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Aliases: 산드라 오 , Sandra Miju Oh , 산드라오 , 오미주 , Oh Mi-ju , 吴珊卓 , Wu Shanzhuo , Wu Shan-zhuo , Сандра О , 吳珊卓 , ساندرا اوه

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Homepage: http://www.sandraoh.com

Movie Involvements: 36

TV Involvements: 20


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Grey's Anatomy
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8

Grey's Anatomy

(2005) Cristina Yang
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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6
Invincible
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9

Invincible

(2021) Debbie Grayson (voice)
Six Feet Under
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8

Six Feet Under

(2001) Porn Starlet
Judging Amy
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8

Judging Amy

(1999) Detective Shelly Tran
Killing Eve
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8

Killing Eve

(2018) Eve Polastri
The Sandman
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8

The Sandman

(2022) The Prophet (voice)
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Jenny Yum
Nuwa (voice)
2022 Grace Park
The Prophet (voice)
Amanda
Self (archive footage)
Ming (voice)
2021 Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
Debbie Grayson (voice)
Virana (voice)
2020 Narrator
Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Self
Self
2019 Herself
Self
2018 Castaspella (voice)
Eve Polastri
2017 Ava
Self
Veronica
2016 Rosie Ming
2015 Self
Self
Evelyn
Abby Tanaka
Self
2014 Susanne
Self
2012 Gal 2000 (voice)
2011 Dr. Judy Song
2010 Gabby
N/A
Mrs. Meacham
2009 Self
Dr. Park
2008 Minister of Health
2007 Doofah (voice)
Self
2006 Marketing Person
Anna
2005 Phyllis
Mary the Nun
Lulu
Young Turk
Cristina Yang
Katie (voice)
Hiko Yoshida (voice)
N/A
Judy Tokuda
2004 Ting Ting (voice)
Stephanie
N/A
Carol French
Voice
Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
2003 Patti
Self
Michelle
N/A
2002 Kim Ho Lum
Fourth Fired Employee
Audrey
Mrs. Caldwell
2001 Jasmine
N/A
Vice Principal Gupta
Porn Starlet
Bambi Kanetaka
2000 Kim
1999 N/A
Detective Shelly Tran
Cindy
1998 Sandra
Friend
Madame Ming (Montréal)
1997 Bernice Schimmel
1996 Rita Wu
Self
1995 Officer Angela Lum
Il Bae
N/A
N/A
Breadcrumb (voice)
1994 Jade Li
Evelyn Lau
1993 Self - Guest
Mai Chi
1989 Gwen
1975 Self - Host
1953 Self
1944 Self - Host
Mistral (voice)
Grace
N/A
Sofia Mori
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Producer
2022 Executive Producer
2021 Executive Producer
2018 Associate Producer
Co-Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2016 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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