Steph Song

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February 2nd, 2003. Singapore’s New Paper reports, “If audiences are going to get stirred up over the breakout star of 2003, it will be actress Steph Song.”

They weren’t far wrong.

Starring in a phenomenal 9 television series and 3 features in just three years, her sitcom “Achar!” (Mediacorp Television) was a winner at the 2005 New York Festivals for Best International Situation Comedy, second only to NBC’s “Frasier”.

This year, she has been voted, by Asian FHM readers polled on line, as “The Sexiest Women in the World 2006”, with Kiera Knightley holding the number 1 spot in UK and Europe. She is also named as one of the “10 People to Watch Out For” in Canada by Playback, Canada’s leading Film and TV business newspaper.

A rough and tumble tomboy at heart, Steph still finds the result and attention from her fans highly amusing.

Raised in remote Saskatoon, Steph returns to Canada in her breakthrough role as the female lead, opposite Paulo Costanzo (NBC’s “Joey”) in the feature film “Everything’s Gone Green” (Think Film / Shoreline Entertainment).

Penned by social commentator / satirist / author Douglas Coupland (Generation X”), who backhanded Steph as a “beautiful talented Saskatchewanian”, it is slated for release in 2006.

And before people start getting ideas that Steph can only play the sophisticated babe, along comes her next role as a Cambodian village girl turned damaged prostitute in CBC’s gritty, multi-million dollar “Dragon Boys”, helmed by eight time Gemini award-winning director Jerry Ciccoritti (“Lives of the Saints”, “Trudeau”)

She learnt Cambodian from scratch for the role, and can now add it to her list of languages which include English, Hokkien and Spanish.

Most recently, Steph has been busy working on Bravo Television’s dramedy series “Godiva’s” as Jane, the love interest to one of the leads. The creators of the show liked her so much they’ve added her character to the new season.

She is also starring opposite Jet Li in the Lionsgate film “Rogue” due for release in March 2007.

Steph is a new breed of Asian actress. Eastern looks and soul, combined with the feistiness and dedication to the craft born in the West. Once quoted as saying she’d “eat a homeless dwarf’s toenails to work with David Lynch”, she is not without humility or humour.

Steph Song is represented by Echelong Entertainment.

Websites: www.stephsong.com