Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-07-20 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Acting

2025

Smurfs as Moxie (voice)

2025

Good Fortune as Not available

2024

The Sympathizer as Sofia Mori

2024

The Tiger's Apprentice as Mistral (voice)

2024

Can I Get a Witness? as Ellie

2023

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Nuwa (voice)

2023

Quiz Lady as Jenny Yum

2022

Turning Red as Ming (voice)

2022

The Sandman as The Prophet (voice)

2022

Umma as Amanda

2022

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red as Self (archive footage)

2022

The Same Storm as Grace Park

2021

INVINCIBLE as Debbie Grayson (voice)

2021

Raya and the Last Dragon as Virana (voice)

2021

The Chair as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim

2020

Over the Moon as Mrs. Zhong (voice)

2020

Dear... as Self

2020

She Walks with Apes as Narrator

2020

Asian Americans as Self

2019

Daughter of Shanghai as Herself

2018

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as Castaspella (voice)

2018

Killing Eve as Eve Polastri

2017

Window Horses as Rosie Ming

2017

Meditation Park as Ava

2016

Catfight as Veronica

2015

The Scarecrow as Evelyn

2015

Women Who Act as Self

2014

Tammy as Susanne

2011

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays as Dr. Judy Song

2010

Thorne as Not available

2010

Ramona and Beezus as Mrs. Meacham

2010

Rabbit Hole as Gabby

2009

Defendor as Dr. Park

2009

The People Speak as Self

2008

Blindness as Minister of Health

2007

Phineas and Ferb as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)

2006

The Night Listener as Anna

2006

For Your Consideration as Marketing Person

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Cristina Yang

2005

American Dad! as Katie (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Hiko Yoshida (voice)

2005

American Dragon: Jake Long as Not available

2005

Hard Candy as Judy Tokuda

2005

Cake as Lulu

2005

Break a Leg as Young Turk

2005

Sorry, Haters as Phyllis

2005

3 Needles as Mary the Nun

2004

Mulan II as Ting Ting (voice)

2004

Sideways as Stephanie

2004

Wilby Wonderful as Carol French

2004

8 Minutes to Love as Not available

2004

Stationery as Voice

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Not available

2003

Under the Tuscan Sun as Patti

2003

Rick as Michelle

2002

Big Fat Liar as Mrs. Caldwell

2002

Full Frontal as Fourth Fired Employee

2002

Barrier Device as Audrey

2001

Six Feet Under as Porn Starlet

2001

The Proud Family as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)

2001

The Princess Diaries as Vice Principal Gupta

2001

Further Tales of the City as Bambi Kanetaka

2000

Waking the Dead as Kim

1999

Judging Amy as Detective Shelly Tran

1999

Popular as Not available

1999

Guinevere as Cindy

1998

The Red Violin as Madame Ming (Montréal)

1998

Last Night as Sandra

1998

Permanent Midnight as Friend

1997

Bean as Bernice Schimmel

1996

The Daily Show as Self

1996

Arliss as Rita Wu

1995

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Not available

1995

If Not for You as Anna

1995

Little Criminals as uncredited

1995

Prey as Il Bae

1994

The Diary of Evelyn Lau as Evelyn Lau

1994

Double Happiness as Jade Li

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

1989

Denim Blues as Gwen

1982

Cagney & Lacey as Angela Lum

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1953

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host

NaN

Stone Mattress as Grace

NaN

Kind of a Blur as Joe

NaN

33 Liberty Lane as Not available
Crew

2023

Quiz Lady Producer

2022

Umma Executive Producer

2021

The Chair Executive Producer

2018

Killing Eve Associate Producer

2018

Killing Eve Co-Executive Producer

2018

Killing Eve Executive Producer

2017

Window Horses Producer