Steph Song () is a

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n actress of Chinese heritage, raised in

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and

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. She was voted sexiest woman in the world by

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n readers of '' FHM'' magazine. Song has received five

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nominations and one

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nomination for her TV and film work in Canada and the

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Career

Song acted mostly on a freelance basis in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

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

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in 2004. In 2004, Song joined

SPH MediaWorks SPH MediaWorks Ltd. () was a free-to-air terrestrial television broadcaster in Singapore that operated two television channels: Channel U and Channel i, as well as two radio stations: UFM 1003 and WKRZ 91.3FM. It merged with the city-state's ...

, 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 ''Dim Sum Funeral'' is a 2008 comedy/drama film directed by Anna Chi and starring Kelly Hu, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Steph Song and Talia Shire. Premise After their mother dies, four Chinese-American siblings return to their Seattle home. As ...

'', ''The Thaw'', ''Paradox'', the

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'' Dragon Boys'', ''

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'', and two

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written projects: ''

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'' and, more recently, the 2008 TV series ''

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''. Song is currently represented by Echelon Talent Management Inc. She portrayed the character of

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on The CW's ''

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''.

Honours

* Voted "Number 1 Sexiest in the World" by '' FHM'' in Asia 2006. * ''

'' nomination in 2009 for "Dim Sum Funeral" - Best performance by a leading actress in a feature film. * ''

'' nomination in 2008 for ''

'' - Best performance by a supporting actress in a dramatic series. * ''

'' nomination in 2007 for '' Dragon Boys'' - Best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic series. * ''

'' nomination in 2006 for ''

'' - Best performance by a leading actress in a feature film.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Official website
*
2009 Interview
on '' Toro Magazine'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Steph 1984 births Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian people of Chinese descent Canadian actresses of Malaysian descent Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Living people Malaysian actresses Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian emigrants to Canada Malaysian emigrants to Australia Canadian actresses of Chinese descent Actresses from Saskatoon 21st-century Australian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses