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Brenda has a puppy named Teddy Bear that she got for her 19th birthday.
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Brenda plays London on the Suite Life who loves to go shopping, but ironically, she grew up in Carmichael which didn't have a shopping mall!
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Brenda attended the Disney Channel New Year's Eve Sing-along Bowl-athon.
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Brenda's New Year's resolution for 2007 is not to have a resolution.
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Brenda won the "Best Overall Style" trophy during the Disney Channel New Year Sing-Along Bowl-Athon on December 31, 2006.
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Brenda provided the voice for Trick in the 2006 animated movie, Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen.
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Brenda's birth element is Fire.
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Brenda says her fashion icon is Jennifer Lopez.
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Brenda sees herself in 10 years as 10 years older, and hopefully 10 years wiser.
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Brenda's role model, admire, is her mother.
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Popstar: What's the response to the show?
Brenda: We put so much love and hard work into the show that all we want is for people to watch it and have a good time, just to escape reality for a while!
Cole & Dylan: It's basically the Suite Life of Brenda Song.
Brenda: No! No! They're lying.
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The Star Scoop: You have a huge range of credits. Which do you like better, doing TV or doing movies?
Brenda: It really doesn't matter because they're both very different and each and every job is just like a different experience, it's a new experience. And like every character is different. So I don't really have a preference, 'cause I just want to keep working (laughs) so if I get a movie or a TV show or a commercial, it doesn't really matter to me. And it's just the fact that I just like doing this and so it hasn't made any difference whether it's on film, on TV or you know, I don't have a preference at all.
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Brenda, Ashley, Dylan, and Cole (the main teen stars of the Suite Life) are given the title "The Fab Four" by Tiger Beat Magazine.
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Brenda loves Cole and Dylan Sprouse because they remind her of her brothers.
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Brenda presented at the NAMIC Vision Awards with Ashley Tisdale.
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You can send Brenda fan-mail to this address:
Brenda Song
c/o The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Hollywood Center Studios
1040 N. Las Palmas, Bldg 33, Third Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90038
USA
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The name Brenda is of Scandinavian origin. The name Brenda means, "Sword".
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Brenda Song is currently single.
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Brenda's natural hair color is Dark Brown.
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Brenda's family is part of the Xiong clan.
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Brenda takes online courses at the University of California at Berkely on top of attending community college.
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Brenda's birthday is two days after that of her Phil of The Future co-star, Alyson Michalka, though Brenda is a year older.
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Brenda was in the new issue of Teen People (with Lindsay Lohan on the cover), Popstar! and Bop
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The Disney Channel Holiday video features a special Christmas episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody staring Brenda Song.
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On August 5 2005 Brenda Song went to New York City and caught a performance of Beauty and the Beast and posed with star Brooke Tansley backstage after loving every minute of the musical.
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"It`s so much fun to play London," Brenda Song says, "because she`s my fantasy character. Her daddy owns the hotel, she shops until she drops, everyone works for her, and her closet is a dream."
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The London character wasn`t exactly written for an Asian girl. "I was very fortunate," Brenda Song says, "and didn`t have to audition for the role." She was, after all, already a veteran for the cable channel, having appeared in other Disney productions such as Stuck in the Suburbs and Get A Clue.
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Brenda was at the 7th Annual Easter EGGS-Plosion 2005 on Saturday, March 26th, 2005.
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Brenda has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Brenda: It's funny because everyone looks at me wearing stiletto shoes and carrying my Louis Vuitton purse. They're always like, "You do tae kwon do?" and I'm like, "Yeah. For like, six years." I'm a person who gets obsessed about things. Once I do something, I have to be really good at it. I have to do it so I'm the best.
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Question: What does it mean to be Asian-American to you?
Brenda: The thing about being Asian-American is that it's probably the same as someone being African-American. We all have our culture and we're all very proud of it and we're all American. It doesn't matter if we're black, yellow, white, green, or blue. We're all people.
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Question: Do you miss not going to regular high school?
Brenda: A lot of people ask me that. There's a part of me that's like, "I didn't get to go to high school." People say I missed out on a lot of experiences like prom, dances, and friends. But I look at it like my prom was going to my first movie. That was the biggest thing for me.
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Question: You've been on several shows on the Disney Channel. What is it about the network that you like so much?
Brenda: The thing about the Disney Channel is that they have commercials where they show Express Yourself kids doing things like doing tae kwon do or recycling, and my brothers are watching that. And he asked me, "Brenda, what's recycling?" I explained it to him. That's wonderful. If he's watching that and he saw kids recycling on TV and he came to ask me what it is, that's what I want my brother watching. That's what I want my brother to see. He's laughing, but he's also learning something at the same time.
