Sandra Oh

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-07-20 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

  • 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

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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Known For

Grey's Anatomy
8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

Turning Red
7.3%

Turning Red

Mar 10, 2022

The Princess Diaries
7.0%

The Princess Diaries

Aug 3, 2001

INVINCIBLE
8.6%

INVINCIBLE

Mar 25, 2021

Hard Candy
6.8%

Hard Candy

Jan 14, 2005

Bean
6.5%

Bean

Jul 3, 1997

Mulan II
6.5%

Mulan II

Nov 3, 2004

American Dad!
7.0%

American Dad!

Feb 6, 2005

American Dad!
7.0%

American Dad!

Feb 6, 2005

The Sandman
7.9%

The Sandman

Aug 5, 2022

Sideways
7.1%

Sideways

Oct 22, 2004

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Acting

Stone Mattress as Grace
Kind of a Blur as Joe
33 Liberty Lane
2025
Good Fortune
2025
Smurfs as Moxie (voice)
2024
Can I Get a Witness? as Ellie
2024
The Sympathizer as Sofia Mori
2024
The Tiger's Apprentice as Mistral (voice)
2023
Quiz Lady as Jenny Yum
2023
Invincible: Atom Eve as Debbie Grayson(voice)
2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Nuwa (voice)
2022
The Same Storm as Grace Park
2022
The Sandman as The Prophet (voice)
2022
Umma as Amanda
2022
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red as Self (archive footage)
2022
Turning Red as Ming (voice)
2021
The Chair as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
2021
INVINCIBLE as Debbie Grayson (voice)
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon as Virana (voice)
2020
She Walks with Apes as Narrator
2020
Over the Moon as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
2020
Dear... as Self
2020
Asian Americans as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
Daughter of Shanghai as Herself
2019
This Changes Everything as Self
2018
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power as Castaspella (voice)
2018
Killing Eve as Eve Polastri
2017
Meditation Park as Ava
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
2017
Window Horses as Rosie Ming
2016
Catfight as Veronica
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015
The Scarecrow as Evelyn
2015
Women Who Act as Self
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Tammy as Susanne
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2011
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays as Dr. Judy Song
2010
Rabbit Hole as Gabby
2010
Thorne
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Gal 2000 (voice)
2010
Ramona and Beezus as Mrs. Meacham
2009
The People Speak as Self
2009
Defendor as Dr. Park
2008
Blindness as Minister of Health
2007
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends as Doofah (voice)
2007
Phineas and Ferb as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
For Your Consideration as Marketing Person
2006
The Night Listener as Anna
2005
Sorry, Haters as Phyllis
2005
3 Needles as Mary the Nun
2005
Cake as Lulu
2005
Break a Leg as Young Turk
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Cristina Yang
2005
American Dad! as Katie (voice)
2005
American Dad! as Hiko Yoshida (voice)
2005
American Dragon: Jake Long
2005
Hard Candy as Judy Tokuda
2004
Mulan II as Ting Ting (voice)
2004
Sideways as Stephanie
2004
8 Minutes to Love
2004
Wilby Wonderful as Carol French
2004
Stationery as Voice
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
2003
Under the Tuscan Sun as Patti
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Rick as Michelle
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2002
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity as Kim Ho Lum
2002
Full Frontal as Fourth Fired Employee
2002
Barrier Device as Audrey
2002
Big Fat Liar as Mrs. Caldwell
2001
Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Jasmine
2001
The Proud Family as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
2001
The Princess Diaries as Vice Principal Gupta
2001
Six Feet Under as Porn Starlet
2001
Further Tales of the City as Bambi Kanetaka
2000
Waking the Dead as Kim
1999
Popular
1999
Judging Amy as Detective Shelly Tran
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
1996
Arliss as Rita Wu
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1995
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling as Officer Angela Lum
1995
Prey as Il Bae
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
If Not for You as Anna
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Breadcrumb (voice)
1995
Little Criminals as uncredited
1994
Double Happiness as Jade Li
1994
The Diary of Evelyn Lau as Evelyn Lau
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Mai Chi
1989
Denim Blues as Gwen
1982
Cagney & Lacey as Angela Lum
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host

Production

2023
Quiz Lady as Producer
2022
Umma as Executive Producer
2021
The Chair as Executive Producer
2018
Killing Eve as Associate Producer
2018
Killing Eve as Co-Executive Producer
2018
Killing Eve as Executive Producer
2017
Window Horses as Producer
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