Victoria Song

Song Qian (born February 2, 1987), known professionally as Victoria or Victoria Song, is a Chinese singer, dancer, actress, model, host and author known for her work as the leader of South Korean girl group f(x).

The film, a remake of My Sassy Girl (2001), was released simultaneously in South Korea and China.

She then appeared in the Chinese remake film of My Best Friend's Wedding, playing the role of Kimberly Wallace in the original film.

The same year, Song starred in Ice Fantasy, an epic fantasy drama adapted from the novel of the same name by Guo Jingming.

She sang an OST for Ice Fantasy, titled "Li Luo", which is also her character's name in the drama.

Song was next cast in the modern romance drama Endless August by Anni Baobei alongside Rain.

In September 2007, Song was first scouted by an SM Entertainment casting agent while in Beijing dance competition and eventually cast into SM Entertainment after passing the audition under SM Casting System.

She was originally trained to prepare for her acting and modeling career in South Korea.

Prior to debuting, Song was introduced to the public through various appearances in music videos and commercials; her first appearance is in Spris commercial with Lee Joon-gi in early 2008.

She made her official debut as a member of f(x) in September 2009.

In June 2010, Song became a cast member for the first season of the variety show Invincible Youth in which she was a part of G7, consisting of 7 female idols from various groups.

She was also cast on the reality show We Got Married with Nichkhun of 2PM.

The couple was collectively known as Khuntoria in the variety show.

Nichkhun and Song both gained entertainment-wide popularity as a result of the show's success.

At the end of the year, Song won the 'Popularity Award' at the MBC Entertainment Awards for her stint in We Got Married.

She has also acted in various China drama series such as When Love Walked In (2012), Beautiful Secret (2015), Ice Fantasy (2016), A Life Time Love (2017), Moonshine and Valentine (2018), Find Yourself (2020); and the films My New Sassy Girl (2016), My Best Friend's Wedding (2016), and Wished (2017).

In January 2012, Song was cast to play the lead role in the Chinese-Taiwanese co-production When Love Walked In, alongside label-mate Zhou Mi, and Calvin Chen of the group Fahrenheit.

The drama reached the number one spot in viewership ratings.

She won the 'Best New Actress' award at the China TV Drama Awards for her performance.

In December 2012, Song released a photo-essay book titled Victoria's Hong-Ma, which included her travel experiences in Hong Kong and Macao.

The Chinese version of the book was subsequently released in 2013.

In 2013 she became the MC for KBS's program Glitter alongside actress Kim So-eun.

In 2014, Song was chosen to host the Korean-Chinese variety show titled Strongest Group together with Zhou Mi. She was also featured in his solo album single, titled "Loving You".

Song then starred in Zhang Liyin's music videos "Agape" and "Not Alone" as the lead female character alongside former EXO member Tao.

In 2015, it was also revealed that Song would team up with Chinese manager Jia Shikai for her local activities.

Following the setup of her studio, Song starred in Hunan TV's music romance drama Beautiful Secret.

She released a solo single titled "Star Tears" for the drama's soundtrack.

The drama eventually went on to record the highest average viewership ratings for the first half of 2016 in China.

In 2016, Song starred in My New Sassy Girl with Cha Tae-hyun.

Song ranked 74th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2017, 41st in 2019 and 14th in 2020.

Song Qian was born in Qingdao, Shandong.

She left her hometown at a young age to study Chinese traditional dance at the Beijing Dance Academy.

After her high school graduation, she was accepted to the Beijing Dance Academy and majored in Chinese ethnic dance.

From January to April 2017, Song co-hosted the variety program Ace vs Ace.

She also became a fixed cast on Zhejiang TV's Beat The Champions, which started airing in April.

In June, she starred alongside Huang Xiaoming in the fantasy romance drama A Life Time Love, based on the novel Once Promised by Tong Hua.

In July, she co-starred in fantasy comedy film Wished, directed by Dayyan Eng, which garnered good reviews for Song and had the highest audience scores across the top 4 ticketing platforms for local Chinese comedies released that summer.

In August, she joined the cast of Hunan TV's female-centric reality show Up Idol.

She made her solo debut in May 2020 with her eponymous studio album.

In South Korean television, Song gained fame as part of We Got Married Season 2, as well as being a cast member of KBS's Invincible Youth.