Sandra Oh
Acting
Biography
Sandra Miju Oh OC (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu in the HBO comedy series Arliss (1996–2002), Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014), and Eve Polastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022). She has received one Primetime Emmy Award from fourteen nominations, two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films Double Happiness (1994) and The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994), where she won Genie Awards for both films. Her later television credits include Judging Amy and American Crime, as well as voice roles on American Dad!, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Proud Family, Phineas and Ferb, Chop Socky Chooks, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Invincible. In 2021, she played the lead role in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Chair. She was also one of the executive producers of the series. She has had notable leading performances in films such as Last Night (1998), Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002), Wilby Wonderful (2004), Catfight (2016), Meditation Park (2017), and Quiz Lady (2023). She has also taken supporting roles in Bean (1997), The Princess Diaries (2001), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Sideways (2004), Hard Candy (2005), Rabbit Hole (2010), and Tammy (2014). She voiced roles in the animated films Mulan II (2004), Over the Moon (2020), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Turning Red (2022). She hosted the 28th Genie Awards in 2008. She became the first woman of Asian descent to host the Golden Globe Awards at the 76th ceremony in 2019. In March 2019, she became the first Asian-Canadian woman to host Saturday Night Live. She was the third actress of Asian descent to do so, after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018. She was also the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the first woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandra Oh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: July 20, 1971
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Filmography
as Martha
as Ellie
as Moxie Smurf (voice)
as Self (archival footage)
as Sofia Mori
as Mistral (voice)
as Jenny Yum
as Nuwa (voice)
as Grace Park
as The Prophet (voice)
as Amanda
as Self (archive footage)
as Ming (voice)
as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
as Debbie Grayson (voice)
as Virana (voice)
as Narrator
as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Castaspella (voice)
as Eve Polastri
as Ava
as Self
as Rosie Ming (voice)
as Veronica
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Susanne
as Self
as Dr. Judy Song
as Gabby
as Gal 2000 (voice)
as Mrs. Meacham
as Self
as Dr. Park
as Minister of Health
as Doofah (voice)
as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
as Self
as Marketing Person
as Anna
as Phyllis
as Mary the Nun
as Lulu
as Young Turk
as Cristina Yang
as Katie (voice)
as Hiko Yoshida (voice)
as Judy Tokuda
as Ting Ting (voice)
as Stephanie
as Carol French
as Voice
as Patti
as Self
as Michelle
as Craps Player (uncredited)
as Self
as Kim Ho Lum
as Fourth Fired Employee
as Audrey
as Mrs. Caldwell
as Jasmine
as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
as Vice Principal Gupta
as Porn Starlet
as Bambi Kanetaka
as Kim
as Detective Shelly Tran
as Cindy
as Madame Ming (Montréal)
as Sandra
as Friend
as Bernice Schimmel
as Rita Wu
as Self
as Officer Angela Lum
as Il Bae
as Breadcrumb (voice)
as uncredited
as Jade Li
as Self - Guest
as Mai Chi
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self - Host