Constance Song: What you should know about the bilingual actress and mother of two

Star Search is a talent search competition held by the then-named TCS (Television Corporation of Singapore, now Mediacorp). Constance Song participated in the 1997 edition. While she didn't win (the winner was Florence Tan), she eventually signed with the company and made her acting debut in The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998).

Since then, Constance Song has gone on to carve out an acting career in Mandarin- and English-speaking roles. The former includes C.I.D. (2006), The Ultimatum (2009) and On the Fringe (2012) while the latter includes Point of Entry (2010) and Tanglin (2015).

For her portrayal of the villain Jiang Ruolin in The Ultimatum, Constance Song scored her first Best Supporting Actress at the 2010 Star Awards. She has also gotten multiple Best Support Actress nominations.

After her contract with Mediacorp ended in 2012, it was revealed that Constance Song considered focusing her time on her Japanese-Spanish restaurant bar named Bam!. She co-founded the tapas-sake bar and was looking to expand the brand overseas. Constance Song would later make her return to our television when...

She signed with Li Nanxing's talent management company, LNX Global, in 2015. The actor founded the brand in 2004 and Constance Song was the first talent they had signed (besides himself). Considering her to be a versatile actress with a lot of potential, Li Nanxing stated, "Actually, we wanted to sign [Constance] on to our agency for a long time, but her existing contract hadn’t expired yet."

LNX Global now has other artistes, including Vivian Lai, Shane Pow and Julie Tan, under its wings.

Constance Song has kept herself busy with multiple F&B business endeavours outside of showbiz. Besides Bam!, she has also founded Regalo, an online luxury F&B concept that once sold Iberico pork bak kwa, and Ole & Elo which sold lactation cookies. She also co-founded a cha chaan teng peddling Hong Kong-style food named Friends Cafe.

One to be fiercely private about her personal life, Constance Song made headlines when she announced that she gave birth to a baby girl, named Oleathea, in 2017. In 2021, she added another daughter, named Eloise, to her family.

Constance Song shared her thoughts on how motherhood has changed her in a social media post. "Some people don’t need kids to be whole, but I think that for me, having Baby O taught me that joy can be found by settling into what you already know, and she taught me the value of being patient with myself and with others. Becoming a mother has taught me to give unconditionally to those around me, and has given me the strength to be humble in the face of adversity.

This International Women’s Day, I wish for all women, just as I wish for my girls, to be brave, and have courage to live as you think is right, and at the same time, to have patience to see things through."

Besides her daughters, we don't know anything else about Constance Song's family. Something we do know about her partner (are they married?) is that he is very relaxed and chill regarding parenting. And as a result, Constance Song has to take on the role of a tiger mum.

"I cannot tahan ‘cos he’s damn chill, so that makes me even more kancheong!. When I see him being so relaxed, I cannot take it! I’ll be like, ‘Okay, I’ll do it. I’ll do their homework.’ I guess you could say I’m the ‘bad cop’ at home."

Sex education is a difficult subject to discuss. But Constance Song shared that she is ready — and wants to do so as soon as possible — to delve into the topic with her two daughters and educate them. "Regardless of whether your child is [male or female], you’ll have different things to worry about. If you have a son, you’ll also worry that he might knock someone up!"

Constance Song has already started laying the foundations with her school-going eldest daughter. "I told her, ‘You can’t let your male teachers bring you to the toilet, or change your clothes. Your male classmates can’t touch your body as well". She has to know all these, [it’s] the first step to learning how to protect yourself."

Why did Constance Song do so? "[It was] purely for work. I think it would benefit my job. If I ever get a role that requires me to ride a motorcycle, I would be able to do it. But for now, I don’t plan to buy a motorbike! But if there are people who want to buy me one as a present… I don’t mind!"

Constance Song found learning how to ride a motorbike "difficult" and "too dangerous" but went ahead despite the protest of her partner and mother. "He said "Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?" But I assured him that I just wanted to upgrade my skills! Even my mother refused to let me learn!"

Google "Constance Song Star Awards 2012", and you'll know the infamous look we refer to. The black dress was from the label Jiki by designer Jeanette Ivarson and featured a deep plunge at the front and back.

She later added that the dress cost S$8,000 and was bought on a whim when she was in the US. "I will go out of shape, but it will never go out of fashion. It was perfect for the Star Awards because it created such a huge response. And it fit so well I didn’t even have to worry about [a wardrobe malfunction]. I don’t remember if I had to use [boob tape]. Maybe I did, just to be safe."

"I only wore it once. It’s hard to wear it out again ’cos [it’s so memorable that] everyone knows you have already worn it!"