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Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

AKA: Sandra Miju Oh · 산드라오 · 오미주 · Oh Mi-ju · Wu Shanzhuo

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Born: 1971 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 37 Global Credits 🔥 2.1 Popularity
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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.

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Show / Title Year Credit / Role
The Sympathizer 2024 Sofia Mori
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai 2023 Nuwa (voice)
The Sandman 2022 The Prophet (voice)
The Chair 2021 Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
The Chair 2021 Executive Producer
INVINCIBLE 2021 Debbie Grayson (voice)
Dear... 2020 Self
Asian Americans 2020 Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019 Self
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 2018 Castaspella (voice)
Killing Eve 2018 Eve Polastri
Killing Eve 2018 Co-Executive Producer
Carpool Karaoke: The Series 2017 Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015 Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014 Self
Betas 2013 Sharron
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2011 Dr. Judy Song
Thorne 2010 DS Sarah Chen
Phineas and Ferb 2007 Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
The Graham Norton Show 2007 Self
Grey's Anatomy 2005 Cristina Yang
American Dad! 2005 Hiko Yoshida (voice)
American Dragon: Jake Long 2005 Contributor
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003 Self
The Proud Family 2001 Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
Further Tales of the City 2001 Bambi Kanetaka
Popular 1999 Humanities Teacher
Judging Amy 1999 Detective Shelly Tran
Arli$$ 1996 Rita Wu
The Daily Show 1996 Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995 Breadcrumb (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993 Self - Guest
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues 1993 Mai Chi
Saturday Night Live 1975 Self - Host
The Oscars 1953 Self
Golden Globe Awards 1944 Self - Host