Leah Dou

In this Chinese name, the family name is Dou.

Dou Jingtong (born 3 January 1997^[1][2]), also known as Leah Dou,^[1] is a Chinese-Hong Kong 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]

Dou Jingtong
窦靖童
Dou performing at the 10th Migu Music Awards, Shanghai, 2016
Born	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28) Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong)
Parents	Dou Wei (father) Faye Wong (mother)
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 Pinyin Dòu Jìngtóng

Music career

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

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

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

Albums

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

EPs

Title	Label	Release Date	Track listing
My Days	Universal Music Japan	2016.4.27	My Days River Run Brother My Days (instrumental) River Run (instrumental) Brother (instrumental)

Singles

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

• "With You"
• "On the Beach"

Awards and nominations

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

• 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