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Brenda Song had a several-episode guest role as Tia in the Disney Channel Series Phil of the Future and she had a starring role as a girl named Natasha in the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs.
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Brenda Song is most familiar to Disney Channel viewers, having starred in three and soon to be four DCOMs and in two TV shows.
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Brenda is granted free admission at Disneyland.
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Brenda had a featured role in the film, Blade.
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Brenda had a lead role in the film, Game In The Sun.
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Brenda had a role in the film, The White Fox.
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Brenda's trade mark is her husky voice.
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Brenda Song plays a role as Sariffa in the TV show 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd.
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Brenda played the role of Natasha Kwon-Shwartz in the 2004 Disney Channel Original film titled, Stuck in the Suburbs.
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Brenda played the role of Young Fong in the 1995 film titled, Requiem.
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Brenda appeared in a Disney Imagineer That commercial on the Disney Channel.
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Star Scoop: What are the qualities of your ideal boyfriend?
Brenda: Um, I think at this point it would just be someone that I could relate to, that I could just talk with and not have to worry. Someone who isn’t insecure, someone just totally cool that could be my best friend.
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Tiger Beat Magazine says, "If it weren't for their different backgrounds, we'd swear that Ashley and Brenda were related!"
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Ashley Tisdale: Brenda and I are like sisters. On our lunch breaks we go shopping and get our nails done. I knew Brenda for four years before the show even started. It's the coolest thing to get to work with my best friend.
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As friends, Brenda and Ashley Tisdale help solve each other's problems.
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In an issue of Tiger Beat Magazine, it says that Ashley (Tisdale) and Brenda Song have the same favorites: shopping, makeup, and yummy drinks from Coffee Bean.
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Brenda Song said, "that Ashley Tisdale and her have become like sisters".
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Brenda, as well as Dylan and Cole Sprouse, were invited to Ashley Tisdale's 19th Birthday Party.
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Ashley and Brenda worked together on an episode for the Bette Midler Show.
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Star Scoop: How did you get your start in acting?
Brenda: I actually started out modeling in San Francisco. All I remember is like Cindy Crawford, I wanted to be on TV. So I got an agent and I started doing modeling and as that went on I wanted to do other things, like when you do modeling you're standing, you took pictures, look pretty, all that. I really wanted to explore a little bit more. So I started moving on to commercials and then shows and then films and so on and so forth.
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Brenda's little brother hangs out with Dylan and Cole Sprouse.
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Question: What do you think about Dylan and Cole Sprouse?
Brenda: They are so much fun to be with. They act brilliantly and with all the actors in the story, I can proudly say that we make a pretty good team. It's like we're in one big family. Oh, yea, Dylan and Cole Sprouse are also my brother's friends. They hangout together sometimes. So, we get along just fine.
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Brenda Song liked doing Stuck in the Suburbs. She said “Doing Stuck in the Suburbs is awesome because I made like life-long friends because Danielle Panabaker and I like, we call each other and I talked to her this morning.
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Brenda Song went to the director of Stuck in the Suburbs daughter’s 4th birthday.
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When Brenda was asked what her favorite character that she played was; she said, “I can't really have a favorite character because each one is different from all these experiences that I love and hold onto.”
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Brenda Song quotes the Suite Life of Zack and Cody as "this is a story I don't want to be excluded."
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Question: Are you happy about your part? Is it your first choice?
Brenda: Yes, definitely. I enjoy being London Tipton. It's so much fun to act like her, as she has negative sides as well as positives sides. I think that makes her character interesting to act.
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Brenda Song has met legendary actor Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie's father.
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Brenda enjoys singing karaoke with Ricky Ullman.
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Brenda thinks Ricky Ullman is "the all around best guy in the world."
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For Brenda Song, working in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is really the suite life.
Brenda: I live out my dream everyday when I go to work. As long as I keep working I’m happy.
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Brenda: Since I’m still working on the show (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody), I’m going to start Internet college courses for two years to finish out my generals. Then, hopefully after that, I can apply to a university. I’m not planning to take a break - I’m just trying to get the best of both worlds.
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Brenda Song has an interest in martial arts: "My brother was taking Tae Kwon Do classes, and I wanted to take dance classes, but my mom was too lazy to take me so I ended up going with my brother. I ended up loving it!" She loved it enough to earn herself a black belt at age 14.
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A word of advice from Brenda: “The sky's the limit. Reach for the stars. Anything that you want to do, you never know. Like anything's possible. Like, if I can get here, anyone can. I was just a little two year old saying I want to be on TV and you know, I going to be doing my own show next month. And so I really think you should just try, 'cause you never know, and if you really, truly want to do this and you really have passion for it, go for it. Because no one should tell you that you can't do something.”
