Sandra Oh
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: 20 July 1971
Played In
Untitled Daniels/Universal Event Film
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
Alice
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
The Big Whoop
Wendy
Twelfth Night
Olivia
Good Fortune
Martha
Can I Get a Witness?
Ellie
Smurfs
Moxie Smurf (voice)
There's Someone There
Self (archival footage)
The Sympathizer
Sofia Mori
The Tiger's Apprentice
Mistral (voice)
Quiz Lady
Jenny Yum
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Nuwa (voice)
The Same Storm
Grace Park
The Sandman
The Prophet (voice)
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
Narrator(voice)
Umma
Amanda
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Self (archive footage)
Turning Red
Ming (voice)
The Chair
Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
INVINCIBLE
Debbie Grayson (voice)
Raya and the Last Dragon
Virana (voice)
Searching for Anna May Wong
Self
She Walks with Apes
Narrator
Over the Moon
Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Dear...
Self
Asian Americans
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
This Changes Everything
Self
Daughter of Shanghai
Self
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
Self
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Castaspella (voice)
Killing Eve
Eve Polastri
Meditation Park
Ava
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Rosie Ming (voice)
Catfight
Veronica
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Scarecrow
Evelyn
Women Who Act
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Tammy
Susanne
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Betas
Sharron
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr. Judy Song
Rabbit Hole
Gabby
Thorne
DS Sarah Chen
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Gal 2000 (voice)
Ramona and Beezus
Mrs. Meacham
The People Speak
Self
Defendor
Dr. Park
Blindness
Minister of Health
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
Doofah (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
Self
For Your Consideration
Marketing Person
The Night Listener
Anna
Kind of a Blur
Joe
Sorry, Haters
Phyllis
3 Needles
Mary the Nun
Cake
Lulu
Break a Leg
Young Turk
Grey's Anatomy
Cristina Yang
American Dad!
Katie (voice)
American Dad!
Hiko Yoshida (voice)
American Dragon: Jake Long
Hard Candy
Judy Tokuda
Mulan II
Ting Ting (voice)
Sideways
Stephanie
8 Minutes to Love
Wilby Wonderful
Carol French
Stationery
Voice
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Under the Tuscan Sun
Patti
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Rick
Michelle
Owning Mahowny
Craps Player (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Kim Ho Lum
Full Frontal
Fourth Fired Employee
Barrier Device
Audrey
Big Fat Liar
Mrs. Caldwell
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Jasmine
The Proud Family
Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
The Princess Diaries
Vice Principal Gupta
Six Feet Under
Porn Starlet
Further Tales of the City
Bambi Kanetaka
Waking the Dead
Kim
Popular
Humanities Teacher
Judging Amy
Detective Shelly Tran
Guinevere
Cindy
The Red Violin
Madame Ming (Montréal)
Last Night
Sandra
Permanent Midnight
Friend
Bean
Bernice Schimmel
Arli$$
Rita Wu
The Daily Show
Self
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Officer Angela Lum
Prey
Il Bae
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
If Not for You
Anna
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Breadcrumb (voice)
Little Criminals
uncredited
Double Happiness
Jade Li
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Evelyn Lau
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Mai Chi
Denim Blues
Gwen
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Great Performances
Olivia
The Oscars
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host
Child's Play
Marlene Lee
Fairyheart
Iris (voice)