Her father Song Gong (宋汎) was vice chairman of Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
But it was her skit debut, A Date with Slug, in 1989 CCTV New Year's Gala that brought her immediate success.
Afterwards she costarred first with Huang Hong, then with her successful partner Zhao Benshan in many Gala show skits.
Some of her roles included "Anti-family plan Guerilla", and "Yesterday, today and Tomorrow".
In that same year, she married her third husband, Zhao Yuji (赵玉吉), was a top executive at one of China's largest steel companies, Shougang Group, and moved later to real-estate development and equity investment.