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Sandra Oh

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Known For

53 Years Old

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

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 20th July 1971

All Credits

Late Night with Seth Meyers Image
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Grey's Anatomy Image
Grey's Anatomy
Cristina Yang
The Kelly Clarkson Show Image
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Daily Show Image
The Daily Show
Self
American Dad! Image
American Dad!
Hiko Yoshida (voice)
American Dad! Image
American Dad!
Katie (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Sandman Image
The Sandman
The Prophet (voice)
The Graham Norton Show Image
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Image
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host
INVINCIBLE Image
INVINCIBLE
Debbie Grayson (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Image
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Image
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Breadcrumb (voice)
Phineas and Ferb Image
Phineas and Ferb
Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
The Proud Family Image
The Proud Family
Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Image
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Castaspella (voice)
Six Feet Under Image
Six Feet Under
Porn Starlet
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Image
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Killing Eve Image
Killing Eve
Eve Polastri
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Carpool Karaoke: The Series Image
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Image
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr. Judy Song
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Mai Chi
American Dragon: Jake Long Image
American Dragon: Jake Long
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Popular Image
Popular
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Image
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Nuwa (voice)
Judging Amy Image
Judging Amy
Detective Shelly Tran
Smurfs Image
Smurfs
Moxie Smurf (voice)
The Sympathizer Image
The Sympathizer
Sofia Mori
The Chair Image
The Chair
Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
Turning Red Image
Turning Red
Ming (voice)
Thorne Image
Thorne
The Princess Diaries Image
The Princess Diaries
Vice Principal Gupta
Raya and the Last Dragon Image
Raya and the Last Dragon
Virana (voice)
Arliss Image
Arliss
Rita Wu
Dear... Image
Dear...
Self
Asian Americans Image
Asian Americans
Self
Further Tales of the City Image
Further Tales of the City
Bambi Kanetaka
Mulan II Image
Mulan II
Ting Ting (voice)
The Tiger's Apprentice Image
The Tiger's Apprentice
Mistral (voice)
Bean Image
Bean
Bernice Schimmel
She Walks with Apes Image
She Walks with Apes
Narrator
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Denim Blues
Gwen
Umma Image
Umma
Amanda
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Big Fat Liar
Mrs. Caldwell
Sideways Image
Sideways
Stephanie
Hard Candy Image
Hard Candy
Judy Tokuda
Tammy Image
Tammy
Susanne
Over the Moon Image
Over the Moon
Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Under the Tuscan Sun Image
Under the Tuscan Sun
Patti
Quiz Lady Image
Quiz Lady
Jenny Yum
The Red Violin Image
The Red Violin
Madame Ming (Montréal)
Good Fortune Image
Good Fortune
Martha
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If Not for You
Anna
Rabbit Hole Image
Rabbit Hole
Gabby
Blindness Image
Blindness
Minister of Health
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Image
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Ramona and Beezus Image
Ramona and Beezus
Mrs. Meacham
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red Image
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Self (archive footage)
For Your Consideration Image
For Your Consideration
Marketing Person
The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends Image
The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends
Doofah (voice)
Defendor Image
Defendor
Dr. Park
Dancing at the Blue Iguana Image
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Jasmine
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The Night Listener
Anna
Catfight Image
Catfight
Veronica
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Full Frontal
Fourth Fired Employee
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Waking the Dead
Kim
Guinevere Image
Guinevere
Cindy
This Changes Everything Image
This Changes Everything
Self
Cake Image
Cake
Lulu
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Permanent Midnight
Friend
Can I Get a Witness? Image
Can I Get a Witness?
Ellie
Last Night Image
Last Night
Sandra
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Image
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Gal 2000 (voice)
Break a Leg Image
Break a Leg
Young Turk
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The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Evelyn Lau
The People Speak Image
The People Speak
Self
The Same Storm Image
The Same Storm
Grace Park
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Window Horses
Rosie Ming
Sorry, Haters Image
Sorry, Haters
Phyllis
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling Image
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Officer Angela Lum
Rick Image
Rick
Michelle
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Daughter of Shanghai
Herself
3 Needles Image
3 Needles
Mary the Nun
Little Criminals Image
Little Criminals
uncredited
Double Happiness Image
Double Happiness
Jade Li
The Apology Image
The Apology
Debbie Grayson
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Stone Mattress
Grace
Meditation Park Image
Meditation Park
Ava
Wilby Wonderful Image
Wilby Wonderful
Carol French
Prey Image
Prey
Il Bae
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Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Women Who Act Image
Women Who Act
Self
Barrier Device Image
Barrier Device
Audrey
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity Image
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Kim Ho Lum
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The Scarecrow
Evelyn
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Child's Play
Marlene Lee
33 Liberty Lane Image
33 Liberty Lane
There's Someone There Image
There's Someone There
Self (archival footage)
Stationery Image
Stationery
Voice
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Sandra Oh, Inspiration
Self
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Kind of a Blur
Joe
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8 Minutes to Love