Sandra Oh

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.

KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

8.103
Arliss

Arliss

6.7
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.225
American Dragon: Jake Long

American Dragon: Jake Long

7.739
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

6.62
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5
Judging Amy

Judging Amy

7.5
Further Tales of the City

Further Tales of the City

6.8
Popular

Popular

6.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.2
If Not for You

If Not for You

3
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years

6.333
Denim Blues

Denim Blues

5
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

8.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.3
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Thorne

Thorne

6.263
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

4.8
Dear...

Dear...

5
The Daily Show

The Daily Show

6.354
Killing Eve

Killing Eve

8
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

8.466
She Walks with Apes

She Walks with Apes

0
Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb

7.9
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.7
The Sandman

The Sandman

7.926
The Proud Family

The Proud Family

7.761
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.343
The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

7
Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

5.8
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.422
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7
The Oscars

The Oscars

7
The Chair

The Chair

6.533
Asian Americans

Asian Americans

0
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

7.2
INVINCIBLE

INVINCIBLE

8.637
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.4

Movies

Hard Candy

Hard Candy

6.816
Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun

6.9
Sorry, Haters

Sorry, Haters

5.7
Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

5.4
Cake

Cake

4.787
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

6.615
Mulan II

Mulan II

6.508
The Night Listener

The Night Listener

5.5
Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

6.7
Sideways

Sideways

7.1
The Princess Diaries

The Princess Diaries

6.966
Defendor

Defendor

6.4
Rick

Rick

4.882
The Red Violin

The Red Violin

7.358
Double Happiness

Double Happiness

6.6
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

6.1
Wilby Wonderful

Wilby Wonderful

5.721
Last Night

Last Night

6.637
8 Minutes to Love

8 Minutes to Love

0
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

6.8
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

6.897
Barrier Device

Barrier Device

6
Stone Mattress

Stone Mattress

0
Break a Leg

Break a Leg

3.357
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

6.7
Tammy

Tammy

5.3
Blindness

Blindness

6.519
Can I Get a Witness?

Can I Get a Witness?

6.5
Full Frontal

Full Frontal

4.576
Little Criminals

Little Criminals

7.31
Good Fortune

Good Fortune

0
Smurfs

Smurfs

0
Big Fat Liar

Big Fat Liar

5.847
For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

5.801
The People Speak

The People Speak

7.173
The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow

0
Window Horses

Window Horses

6.647
Catfight

Catfight

5.5
Ramona and Beezus

Ramona and Beezus

6.5
Kind of a Blur

Kind of a Blur

0
Guinevere

Guinevere

5.9
Permanent Midnight

Permanent Midnight

5.9
Meditation Park

Meditation Park

6.5
Prey

Prey

8
The Diary of Evelyn Lau

The Diary of Evelyn Lau

4.5
3 Needles

3 Needles

6
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

5
This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

6.2
The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends

The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends

6.1
Women Who Act

Women Who Act

0
Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

10
Over the Moon

Over the Moon

7.202
Bean

Bean

6.463
Umma

Umma

5.3
The Tiger's Apprentice

The Tiger's Apprentice

7.3
Quiz Lady

Quiz Lady

6.7
Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon

7.833
33 Liberty Lane

33 Liberty Lane

0
Stationery

Stationery

4
Turning Red

Turning Red

7.3
The Same Storm

The Same Storm

8
There's Someone There

There's Someone There

0
Child's Play

Child's Play

0
Sandra Oh, Inspiration

Sandra Oh, Inspiration

0