Song Jia (actress, born 1980)

Song studied at the secondary school affiliated with the Shenyang Conservatory of Music (SYCM), and at Shanghai Theater Academy where she majored in acting.^[1][3]

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.^[4]

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).^[5][6] In both roles, she spoke a new language with fluency: English and Tibetan. These two different characters are an example of her acting style.^[7]

In The Brink (2012), Song played the lead female character Gu Qiuyan.^[8] 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.^[9]

In Falling Flowers (2013), Song depicted the legendary life of renowned Chinese writer Xiao Hong,^[10] 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.^[9]

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.^[11]

In 2017, Song served on the jury for the Shanghai Television Festival.^[9]

In 2021, Song was the jury for the main competition of feature films at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival.^[12][13]

Song was appointed the UNEP 10YFP and SWITCH-Asia Ambassador, joining in international efforts to achieve Sustainable Consumption and Production in China.^[14]

Film

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Double Dating	非常浪漫	Shan Shan		[15]
	Midnight Ghosts	午夜惊魂	Chen Lei		[16]
2004	The Game of Killing	天黑请闭眼	Li Jia
2006	Talking About Love	谈谈心恋恋爱	Lin Qiao'er
	Curiosity Kills the Cat	好奇害死猫	Sharon Liang
	Big Movie	大电影之数百亿	Zhi Xian	Cameo	[17]
2007	Call for Love	爱情呼叫转移	Luo Yanyan		[18]
	Help	救我	Yan Jiang		[19]
2008	Red Cliff	赤壁上	Li Ji		[20]
	Desires of the Heart	桃花运	Lin Cong		[21]
2009	On His Majesty's Secret Service	大内密探灵灵狗	Princess Rainbow
2010	Bruce Lee, My Brother	李小龙我的兄弟	Yu Qinqiu	Cameo	[22]
2011	Once Upon a Time in Tibet	西藏往事	Yong Cuo
	Energy Behind the Heart	用心跳		Cameo	[23]
	Cold Steel	遍地狼烟	Liu Yan		[24]
2012	Passion Island	热爱岛	Fan Li		[25]
2013	Falling Flowers	萧红	Xiao Hong
2015	The Final Master	师父	Zhao Guohui
2016	The Bodyguard	我的特工爷爷	Chun Hua	Cameo	[26]
	When Larry Met Mary	陆垚知马俐	Mary		[27]
	Cherry Returns	那年夏天你去了哪里	Yuan Ningjing		[28]
2017	Shock Wave	拆弹专家	Carmen		[29]
	The Founding of an Army	建军大业	Soong Ching-ling		[30]
	The Conformist	冰之下	Bing Bing		[31]
2018	Fat Buddies	胖子行动队		Cameo	[32]
	The Poet	诗人	Chen Hui		[33]
2019	The Shadow Play	风中有朵雨做的云	Lin Hui		[34]
	The Game of Desire	欲念游戏	Baby's Mother	Cameo	[35]
	Super Me	超级的我	Hua'er		[36]
	My People, My Country	我和我的祖国	Lü Xiaoran	Segment: "One for All"	[37]
	The Guilty Ones	你是凶手	Bai Lan
2020	Back to the Wharf	风平浪静	Pan Xiaoshuang		[38]
2021	Tiger Robbers	阳光劫匪	Xiao Xue
	1921	1921	Gao Junman
	Chinese Doctors	中国医生	Huang Jiahui
	The Eleventh Chapter	第十一回	Zhen Manyu
	My Country, My Parents	我和我的父辈	Han Jingya	Anthology film	[39]
	Words After Dark	夜晚的语言	Liu Shiran
2022	Ode to the Spring	你是我的春天	Wang Ya'er
2024	Strangers When We Meet	朝云暮雨	Dating Lady	Cameo	[40]
	Enjoy yourself	祝你幸福	Bai Hui		[41]
	Her Story	好东西	Wang Tiemei
2025	Fish Flew Away	轻于鸿毛	Li Yu		[42]
	The Volunteers: Peace at Last	志愿军：浴血和平	Lin Yueming		[43]
	Family At Large	三滴血	Diao Er		[44]
2026	Scare Out	惊蛰无声	Zhao Hong		[45]
TBA	The Weary Poet	诗眼倦天涯	Wen Sanchun		[46]
	Broken Formation	破阵子			[47]

