her mother had breast cancer and the way, lady dealt with it, motivated Brenda to deal with the obstacles of life. Brenda joined community college and majored in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Brenda’s show business career began when an agent from a modeling school spotted her in a shopping mall in San Francisco. She had very small roles in the episodes of ‘Thunder Alley’. Next, she appeared in the 1995 Requiem. The movie in which she portrayed the young version of ‘Fong’ won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. Brenda’s first theatrical role was in ‘Santa with Muscles’. In 1997, she was seen in ‘Leave it to Beaver’ and in 1999, she appeared with Nickelodeon’s 100 deeds for Eddie McDowd’. She also has small appearances in ‘7th Heaven’, ‘Judging Amy’, and ‘Bette’. In 2000, she appeared in Disney movie ‘The Ultimate Christmas Present’. Her performance on ‘The Bernie Mac Show’ won her a nomination for ‘Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series, Guest Starring Young Actress’. In the same year, 2002, she landed a role in family film ‘Like Mike’. She was also among the star cast of ‘Get a Clue’, first Disney Channel Original Movie which received 1 million viewers. During 2004-05, Brenda made a recurring appearance as Tia in the Disney Channel’s ‘Phil of the Future’. After this, Brenda made guest appearance in ‘That’s So Raven’, a Disney Channel Show. She appeared in popular teen movies ‘Like Mike’ and ‘College Road Trip’ and also in Disney Channel movies ‘Get a Clue’ and ‘Stuck in the Suburbs’.

She has won a Young Artist Award for her superb performance in ‘The Ultimate Christmas Present’. Later, she got a nomination for an Asian Excellence Award for her role on ‘The Suite Life of Zack & Cody’ as the hotel heiress London Tipton.

Brenda was a member of Disney Channel Circle of Stars, a group of performers from several different Disney Channel Television Series. Brenda was seen in Jesse McCartney’s music video for ‘Good Life’ in 2004. In 2007, she appeared in a music video for ‘Open Up Your Eyes’, lately featured in her movie Holidaze. Brenda also recorded a song ‘I’m Not That Girl’ for ‘Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior’ and ‘Bop To The Top’ and ‘Really Great’.

In 2006, Brenda hosted ‘A World of Change’, an annual charity fashion show. She participated in the YMCA healthy kids’ day in Chicago in 2006 and 2007. She has been named as the ‘great role model’ for young girls by Asiance Magazine. Brenda Song secured ninth no. in Netscape’s 2007 ‘Top 10 Pretty Petites in Entertainment’. She was ranked 3 on Maxim’s Asian Hot 100 of 2008 list. In 2008, a controversy occurred when her copyrighted image was used in an ad for an escort agency. Song filed a libel suit against the firm and sought $100,000 in damages. Currently, she resides with her parents and young brothers in a suburb of Los Angeles, California.
Role on ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’
Brenda Song portrayed London Tipton on the popular teen drama ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody’ and its spin off ‘The Suite life on Deck’. She was the daughter of Tipton Hotel owner Wilfred Tipton. London, being the heiress of Tipton, had tons of attitude and of course, she was spoiled girl and had her own private suite at the Tipton Hotel. She joined Zack and Cody’s school after being expelled from all private schools she attended. She had several step-moms and was very unhappy with it. Mr. Moseby and Maddie were the ones whom she always shared her troubles with. Her catchphrase was ‘Yay me!’. She was not very bright so all other characters were seen tricking her throughout the show.