Name
Sandra Oh
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1971-07-20 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2006 Hard Candy as Judy Tokuda
- 2003 Under the Tuscan Sun as Patti
- 2005 Sorry, Haters as Phyllis
- 2001 Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Jasmine
- 2005 Cake as Lulu
- 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Gal 2000 (voice)
- 2004 Mulan II as Ting Ting (voice)
- 2006 The Night Listener as Anna
- 2010 Rabbit Hole as Gabby
- 2004 Sideways as Stephanie
- 2001 The Princess Diaries as Vice Principal Gupta
- 2009 Defendor as Dr. Park
- 2003 Rick as Michelle
- 1998 The Red Violin as Madame Ming (Montréal)
- 1994 Double Happiness as Jade Li
- 2000 Waking the Dead as Kim
- 2004 Wilby Wonderful as Carol French
- 1998 Last Night as Sandra
- 2004 8 Minutes to Love
- 2002 Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity as Kim Ho Lum
- 2022 Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Barrier Device as Audrey
- 2005 Break a Leg as Young Turk
- 1995 Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling as Officer Angela Lum
- 2014 Tammy as Susanne
- 2008 Blindness as Minister of Health
- 2025 Can I Get a Witness? as Ellie
- 2002 Full Frontal as Fourth Fired Employee
- 1995 Little Criminals as uncredited
- 2025 Good Fortune as Martha
- 2025 Smurfs as Moxie Smurf (voice)
- 2002 Big Fat Liar as Mrs. Caldwell
- 2006 For Your Consideration as Marketing Person
- 2009 The People Speak as Self
- 2015 The Scarecrow as Evelyn
- 2017 Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming as Rosie Ming (voice)
- 2017 Catfight as Veronica
- 2010 Ramona and Beezus as Mrs. Meacham
- 2005 Kind of a Blur as Joe
- 1999 Guinevere as Cindy
- 1998 Permanent Midnight as Friend
- 2017 Meditation Park as Ava
- 1995 Prey as Il Bae
- 1994 The Diary of Evelyn Lau as Evelyn Lau
- 2005 3 Needles as Mary the Nun
- 2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
- 2019 This Changes Everything as Self
- 2007 The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends as Doofah (voice)
- 2015 Women Who Act as Self
- 2019 Daughter of Shanghai as Self
- 2020 Over the Moon as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
- 1997 Bean as Bernice Schimmel
- 2022 Umma as Amanda
- 2024 The Tiger's Apprentice as Mistral (voice)
- 2023 Quiz Lady as Jenny Yum
- 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon as Virana (voice)
- 2004 Stationery as Voice
- 2022 Turning Red as Ming (voice)
- 2022 The Same Storm as Grace Park
- 2024 There's Someone There as Self (archival footage)
- Soon Child's Play as Marlene Lee
- 2019 Sandra Oh, Inspiration as Self
- 2003 Owning Mahowny as Craps Player (uncredited)
- 2025 Twelfth Night as Olivia
- Soon Fairyheart as Iris (voice)
- 2025 The Big Whoop as Wendy
- 2022 Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March as Narrator(voice)
- 2020 Searching for Anna May Wong as Self
- 2026 The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas as Self
- 2026 National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope as Alice
- 2027 Untitled Daniels Event Film
- 2026 Euphoria: A Look Back as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- 2001 Six Feet Under ( 1 episode ) as Porn Starlet
- 1996 Arli$$ ( 80 episodes ) as Rita Wu
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 220 episodes ) as Cristina Yang
- 2005 American Dragon: Jake Long ( 3 episodes )
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Katie (voice)
- 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues ( 1 episode ) as Mai Chi
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 3 episodes ) as Detective Shelly Tran
- 2001 Further Tales of the City ( 4 episodes ) as Bambi Kanetaka
- 1999 Popular ( 2 episodes ) as Humanities Teacher
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1995 If Not for You ( 2 episodes ) as Anna
- 1995 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years ( 1 episode )
- 1989 Denim Blues ( 1 episode ) as Gwen
- 2023 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai ( 3 episodes ) as Nuwa (voice)
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 American Dad! ( 4 episodes ) as Hiko Yoshida (voice)
- 2011 Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Judy Song
- 2020 Dear... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Killing Eve ( 32 episodes ) as Eve Polastri
- 2018 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power ( 52 episodes ) as Castaspella (voice)
- 2020 She Walks with Apes ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator
- 2007 Phineas and Ferb ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as Breadcrumb (voice)
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 The Sandman ( 1 episode ) as The Prophet (voice)
- 2001 The Proud Family ( 2 episodes ) as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 The Sympathizer ( 7 episodes ) as Sofia Mori
- 2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 The Chair ( 6 episodes ) as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
- 2020 Asian Americans ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 INVINCIBLE ( 32 episodes ) as Debbie Grayson (voice)
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Olivia
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2010 Thorne ( 3 episodes ) as DS Sarah Chen
- 2013 Betas ( 1 episode ) as Sharron
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
