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.
Movies (67)
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
2026
The Big Whoop
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2025
Twelfth Night
2025
Good Fortune
2025
Can I Get a Witness?
2025
Smurfs
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
There's Someone There
2024
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024
Quiz Lady
2023
The Same Storm
2022
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
2022
Umma
2022
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
2022
Turning Red
2022
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021
Searching for Anna May Wong
2020
Over the Moon
2020
This Changes Everything
2019
Daughter of Shanghai
2019
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
2019
Meditation Park
2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
Catfight
2017
Women Who Act
2015
Tammy
2014
Rabbit Hole
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
Ramona and Beezus
2010
The People Speak
2009
Defendor
2009
Blindness
2008
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
2007
For Your Consideration
2006
The Night Listener
2006
Sorry, Haters
2005
3 Needles
2005
Cake
2005
Break a Leg
2005
Hard Candy
2005
Mulan II
2004
Sideways
2004
Wilby Wonderful
2004
Stationery
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
Rick
2003
Owning Mahowny
2003
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
2002
Full Frontal
2002
Barrier Device
2002
Big Fat Liar
2002
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001
The Princess Diaries
2001
Waking the Dead
2000
Guinevere
1999
The Red Violin
1998
Last Night
1998
Permanent Midnight
1998
Bean
1997
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995
Prey
1995
Little Criminals
1995
Double Happiness
1994
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
1994
Fairyheart
TV Shows (43)
The Sympathizer
2024
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
The Sandman
2022
The Chair
2021
INVINCIBLE
2021
She Walks with Apes
2020
Dear...
2020
Asian Americans
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
2018
Killing Eve
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011
Thorne
2010
Phineas and Ferb
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Grey's Anatomy
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dragon: Jake Long
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Proud Family
2001
Six Feet Under
2001
Further Tales of the City
2001
Popular
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Arli$$
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Great Performances
1971
The Oscars
1953
Golden Globe Awards
1944