Sandra Oh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
Child's Play
Movie · as Marlene Lee
Fairyheart
Movie · as Iris (voice)
Untitled Daniels Event Film
Movie
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
Movie · as Alice
Euphoria: A Look Back
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Can I Get a Witness?
Movie · as Ellie
Good Fortune
Movie · as Martha
Smurfs
Movie · as Moxie Smurf (voice)
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Olivia
The Big Whoop
Movie · as Wendy
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self
The Tiger's Apprentice
Movie · as Mistral (voice)
There's Someone There
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
The Sympathizer
TV · as Sofia Mori · 7 eps
Quiz Lady
Movie · as Jenny Yum
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
TV · as Nuwa (voice) · 3 eps
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Umma
Movie · as Amanda
Turning Red
Movie · as Ming (voice)
The Same Storm
Movie · as Grace Park
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
Movie · as Narrator(voice)
The Sandman
TV · as The Prophet (voice) · 1 ep
Raya and the Last Dragon
Movie · as Virana (voice)
The Chair
TV · as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim · 6 eps
INVINCIBLE
TV · as Debbie Grayson (voice) · 32 eps
Over the Moon
Movie · as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Searching for Anna May Wong
Movie · as Self
Dear...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
She Walks with Apes
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
Asian Americans
TV · as Self · 5 eps
This Changes Everything
Movie · as Self
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie · as Self
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
Movie · as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Killing Eve
TV · as Eve Polastri · 32 eps
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
TV · as Castaspella (voice) · 52 eps
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Movie · as Rosie Ming (voice)
Catfight
Movie · as Veronica
Meditation Park
Movie · as Ava
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Scarecrow
Movie · as Evelyn
Women Who Act
Movie · as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Tammy
Movie · as Susanne
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Betas
TV · as Sharron · 1 ep
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
TV · as Dr. Judy Song · 1 ep
Rabbit Hole
Movie · as Gabby
Ramona and Beezus
Movie · as Mrs. Meacham
Thorne
TV · as DS Sarah Chen · 3 eps
Defendor
Movie · as Dr. Park
The People Speak
Movie · as Self
Blindness
Movie · as Minister of Health
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
Movie · as Doofah (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice) · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hard Candy
Movie · as Judy Tokuda
The Night Listener
Movie · as Anna
For Your Consideration
Movie · as Marketing Person
Sorry, Haters
Movie · as Phyllis
Cake
Movie · as Lulu
Break a Leg
Movie · as Young Turk
Kind of a Blur
Movie · as Joe
3 Needles
Movie · as Mary the Nun
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Cristina Yang · 215 eps
American Dragon: Jake Long
TV · 3 eps
American Dad!
TV · as Katie (voice), Hiko Yoshida (voice) · 1 ep
Mulan II
Movie · as Ting Ting (voice)
Sideways
Movie · as Stephanie
Wilby Wonderful
Movie · as Carol French
8 Minutes to Love
Movie · as Joy
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Movie · as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Stationery
Movie · as Voice
Under the Tuscan Sun
Movie · as Patti
Rick
Movie · as Michelle
Owning Mahowny
Movie · as Craps Player (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Movie · as Kim Ho Lum
Barrier Device
Movie · as Audrey
Full Frontal
Movie · as Fourth Fired Employee
Big Fat Liar
Movie · as Mrs. Caldwell
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Movie · as Jasmine
The Princess Diaries
Movie · as Vice Principal Gupta
Six Feet Under
TV · as Porn Starlet · 1 ep
Further Tales of the City
TV · as Bambi Kanetaka · 4 eps
The Proud Family
TV · as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice) · 2 eps
Waking the Dead
Movie · as Kim
Guinevere
Movie · as Cindy
Judging Amy
TV · as Detective Shelly Tran · 3 eps
Popular
TV · as Humanities Teacher · 2 eps
The Red Violin
Movie · as Madame Ming (Montréal)
Last Night
Movie · as Sandra
Permanent Midnight
Movie · as Friend
Bean
Movie · as Bernice Schimmel
Arli$$
TV · as Rita Wu · 80 eps
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Movie · as Officer Angela Lum
Little Criminals
Movie · as uncredited
Prey
Movie · as Il Bae
If Not for You
TV · as Anna · 2 eps
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
TV · 1 ep
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Breadcrumb (voice) · 1 ep
Double Happiness
Movie · as Jade Li
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Movie · as Evelyn Lau
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Mai Chi · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Denim Blues
TV · as Gwen · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Olivia · 1 ep
Sesame Street
TV · as The Fairy Cookie Person · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep