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Sandra Oh

Born 1971-07-20
📍 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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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Filmography 108

The Big Whoop
as Wendy
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
as Self
2025
Twelfth Night
as Olivia
2025
Good Fortune
as Martha
2025
Can I Get a Witness?
as Ellie
2025
Smurfs
as Moxie Smurf (voice)
2025
There's Someone There
as Self (archival footage)
2024
The Sympathizer
as Sofia Mori
2024
The Tiger's Apprentice
as Mistral (voice)
2024
Quiz Lady
as Jenny Yum
2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
as Nuwa (voice)
2023
The Same Storm
as Grace Park
2022
The Sandman
as The Prophet (voice)
2022
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
as Narrator(voice)
2022
Umma
as Amanda
2022
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Turning Red
as Ming (voice)
2022
The Chair
as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
2021
INVINCIBLE
as Debbie Grayson (voice)
2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Virana (voice)
2021
Searching for Anna May Wong
as Self
2020
She Walks with Apes
as Narrator
2020
Over the Moon
as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
2020
Dear...
as Self
2020
Asian Americans
as Self
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
Daughter of Shanghai
as Self
2019
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
as Self
2019
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
as Castaspella (voice)
2018
Killing Eve
as Eve Polastri
2018
Meditation Park
as Ava
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Rosie Ming (voice)
2017
Catfight
as Veronica
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Women Who Act
as Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Tammy
as Susanne
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
as Dr. Judy Song
2011
Rabbit Hole
as Gabby
2010
Thorne
as DS Sarah Chen
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Gal 2000 (voice)
2010
Ramona and Beezus
as Mrs. Meacham
2010
The People Speak
as Self
2009
Defendor
as Dr. Park
2009
Blindness
as Minister of Health
2008
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
2007
For Your Consideration
as Marketing Person
2006
The Night Listener
as Anna
2006
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
2005
Mulan II
as Ting Ting (voice)
2004
Sideways
as Stephanie
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)
2004
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Patti
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Rick
as Michelle
2003
Owning Mahowny
as Craps Player (uncredited)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
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
2002
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
2001
Waking the Dead
as Kim
2000
Popular
as Humanities Teacher
1999
Judging Amy
as Detective Shelly Tran
1999
Guinevere
as Cindy
1999
The Red Violin
as Madame Ming (Montréal)
1998
Last Night
as Sandra
1998
Permanent Midnight
as Friend
1998
Bean
as Bernice Schimmel
1997
Arli$$
as Rita Wu
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Officer Angela Lum
1995
Prey
as Il Bae
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Breadcrumb (voice)
1995
Little Criminals
as uncredited
1995
Double Happiness
as Jade Li
1994
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
as Evelyn Lau
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Mai Chi
1993
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Great Performances
as Olivia
1971
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
1944
Fairyheart
as Iris (voice)