Steph Song

Steph Song
Born
Malaysia[1][2]
Years active2001–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese宋琇萱
Simplified Chinese宋琇萱
Hanyu PinyinSòng Xiù Xuān
JyutpingSung3 Sau3 Hyun1
Hokkien POJSòng Siù-soan
Tâi-lôSòng Siù-suan

Steph Song (Chinese: 宋琇萱) is a Malaysian actress of Chinese heritage, raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada[3] and Australia. She was voted sexiest woman in the world by Asian readers of FHM magazine. Song has received five Leo Award nominations and one Gemini Award nomination for her TV and film work in Canada and the United States.[citation needed]

Career

Song acted mostly on a freelance basis in Singapore in her early career, and was the female lead in the second season of Heartlanders, as well as the first season of Achar!, which won Bronze Medal at the New York Television Awards and has since been sold to 10 countries. Another show that Steph was in, titled Singapore Short Story Project, won best Drama Series at the Asian Television Awards in 2004.

In 2004, Song joined SPH MediaWorks, and was supporting lead in "Perceptions" and female lead in the very last Channel i-produced drama Six Weeks which won Best Drama Series at the Asian Television Awards 2005. When MediaWorks merged with MediaCorp later that year, Song did not move over to MediaCorp choosing instead to move to North America, where she found success, nominated 6 times in the last five years for her work as female lead actress on features Dim Sum Funeral, The Thaw, Paradox, the CBC's miniseries Dragon Boys, War, and two Douglas Coupland written projects: Everything's Gone Green[4][5] and, more recently, the 2008 TV series jPod.[6]

Song is currently represented by Echelon Talent Management Inc.[7]

She portrayed the character of Roulette on The CW's Smallville.

Honours

  • Voted "Number 1 Sexiest in the World" by FHM in Asia 2006.[2][8]
  • Leo Award nomination in 2009 for "Dim Sum Funeral" - Best performance by a leading actress in a feature film.
  • Leo Award nomination in 2008 for jPod - Best performance by a supporting actress in a dramatic series.
  • Leo Award nomination in 2007 for Dragon Boys - Best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic series.
  • Gemini Award nomination in 2007 for Dragon Boys - Best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic series.
  • Leo Award nomination in 2006 for Everything's Gone Green - Best performance by a leading actress in a feature film.

Filmography

Film

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Guru Wayne Production Assistant Credited as Stephanie Song
2003 The Long Lunch Gracie
2004 Rice Rhapsody Jennifer Original title: Hainan ji fan
Also known as: Hainan Chicken Rice
2006 Everything's Gone Green Ming Yu
2007 War Diane Lone
2008 Dim Sum Funeral Meimei
Waiting in Beijing Judy Credited as Li Ching Song
2009 The Thaw Ling Chen
2010 Paradox Lenore
Stained Chloe
2012 Maximum Conviction Samantha
2017 Outsiders Renee
2018 Affection Laina Short film
2021 Mixtape Ellen's mother

Television

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Secret Life of Us Loretta 2 episodes
2002 Heartlanders Rachel Kang
2002-2003 First Touch Michelle 2 episodes
2003 The Singapore Short Story Project Mini-series
2004 Love Poetry Jane TV movie
2004-2005 Achar! Stephanie Chang / Stephanie Chang-Chabria 11 episodes
2006 Godiva's Jane
2007 Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness Kim TV movie
Dragon Boys Chavy Pahn 2 episodes
2008 jPod Brianna "Bree" Jyang 13 episodes
2009 The Listener Kim Season 1 episode 6: "Foggy Notion"
Smallville Victoria Sinclair / Roulette Season 9, episode 5: "Roulette"
2011 Endgame Jia Jyang Episode 7: "Gorillas in our Midst"
Befriend and Betray Corporal Justine Yuen TV movie
2015-2018 Blood and Water Detective Josephine Bradley 24 episodes
Producer - 8 episodes
2019 The Twilight Zone Olivia Season 1, episode 7: "Not All Men"
2020 Supergirl VR Supergirl Season 5, episode 16: "Alex in Wonderland"
2021 Family Law Marlee Liu-Hartford Season 1, episode 3: "Addicted to Love"
2022 A Million Little Things Dr. Jacobs Season 4, episode 15: "Fingers Crossed"

Video games

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Sleeping Dogs Sandra

References

  1. ^ "Steph Song — Northern Stars". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b "AsiaFinest Steph Song Bio and Photo Gallery". Archived from the original on 22 March 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Dragon Boys Cast". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Everything's Gone Green". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  5. ^ Silverman, Jason (20 April 2007). "Douglas Coupland: New Film, Chewed Art and Net TV". Wired. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  6. ^ "CBC Television — jPod". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  7. ^ "Steph Song on Breakdown Express". Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Dragon Boys — Cast — Steph Song". Retrieved 7 April 2007.