Her performance earned Song her first Young Artist Award, for 'Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy) - Supporting Young Actress, and also began her long-standing relationship with the Disney Channel.Song signed a contract with Disney in 2002, the same year she co-starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in 'Get A Clue' (Disney Channel), about a young Manhattan socialite who attempts to solve the mystery of a missing teacher at her school. Song starred in her first Disney project in 2000, starring in 'The Ultimate Christmas Present' as one of two teen girls who find a weather machine that belonged to Santa Claus and use it to make it snow in sunny Los Angeles. Song appeared on the big screen for the first time in the family comedy, 'Santa with Muscles,' featuring wrestler-turned-actor Hulk Hogan in the title role. She made her television acting debut on 'Thunder Alley' (ABC, 1994-95), which starred Edward Asner as a retired stock car driver. Song landed her first job at six, appearing in commercial advertisements for Little Caesar's Pizza and Barbie. Her family soon moved south to Los Angeles, where the future star began her acting career. Brenda Julietta Song was born in Carmichael, CA to a Hmong-Chinese father and a Thai-American mother.
