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Dou Jingtong (born 3 January 1997), also known as Leah Dou, is a Chinese actress and singer-songwriter who primarily sings in English. She is the daughter of Chinese musician
Dou Wei Dou Wei (born October 14, 1969) is a Chinese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and music producer. He is a representative figure in Chinese rock music. Alongside rock singers He Yong and Zhang Chu, they were collectively known as the "Pro ...
and Chinese-born Hong Kong singer
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.


Music career

Dou first contributed her voice to her mother's song "童 (Tong)" when she was 1 year old. In 2011, Dou formed her first band and became the lead singer. In 2012, she released her first song "With You". In 2013, she launched second personal original single "On the Beach", in the same year, she released third personal original single "Blue Flamingo". She debuted in 2015 in a performance in Tokyo. Later in
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2015, she debuted in Hong Kong. She released her first single ''River Run'' on December 11, 2015, selling 25,000 copies on QQ Music in three days. Her second single ''Brother'' was released in 2016 for a Chinese Shu Uemura campaign. Both songs were included on her first album, ''Stone Café'' released on April 22, 2016. Same year, she won the QQ New Female Artist Of The Year. Dou released her second album ''Kids Only'' in September 2017 and her third album ''Spring Outing'' in April 2023. In 2024, she embarked on her first tour ''Out of the Loop (狀況外)'' in
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, with future shows scheduled in
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,
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, and
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. Her mother
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attended her
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show where Dou covered Wong's song ''You Are Happy So I Am Happy (你快樂所以我快樂)''.


Acting career

Dou had a supporting role in the 2019 film ''
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'', for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th
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and was nominated as Best New Performer at the 30th
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. In 2021, she starred in and composed music for the film ''Bipolar''. It screened at
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on October 3. Dou received praise for her "bewitching screen presence". In 2023, she starred in the
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television series ''Existence: Ta De Sheng Cun Zhi Dao''.


Personal life

Dou has two half sisters, Li Yan (), the daughter of her mother
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and her stepfather Li Yapeng, and Dou Jiayuan (), the daughter of her father
Dou Wei Dou Wei (born October 14, 1969) is a Chinese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and music producer. He is a representative figure in Chinese rock music. Alongside rock singers He Yong and Zhang Chu, they were collectively known as the "Pro ...
and her stepmother Gao Yuan (). Dou and her half sister Li Yan and her mother Faye Wong were all born at
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in
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. Before reaching her current level of fame, Dou spent two years studying at
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, before withdrawing from school to couch-surf in Los Angeles.


Discography


Albums


EPs


Singles


Other original songs

*"With You" *"On the Beach"


Awards and nominations


See also

*''
Sing and Play ''Sing and Play'' () is the sixth Mandarin-language studio album (fifteenth overall) by Chinese singer Faye Wong. It includes 10 tracks in Mandarin, with a bonus disc of 3 Cantonese tracks. It was released on October 2, 1998, in the Greater Chi ...
'' — the final track "Tong" features Dou's voice when she was 1 *'' Lovers & Strangers'' — the title track "Zhi Ai Mosheng Ren" features Dou's voice when she was 2


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