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Song Jia (actress, born 1980)

Song Jia (, born 13 November 1980) is a Chinese actress and singer. Early in her career, she was sometimes known as "Song Jia the younger" () to distinguish her from another older actress of the same name.

Career

Song studied at the secondary school affiliated with the Shenyang Conservatory of Music (SYCM), and at Shanghai Theater Academy where she majored in acting.

Song rose to fame for her performance in Curiosity Kills the Cat (2006) as a manicure girl with a clear-cut stand on what to love and what to hate. She was nominated for a Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Song has portrayed diverse characters, winning her acclaim as a versatile actress. She played the role of Zheng Yunan in the television series Memoirs of China (2008) and a native Tibetan girl in the film Once Upon a Time in Tibet (2010). In both roles, she spoke a new language with fluency: English and Tibetan. These two different characters are an example of her acting style.

In The Brink (2012), Song played the lead female character Gu Qiuyan. Within the limited story structure, Song revealed a multifaceted character and a complex psychological world, and received both the Magnolia Award for Best Actress and Golden Eagle Awards for Best Performing Arts Actress.

In Falling Flowers (2013), Song depicted the legendary life of renowned Chinese writer Xiao Hong, and won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, the Chinese American Film Festival Gold Angel Award for Best Actress and other awards. This film also won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Cinematography at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

For the martial arts film The Final Master (2015), Song won Best Actress awards from the inaugural Gold Aries Award by the Macau International Film Festival and the Huading Awards for her performance as a sharp-tongued waitress in a fancy Western-themed restaurant, shamed in the community because she gave birth to a son who was not fully Chinese.

In 2017, Song served on the jury for the Shanghai Television Festival.

In 2021, Song was the jury for the main competition of feature films at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival.

Other activities

Song was appointed the UNEP 10YFP and SWITCH-Asia Ambassador, joining in international efforts to achieve Sustainable Consumption and Production in China.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

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