
Sandra Oh
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1971-07-20 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Acting
Stone Mattress
as Grace
Kind of a Blur
as Joe
(2025)
Smurfs
as Moxie (voice)
(2025)
(2024)
The Tiger's Apprentice
as Mistral (voice)
(2024)
Can I Get a Witness?
as Ellie
(2024)
There's Someone There
as Self (archival footage)
(2023)
Quiz Lady
as Jenny Yum
(2022)
Turning Red
as Ming (voice)
(2022)
Umma
as Amanda
(2022)
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Same Storm
as Grace Park
(2021)
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Virana (voice)
(2020)
Over the Moon
as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
(2019)
This Changes Everything
as Self
(2019)
Daughter of Shanghai
as Herself
(2017)
Window Horses
as Rosie Ming
(2017)
Meditation Park
as Ava
(2016)
Catfight
as Veronica
(2015)
Women Who Act
as Self
(2015)
The Scarecrow
as Evelyn
(2014)
Tammy
as Susanne
(2010)
Rabbit Hole
as Gabby
(2010)
Ramona and Beezus
as Mrs. Meacham
(2010)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Gal 2000 (voice)
(2009)
Defendor
as Dr. Park
(2009)
The People Speak
as Self
(2008)
Blindness
as Minister of Health
(2007)
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
as Doofah (voice)
(2006)
The Night Listener
as Anna
(2006)
For Your Consideration
as Marketing Person
(2005)
Hard Candy
as Judy Tokuda
(2005)
Cake
as Lulu
(2005)
Break a Leg
as Young Turk
(2005)
3 Needles
as Mary the Nun
(2005)
Sorry, Haters
as Phyllis
(2004)
Mulan II
as Ting Ting (voice)
(2004)
Sideways
as Stephanie
(2004)
Wilby Wonderful
as Carol French
(2004)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
(2004)
(2004)
Stationery
as Voice
(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
(2002)
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
as Kim Ho Lum
(2001)
The Princess Diaries
as Vice Principal Gupta
(2001)
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
as Jasmine
(2000)
Waking the Dead
as Kim
(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
(1995)
Little Criminals
as uncredited
(1995)
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Officer Angela Lum
(1995)
Prey
as Il Bae
(1994)
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
as Evelyn Lau
(1994)
Double Happiness
as Jade Li
Crew
(2023)
Quiz Lady
Producer
(2022)
Umma
Executive Producer
(2017)
Window Horses
Producer