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Star Scoop: How would you describe the style you wear?
Brenda: I change a lot. I went through this really Goth stage and I went through this really colorful 80’s – 80’s rock and then I went through the Abercrombie where the torn jeans with wife beater with the flip flops. You know, but myself, I’m really laid back; it’s really just however I feel in that moment.
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Brenda: Ten years – hopefully I’ll still be working on some sort of something in ten years. Hopefully I’ll be able to drive. I’ll have a place of my own, and hopefully I’ll have my college degree.
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Brenda's nicknames are "B" and "Bren".
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Brenda made an appearance in the music video titled A Dream Is A Wish A Heart Makes as a member of the Disney Channel Circle Of Stars.
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Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, a Disney Channel Original Movie, is currently being produced and stars Brenda Song. This is Brenda's fourth DCOM, and the first where she demonstrates her Kung-Fu skills.
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Brenda offers these words of wisdom; "They can take away your career, your money, your cute boyfriend, but they can never take away your knowledge."
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In her whole life, Brenda has never smoked nor consumed alcohol.
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Sports that Brenda plays include; basketball, golf, and tennis.
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Brenda chose psychology as her major because it helps her get into the minds of her characters in order to play them well.
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Brenda was home schooled and earned a high school diploma at the age of 16.
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Brenda opposes the body image concept that the media attacks young girls with.
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Brenda has already earned enough of a reputation that she rarely has to audition anymore.
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Brenda made her acting debut in a commercial for “Little Caesar's Pizza” at age 5.
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Brenda annually visits her hometown to celebrate Hmong New Year.
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Because of her pride of being Hmong, Brenda is a cultural person, doing whatever she can to experience her Hmong heritage.
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Brenda is thought to be Chinese or Korean by people who are unaware that she is Hmong.
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Brenda voiced "Jade" on the television show Jackie Chan Adventures.
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Brenda's last name was originally spelled 'Xiong' before her grandparents immigrated to America.
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Brenda is friends with Kristin Herrera, who played Dana on Zoey 101.
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Brenda played the role of Samantha Kwan in the 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie titled, The Ultimate Christmas Present.
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Brenda's height is 5' 1¾" (1.57 m).
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Brenda's birthstone is Aquamarine, also know as blood stone, symbolizing courage.
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Brenda's Chinese Zodiac sign is the Dragon.
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Brenda starred in the Disney Channel movie Get a Clue with Lindsay Lohan, playing the role of Jennifer.
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Brenda played the role of Susan in the film Santa with Muscles.
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Brenda played the role of Susan Acustis in the film Leave It to Beaver.
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Brenda played the role of Reg Stevens in the film Like Mike with Bow Wow.
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Brenda thinks London is completely different from her besides the fact that they both love shopping.
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Abercrombie & Fitch is one of the designers that Brenda likes .
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Brenda didn't get to go to high school.
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Star Scoop: What’s your favorite Disney Channel Original Movie?
Brenda Song: My favorite? I like Brink. Brink was awesome. I loved Brink. 'Cause I had this huge crush on Eric Von Detton.
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Brenda: For women, I love Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie because they don't follow trends, they set them. I love watching them because they're never the same and I just learn so much from watching them.
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Brenda: Actor wise, my favorite is Russell Crowe and Matt Damon. Just because they're so diverse. They can do anything.
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Brenda started modeling in San Francisco.
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Aries is Brenda's astrological sign.
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In 2001, Brenda won for Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy) - Supporting Young Actress for: The Ultimate Christmas Present from Young Artists Award.
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In 2003, Brenda was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Guest Starring Young Actress for: "The Bernie Mac Show" from Young Artists Award.
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Brenda says, "shoot for the moon, if you fall you might catch a star."
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Brenda was a panelist on "Small Talk" in 1996.
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Brenda considers herself a "total dork."
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Brenda was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade.
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Brenda has 2 little brothers. Timmy and Nathan (9 and 14).
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Brenda loves sampling international cuisine, shopping and studying.
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Brenda is an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan.
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Brenda's heritage is Thai-American and Hmong. Her mother is Thai-American while her father is Hmong.
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Brenda is good friends with Stuck In the Suburbs co-star Danielle Panabaker. She tends to make friends with her co-stars easily.
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She is great friends with Lalaine, and fellow cast member Hallee Hirsh from The Ultimate Christmas Present where she plays the role of Samantha Kwan.
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Brenda was in a TV commercial for the Reese's Puffs Cereal. |
