Sandra Oh
Acting
Born: July 20, 1971 (age 55) · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Highest Rated
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021
INVINCIBLE
2021
Turning Red
2022
The Princess Diaries
2001
Hard Candy
2005
The Sandman
2022
Bean
1997
Mulan II
2004
American Dad!
2005
Sideways
2004
Killing Eve
2018
Photos (7)
Movies (55)
Raya and the Last Dragon
Virana (voice)
Turning Red
Ming (voice)
The Princess Diaries
Vice Principal Gupta
Smurfs
Moxie Smurf (voice)
Good Fortune
Martha
The Tiger's Apprentice
Mistral (voice)
Mulan II
Ting Ting (voice)
Bean
Bernice Schimmel
Hard Candy
Judy Tokuda
Blindness
Minister of Health
Big Fat Liar
Mrs. Caldwell
Under the Tuscan Sun
Patti
Sideways
Stephanie
Over the Moon
Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Quiz Lady
Jenny Yum
Rabbit Hole
Gabby
The Red Violin
Madame Ming (Montréal)
Ramona and Beezus
Mrs. Meacham
Owning Mahowny
Craps Player (uncredited)
Catfight
Veronica
Defendor
Dr. Park
For Your Consideration
Marketing Person
Full Frontal
Fourth Fired Employee
Umma
Amanda
Tammy
Susanne
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Jasmine
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
Doofah (voice)
Cake
Lulu
Twelfth Night
Olivia
The Night Listener
Anna
Permanent Midnight
Friend
Waking the Dead
Kim
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Gal 2000 (voice)
Guinevere
Cindy
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Officer Angela Lum
Last Night
Sandra
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Rosie Ming (voice)
The Big Whoop
Wendy
Double Happiness
Jade Li
Wilby Wonderful
Carol French
Prey
Il Bae
Meditation Park
Ava
Break a Leg
Young Turk
3 Needles
Mary the Nun
Can I Get a Witness?
Ellie
The Same Storm
Grace Park
Barrier Device
Audrey
Sorry, Haters
Phyllis
Little Criminals
uncredited
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
Narrator(voice)
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Evelyn Lau
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Kim Ho Lum
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Rick
Michelle
Stationery
Voice
TV Shows (26)
Grey's Anatomy
Cristina Yang · 220 eps
American Dad!
Katie (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Hiko Yoshida (voice) · 4 eps
Phineas and Ferb
Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice) · 1 eps
INVINCIBLE
Debbie Grayson (voice) · 32 eps
The Sandman
The Prophet (voice) · 1 eps
Great Performances
Olivia · 1 eps
Judging Amy
Detective Shelly Tran · 3 eps
Six Feet Under
Porn Starlet · 1 eps
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Mai Chi · 1 eps
Arli$$
Rita Wu · 80 eps
Killing Eve
Eve Polastri · 32 eps
American Dragon: Jake Long
3 eps
Popular
Humanities Teacher · 2 eps
The Proud Family
Marsha Mitsubishi (voice) · 2 eps
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Castaspella (voice) · 52 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Breadcrumb (voice) · 1 eps
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Nuwa (voice) · 3 eps
The Sympathizer
Sofia Mori · 7 eps
The Chair
Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim · 6 eps
Betas
Sharron · 1 eps
Thorne
DS Sarah Chen · 3 eps
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1 eps
Further Tales of the City
Bambi Kanetaka · 4 eps
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr. Judy Song · 1 eps
She Walks with Apes
Narrator · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (30)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self · 1 eps
Euphoria: A Look Back
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear...
Self · 1 eps
Asian Americans
Self · 5 eps
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
This Changes Everything
Self
The People Speak
Self
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Self (archive footage)
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
Searching for Anna May Wong
Self
Women Who Act
Self
Daughter of Shanghai
Self
There's Someone There
Self (archival footage)
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
Self
Upcoming (2)
Producing (7)
Killing Eve
Associate Producer
Killing Eve
Co-Executive Producer
Killing Eve
Executive Producer
The Chair
Executive Producer
Quiz Lady
Producer
Umma
Executive Producer
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Producer