Steph Song () is a Malaysian actress of Chinese heritage, raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and

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. She was voted sexiest woman in the world by Asian readers of '' FHM'' magazine. Song has received five Leo Award nominations and one

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nomination for her TV and film work in Canada and the United States.

Career

Song acted mostly on a freelance basis in Singapore in her early career, and was the female lead in the second season of ''

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'', as well as the first season of ''

Achar! Achar! (English: Pickle) is a Singaporean English language sitcom that aired for two seasons, from December 2004 until late 2005. It starred Bollywood star Jas Arora, Lim Ru-Ping, Malti Lalwani, Timothy Loh, Steph Song, Rajesh Sabari aka Rajoo an ...

'', 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

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, 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

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Dragon Boys ''Dragon Boys'' () is a CBC Television (CBC) miniseries starring Eric Tsang, Byron Mann, Lawrence Chou, Tzi Ma, Lauren Lee Smith, Steph Song, Darryl Quon, Christina Ma, Jean Yoon, Simon Wong and Chang Tseng. It aired on CBC on January 7 and 8 of ...

'', '' War'', and two Douglas Coupland written projects: '' Everything's Gone Green'' 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. * '' 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 ''

'' - Best performance by a supporting actress in a dramatic series. * '' Leo Award'' nomination in 2007 for ''

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

'' nomination in 2007 for ''

'' - 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

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 Australian actresses of Asian descent