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Leah Dou

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Dou.
Dou Jingtong
窦靖童
Dou performing at the 10th Migu Music Awards, Shanghai, 2016
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)
Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
NationalityChinese (Hong Kong)
Parents
Relatives
  • Li Yan (half sister)
  • Dou Jiayuan (half sister)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese竇靖童
Simplified Chinese窦靖童
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDòu Jìngtóng

Dou Jingtong (born 3 January 1997[1][2]), also known as Leah Dou,[1] is a Chinese actress and singer-songwriter who primarily sings in English. She is the daughter of Chinese musician Dou Wei and Chinese-born Hong Kong singer Faye Wong.[1]

Music career

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Dou first contributed her voice to her mother's song "童 (Tong)" when she was 1 year old.

In 2011, Dou formed her first band and became the lead singer. In 2012, she released her first song "With You". In 2013, she launched second personal original single "On the Beach", in the same year, she released third personal original single "Blue Flamingo". She debuted in 2015 in a performance in Tokyo. Later in Clockenflap 2015, she debuted in Hong Kong. She released her first single River Run on December 11, 2015, selling 25,000 copies on QQ Music in three days.[3] Her second single Brother was released in 2016 for a Chinese Shu Uemura campaign. Both songs were included on her first album, Stone Café released on April 22, 2016. Same year, she won the QQ New Female Artist Of The Year.[citation needed]

Dou released her second album Kids Only in September 2017 and her third album Spring Outing in April 2023. In 2024, she embarked on her first tour Out of the Loop (狀況外) in Shanghai, with future shows scheduled in Taiwan, North America, and Singapore. Her mother Faye Wong attended her Beijing show where Dou covered Wong's song You Are Happy So I Am Happy (你快樂所以我快樂).[4]

Acting career

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Dou had a supporting role in the 2019 film The Eleventh Chapter, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Beijing International Film Festival and was nominated as Best New Performer at the 30th Huading Awards.

In 2021, she starred in and composed music for the film Bipolar. It screened at Vancouver International Film Festival on October 3. Dou received praise for her "bewitching screen presence".[5]

In 2023, she starred in the Tencent television series Existence: Ta De Sheng Cun Zhi Dao.[6]

Personal life

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Dou has two half sisters, Li Yan (李嫣), the daughter of her mother Faye Wong and her stepfather Li Yapeng, and Dou Jiayuan (窦佳嫄), the daughter of her father Dou Wei and her stepmother Gao Yuan (高原). Dou and her half sister Li Yan and her mother Faye Wong were all born at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Dongcheng District, Beijing.[7]

Before reaching her current level of fame, Dou spent two years studying at Berklee College of Music, before withdrawing from school to couch-surf in Los Angeles.[8]

Discography

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Albums

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Title Label Release Date Track listing
Stone Café Grey Waters 2016.4.22
  1. My Days
  2. Bitter Sweet
  3. Waiting On Gregory
  4. Lola
  5. The Way
  6. Explosions
  7. Drive
  8. River Run
  9. May Rain
  10. Chimes
  11. Blue Flamingo (Bonus Track)
  12. Brother (Japanese bonus track)
  13. Dreams (Japanese bonus track)
Kids Only Grey Waters 2017.9.19
  1. Wu
  2. Kids Only
  3. Whister's Riddle
  4. No Crisis
  5. Interlude
  6. Jungle Pink
  7. Blooming
  8. Kids Only Anthem
  9. Cherry Blossom Tree
  10. July
春游(Chun You/Spring Outing) Grey Waters 2023.4.24
  1. 早上好(Good Morning)
  2. Monday(feat. Lionman)
  3. 北京！咖啡！(Beijing! Coffee!)
  4. 橘子汽水(Orange Juice)
  5. 中场休息(Halftime)
  6. 狗熊(Black Bear)
  7. 烟花(Fireworks)
  8. 河流(River)
  9. Hello
  10. 同一片天空下(Under the Same Sky)

EPs

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Title Label Release Date Track listing
My Days Universal Music Japan 2016.4.27
  1. My Days
  2. River Run
  3. Brother
  4. My Days (instrumental)
  5. River Run (instrumental)
  6. Brother (instrumental)

Singles

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Release Date Title Label
2016.9.2 (It's not a crime) It's just what we do Grey Waters
2017.8.30 See You Again Grey Waters
2018.8.11 Island Love Grey Waters

Other original songs

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  • "With You"
  • "On the Beach"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 QQ Music Awards New Female Artist of the Year Won [9]
QQ Music Most Searched Artist of the Year Won
53rd Golden Horse Awards Best Original Film Song (It’s Not A Crime) It’s Just What We Do for the film Soul Mate Nominated [10]
2017 36th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Original Film Song Nominated [11]
2019 9th Beijing International Film Festival Best Supporting Actress The Eleventh Chapter Won [12]
2021 30th Huading Awards Best New Performer Nominated [13]

See also

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  • Sing and Play — the final track "Tong" features Dou's voice when she was 1
  • Lovers & Strangers — the title track "Zhi Ai Mosheng Ren" features Dou's voice when she was 2

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Musician Leah Dou Isn't Interested in Fitting the Mega-Pop-Star Mold". The Cut. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  2. ^ "王菲女儿窦靖童照片个人资料简介" (in Chinese). PCLADY. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  3. ^ Chen Nan (December 21, 2015). "Music industry dreaming of China streaming". China Daily. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  4. ^ Chen, Juju (December 11, 2024). "竇靖童演唱會2025首次唱進台北!《狀況外》呈現出道8年神秘魔幻, 巡迴日期 搶票資訊一次看" [Dou Jingtong's concert will be held in Taipei for the first time in 2025! "Out of the Loop" presents the mysterious magic of 8 years since debut, tour date ticket information at one glance]. Elle (in Chinese).
  5. ^ "VIFF 2021: Bipolar". Rio Theatre. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  6. ^ "王菲女儿也来演戏了! 窦靖童首部电视剧《她的生存之道》发预告: 和大家分享刘盐的故事" [Faye Wong's daughter is acting! Dou Jingtong's first TV series "Existence" trailer is released: Sharing the story of Liu Yan with everyone]. Sohu (in Chinese). June 24, 2024.
  7. ^ Loh Keng Fatt (4 October 2019). "Faye Wong's 13-year-old daughter, who is studying in Switzerland, shows expensive tastes". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  8. ^ Rodriguez, Leah (6 April 2017). "Daughter of Famous Chinese Musicians Leah Dou Isn't Trying to Fit Megastar Mold". The Cut. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  9. ^ "Leah Dou". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  10. ^ "竇靖童、季小薇、南征北戰、林意涵 首登金馬獻唱入圍歌曲". 台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  11. ^ "第36屆香港電影金像獎提名及得獎名單 Nomination and Awardees List of The 36th Hong Kong Film Awards". 香港電影金像獎. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  12. ^ "Faye Wong's daughter Leah picks up acting award". The Straits Times. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  13. ^ "第30届华鼎奖提名揭晓，张译刘德华于和伟等角逐影帝". 第三十届华鼎奖 on Weibo. 2020-05-25.

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