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Television series

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes/Ref.
2001		其实不想走	Qin Peipei
2002		越活越精彩	Liu Yu
2003	Unexpected	出乎意料	Rong Shanshan
2004		出水芙蓉	Fang Xiaoxuan	[48]
2004		逆水寒	Wan Qing	[49]
2005	Sigh of His Highness	一生为奴	Empress Dowager Ci'an	[50]
2006	The War for Love	真情无限之继母	Lan Lan
2007		故乡的云	Liang Siyun	[51]
2008	The Last Battle	最后的较量	Lin Chacha	[52]
2008	Memoirs of China	中国往事	Zheng Yunan
2009	Red Sun	红日	Li Qing	[53]
2009		闯关东	Tan Xiang'er	[54]
2009	Love with My Former Wife	跟我的前妻谈恋爱	Yu Xiaohong	[55]
2009	Look at Flower in Fog	雾里看花	Huang Yijiang	[56]
2010	Red Cradle	红色摇篮	Gou Wencao	Cameo
2010		天地民心	Princess Hedai	[57]
2010	White Wolf	白狼	Bai Xiaoyue	[58]
2010	Confucius	孔子春秋	Yan Weizai	[59]
2010	Will You Marry Me and My Family	大女当嫁	Jiang Dayan	[60]
2011	Windmill	风车	Ah Cai	[61]
2012	The Shengtianmen Gate	圣天门口	Ah Shuang	[62]
2012	The Brink	悬崖	Gu Qiuyan
2012	The Bachelor	大男当婚	Zhao Kai	[63]
2012	Fragrant Years	那样芬芳	Rong Fangfang	[64]
2013	Jinan City is our Hometown	我们这拨人	Mu Ge	[65]
2013	The Sweet Burden	小儿难养	Jian Ning	[66]
2014	Forty Nine Days: Fiesta	四十九日·祭	Yu Mo	[67]
2014	Nine Years	九年	Tang Kunkun	[68]
2014	True Man	爷们儿	Chen Li	[69]
2015	Hey Daddy	嘿，老头！	Yi Shuang	[70]
2016	Young Marshal	少帅	Yu Fengzhi	[71]
2020	Under the Sun	生活像阳光一样灿烂	Bai Canlan	[72]
	Goodbye, My Love	白色月光	Zhang Yi	[73]
2021	A Love for Dilemma	小舍得	Nan Li	[74]
	Love at Night	夜色暗涌时	Li Yunyun	Cameo
2022	A Lifelong Journey	人世间	Zhou Rong	[75]
	Pride & Price	盛装	Chen Kaiyi
2023	In Spite of the Strong Wind	纵有疾风起	Shuo Bing
	Echo	回响	Ran Dongdong	[76]
	The Forerunner	问苍茫	Song Qing Ling	[77]
2024	She and Her Girls	山花烂漫时	Zhang Guimei	[78]
		抗战中的文艺	Xiao Hong	[79]

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Albums

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Year	English title	Chinese title
2007	Dream of Woman	女人的梦
2008	Can Or Cannot Have Happiness?	能不能幸福
2018	HER (EP)
2019	Outside	在外面

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Singles

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Album
2011	"End of the Rainbow"	彩虹的尽头	Cold Steel OST
2012	"Growth"	成长	Fragrant Years OST
2016	"Flower"	花	When Larry Met Mary OST
2020	"Firmly Believe Love Will Win"	坚信爱会赢	Wuhan virus support theme song[80]
	"Be With You"	陪着你	The Love Book OST

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