Sandra Oh
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Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian-American actress of South Korean descent born in Nepean, Ontario. She is best known for her starring roles as Cristina Yang in Grey's Anatomy and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series Killing Eve.
Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the 1994 Canadian films Double Happiness and The Diary of Evelyn Lau. On television, she was noted for her role as Rita Wu on the HBO sitcom Arliss, and her later television credits include Judging Amy and American Crime. She is also an executive producer and the lead in the Netflix comedy drama series The Chair.
Oh is known for her standout supporting and leading performances in various films, with numerous accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards and twelve Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Oh won two Genie Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Last Night and Double Happiness and won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for The Diary of Evelyn Lau.
Oh hosted the 28th Genie Awards in 2008, and 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, and was just 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. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Film
- Double Happiness as Jade Li (1994)
- Prey as Il Bae (1995)
- Cowgirl as Sarah Hwang (1996)
- Bean as Bernice Schimmel (1997)
- Bad Day on the Block (1997)
- Last Night as Sandra (1998)
- Permanent Midnight as a misc. friend (1998)
- The Red Violinas Madame Ming (1998)
- Guinevere as Cindy (1999)
- Waking the Dead as Kim (2000)
- Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Jasmine Bulut (2000)
- Three Lives of Kate as Narrator (2000)
- Date Squad as Alpha Baby (2001)
- The Frank Truth As Herself (2001)
- The Princess Diaries as Vice Principal Gupta (2001)
- Barrier Device as Audrey (2002)
- Big Fat Liar as Phyllis Caldwell (2002)
- Full Frontal as the fourth fired employee (2002)
- Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity as Kin Ho Lum (2002)
- Rick as Michelle (2002)
- Under the Tuscan Sun as Patti (2003)
- Owning Mahowny (uncredited) as craps player (2003)
- Sideways as Stephanie (2004)
- Wilby Wonderful as Carol French (2004)
- Mulan II as the voice of Ting Ting (2004)
- 8 Minutes to Love as Joy (2004)
Western Animation
- American Dad!
- American Dragon: Jake Long
- The Proud Family
- Phineas and Ferb
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
- Invincible.