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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 20, 1971
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
1.6 Popularity
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
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Olivia
Twelfth Night
2025
7.1
Martha
Good Fortune
2025
0.0
Ellie
Can I Get a Witness?
2025
5.9
Moxie Smurf (voice)
Smurfs
2025
0.0
Self (archival footage)
There's Someone There
2024
7.0
Sofia Mori
The Sympathizer
2024
7.3
Mistral (voice)
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024
6.7
Jenny Yum
Quiz Lady
2023
8.2
Nuwa (voice)
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
8.0
Grace Park
The Same Storm
2022
Credits
Twelfth Night
as Olivia
2025
0.0
Good Fortune
as Martha
2025
7.1
Can I Get a Witness?
as Ellie
2025
0.0
Smurfs
as Moxie Smurf (voice)
2025
5.9
There's Someone There
as Self (archival footage)
2024
0.0
The Sympathizer
as Sofia Mori
2024
7.0
The Tiger's Apprentice
as Mistral (voice)
2024
7.3
Quiz Lady
as Jenny Yum
2023
6.7
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
as Nuwa (voice)
2023
8.2
The Same Storm
as Grace Park
2022
8.0
The Sandman
as The Prophet (voice)
2022
7.9
Umma
as Amanda
2022
5.3
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.9
Turning Red
as Ming (voice)
2022
7.3
The Chair
as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
2021
6.5
INVINCIBLE
as Debbie Grayson (voice)
2021
8.6
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Virana (voice)
2021
7.8
She Walks with Apes
as Narrator
2020
0.0
Over the Moon
as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
2020
7.2
Dear...
as Self
2020
5.0
Asian Americans
as Self
2020
10.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Daughter of Shanghai
as Self
2019
10.0
This Changes Everything
as Self
2019
6.1
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
as Self
2019
0.0
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
as Castaspella (voice)
2018
8.5
Killing Eve
as Eve Polastri
2018
7.9
Meditation Park
as Ava
2017
6.6
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
6.1
Window Horses
as Rosie Ming (voice)
2017
6.7
Catfight
as Veronica
2016
5.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
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The Scarecrow
as Evelyn
2015
0.0
Women Who Act
as Self
2015
0.0
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Tammy
as Susanne
2014
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
as Dr. Judy Song
2011
4.8
Rabbit Hole
as Gabby
2010
6.7
Thorne
2010
6.5
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Gal 2000 (voice)
2010
6.3
Ramona and Beezus
as Mrs. Meacham
2010
6.5
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
Defendor
as Dr. Park
2009
6.4
Blindness
as Minister of Health
2008
6.5
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
as Doofah (voice)
2007
6.1
Phineas and Ferb
as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
2007
7.9
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
For Your Consideration
as Marketing Person
2006
5.7
The Night Listener
as Anna
2006
5.5
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Kind of a Blur
as Joe
2005
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Sorry, Haters
as Phyllis
2005
5.5
3 Needles
as Mary the Nun
2005
5.8
Cake
as Lulu
2005
4.8
Break a Leg
as Young Turk
2005
3.1
Grey's Anatomy
as Cristina Yang
2005
8.2
American Dad!
as Katie (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Hiko Yoshida (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dragon: Jake Long
2005
7.7
Hard Candy
as Judy Tokuda
2005
6.8
Mulan II
as Ting Ting (voice)
2004
6.5
Sideways
as Stephanie
2004
7.1
🎬
8 Minutes to Love
2004
0.0
Wilby Wonderful
as Carol French
2004
5.6
Stationery
as Voice
2004
4.0
🎬
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
2004
5.0
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Patti
2003
6.9
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Rick
as Michelle
2003
4.7
Owning Mahowny
as Craps Player (uncredited)
2003
6.7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
as Kim Ho Lum
2002
6.8
Full Frontal
as Fourth Fired Employee
2002
4.6
Barrier Device
as Audrey
2002
4.7
Big Fat Liar
as Mrs. Caldwell
2002
5.9
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
as Jasmine
2001
5.3
The Proud Family
as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
2001
7.7
The Princess Diaries
as Vice Principal Gupta
2001
7.0
Six Feet Under
as Porn Starlet
2001
8.1
Further Tales of the City
as Bambi Kanetaka
2001
6.5
Waking the Dead
as Kim
2000
6.1
Popular
as Humanities Teacher
1999
6.6
Judging Amy
as Detective Shelly Tran
1999
7.5
Guinevere
as Cindy
1999
5.7
The Red Violin
as Madame Ming (Montréal)
1998
7.4
Last Night
as Sandra
1998
6.6
Permanent Midnight
as Friend
1998
5.9
Bean
as Bernice Schimmel
1997
6.5
Arli$$
as Rita Wu
1996
6.7
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Officer Angela Lum
1995
6.7
Prey
as Il Bae
1995
8.0
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
5.8
🎬
If Not for You
as Anna
1995
3.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Breadcrumb (voice)
1995
6.0
Little Criminals
as uncredited
1995
7.3
Double Happiness
as Jade Li
1994
6.3
🎬
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
as Evelyn Lau
1994
3.8
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Mai Chi
1993
6.7
🎬
Denim Blues
as Gwen
1989
5.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Great Performances
as Olivia
1971
5.8
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
1944
7.2
Fairyheart
as Iris (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
Child's Play
as Marlene Lee
N/A
0.0