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Sandra Oh

Acting

Sandra Oh

EN, ZH, FR cinema · 73 credits

Born

20 July 1971 (age 55)

Birthplace

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Also known as Sandra Miju Oh · 산드라오 · 오미주 · Oh Mi-ju · Wu Shanzhuo · Wu Shan-zhuo

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

Filmography

Child's Play

Child's Play

ENNot rated

as Marlene Lee

Fairyheart poster

Fairyheart

ENNot rated

as Iris (voice)

Untitled Daniels Event Film

2027

Untitled Daniels Event Film

EN · 2027Not rated

Actor

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas poster

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

EN · 202610.0

as Self

National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope poster

National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope

EN · 2026Not rated

as Alice

Euphoria: A Look Back poster

Euphoria: A Look Back

EN · 20264.7

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Can I Get a Witness? poster

Can I Get a Witness?

EN · 2025Not rated

as Ellie

Good Fortune poster

Good Fortune

EN · 20256.9

as Martha

Smurfs poster

Smurfs

EN · 20255.7

as Moxie Smurf (voice)

Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night

EN · 20257.0

as Olivia

The Big Whoop poster

The Big Whoop

EN · 2025Not rated

as Wendy

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

EN · 20256.8

as Self

The Tiger's Apprentice poster

The Tiger's Apprentice

EN · 20247.2

as Mistral (voice)

There's Someone There poster

There's Someone There

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self (archival footage)

Quiz Lady poster

Quiz Lady

EN · 20236.7

as Jenny Yum, Producer

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red poster

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

EN · 20226.8

as Self (archive footage)

Umma poster

Umma

EN · 20225.3

as Amanda, Executive Producer

Turning Red poster

Turning Red

EN · 20227.3

as Ming (voice)

The Same Storm poster

The Same Storm

EN · 20228.0

as Grace Park

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March poster

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

EN · 2022Not rated

as Narrator(voice)

Raya and the Last Dragon poster

Raya and the Last Dragon

EN · 20217.8

as Virana (voice)

Over the Moon poster

Over the Moon

EN · 20207.2

as Mrs. Zhong (voice)

Searching for Anna May Wong poster

Searching for Anna May Wong

EN · 2020Not rated

as Self

This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything

EN · 20196.2

as Self

Daughter of Shanghai poster

Daughter of Shanghai

ZH · 201910.0

as Self

Sandra Oh, Inspiration poster

Sandra Oh, Inspiration

EN · 2019Not rated

as Self

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming poster

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

EN · 20176.7

as Rosie Ming (voice), Producer

Catfight poster

Catfight

EN · 20175.5

as Veronica

Meditation Park poster

Meditation Park

EN · 20176.6

as Ava

The Scarecrow

2015

The Scarecrow

EN · 2015Not rated

as Evelyn

Women Who Act poster

Women Who Act

EN · 2015Not rated

as Self

Tammy poster

Tammy

EN · 20145.3

as Susanne

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey poster

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

EN · 20106.0

as Gal 2000 (voice)

Rabbit Hole poster

Rabbit Hole

EN · 20106.6

as Gabby

Ramona and Beezus poster

Ramona and Beezus

EN · 20106.6

as Mrs. Meacham

Defendor poster

Defendor

EN · 20096.4

as Dr. Park

The People Speak poster

The People Speak

EN · 20097.2

as Self

Blindness poster

Blindness

EN · 20086.5

as Minister of Health

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends poster

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

EN · 20076.1

as Doofah (voice)

Hard Candy poster

Hard Candy

EN · 20066.8

as Judy Tokuda

The Night Listener poster

The Night Listener

EN · 20065.5

as Anna

For Your Consideration poster

For Your Consideration

EN · 20065.8

as Marketing Person

Sorry, Haters poster

Sorry, Haters

EN · 20055.6

as Phyllis

Cake poster

Cake

EN · 20054.8

as Lulu

Break a Leg poster

Break a Leg

EN · 20053.6

as Young Turk

Kind of a Blur

2005

Kind of a Blur

EN · 2005Not rated

as Joe

3 Needles poster

3 Needles

EN · 20055.9

as Mary the Nun

Mulan II poster

Mulan II

EN · 20046.5

as Ting Ting (voice)

Sideways poster

Sideways

EN · 20047.1

as Stephanie

Wilby Wonderful poster

Wilby Wonderful

EN · 20045.6

as Carol French

8 Minutes to Love poster

8 Minutes to Love

EN · 200410.0

as Joy

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

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

EN · 20046.0

as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)

Stationery poster

Stationery

EN · 20044.0

as Voice

Under the Tuscan Sun poster

Under the Tuscan Sun

EN · 20036.9

as Patti

Rick poster

Rick

EN · 20035.0

as Michelle

Owning Mahowny poster

Owning Mahowny

EN · 20036.8

as Craps Player (uncredited)

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity poster

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

EN · 20026.9

as Kim Ho Lum

Barrier Device poster

Barrier Device

EN · 20025.8

as Audrey

Full Frontal poster

Full Frontal

EN · 20024.6

as Fourth Fired Employee

Big Fat Liar poster

Big Fat Liar

EN · 20025.9

as Mrs. Caldwell

Dancing at the Blue Iguana poster

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

EN · 20015.4

as Jasmine

The Princess Diaries poster

The Princess Diaries

EN · 20017.0

as Vice Principal Gupta

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

EN · 20006.0

as Kim

Guinevere poster

Guinevere

EN · 19995.7

as Cindy

The Red Violin poster

The Red Violin

FR · 19987.3

as Madame Ming (Montréal)

Last Night poster

Last Night

EN · 19986.6

as Sandra

Permanent Midnight poster

Permanent Midnight

EN · 19985.9

as Friend

Bean poster

Bean

EN · 19976.5

as Bernice Schimmel

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling poster

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

EN · 19957.5

as Officer Angela Lum

Little Criminals poster

Little Criminals

EN · 19957.3

as uncredited

Prey poster

Prey

EN · 19958.5

as Il Bae

Double Happiness poster

Double Happiness

EN · 19946.5

as Jade Li

The Diary of Evelyn Lau poster

The Diary of Evelyn Lau

EN · 19944.5

as Evelyn Lau