Sandra Oh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 20, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Credits
- 116
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
2005TV
Cristina Yang
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021Movie
Virana (voice)
INVINCIBLE
2021TV
Debbie Grayson (voice)
Turning Red
2022Movie
Ming (voice)
The Princess Diaries
2001Movie
Vice Principal Gupta
Hard Candy
2006Movie
Judy Tokuda
Filmography
Untitled Daniels Event Film
2027Movie
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
2026Movie
Alice
Euphoria: A Look Back
2026Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026Movie
Self
The Big Whoop
2025Movie
Wendy
Twelfth Night
2025Movie
Olivia
Good Fortune
2025Movie
Martha
Can I Get a Witness?
2025Movie
Ellie
Smurfs
2025Movie
Moxie Smurf (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025Movie
Self
There's Someone There
2024Movie
Self (archival footage)
The Sympathizer
2024TV
Sofia Mori
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024Movie
Mistral (voice)
Quiz Lady
2023Movie
Jenny Yum
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023TV
Nuwa (voice)
The Same Storm
2022Movie
Grace Park
The Sandman
2022TV
The Prophet (voice)
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
2022Movie
Narrator(voice)
Umma
2022Movie
Amanda
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Turning Red
2022Movie
Ming (voice)
The Chair
2021TV
Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
INVINCIBLE
2021TV
Debbie Grayson (voice)
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021Movie
Virana (voice)
Searching for Anna May Wong
2020Movie
Self
She Walks with Apes
2020TV
Narrator
Over the Moon
2020Movie
Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Dear...
2020TV
Self
Asian Americans
2020TV
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
This Changes Everything
2019Movie
Self
Daughter of Shanghai
2019Movie
Self
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
2019Movie
Self
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
2018TV
Castaspella (voice)
Killing Eve
2018TV
Eve Polastri
Meditation Park
2017Movie
Ava
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017TV
Self
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017Movie
Rosie Ming (voice)
Catfight
2017Movie
Veronica
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
The Scarecrow
2015Movie
Evelyn
Women Who Act
2015Movie
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Tammy
2014Movie
Susanne
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
Betas
2013TV
Sharron
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011TV
Dr. Judy Song
Rabbit Hole
2010Movie
Gabby
Thorne
2010TV
DS Sarah Chen
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010Movie
Gal 2000 (voice)
Ramona and Beezus
2010Movie
Mrs. Meacham
The People Speak
2009Movie
Self
Defendor
2009Movie
Dr. Park
Blindness
2008Movie
Minister of Health
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
2007Movie
Doofah (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
2007TV
Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
For Your Consideration
2006Movie
Marketing Person
Hard Candy
2006Movie
Judy Tokuda
The Night Listener
2006Movie
Anna
Kind of a Blur
2005Movie
Joe
Sorry, Haters
2005Movie
Phyllis
3 Needles
2005Movie
Mary the Nun
Cake
2005Movie
Lulu
Break a Leg
2005Movie
Young Turk
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Cristina Yang
American Dad!
2005TV
Katie (voice), Hiko Yoshida (voice)
American Dragon: Jake Long
2005TV
Mulan II
2004Movie
Ting Ting (voice)
Sideways
2004Movie
Stephanie
8 Minutes to Love
2004Movie
Joy
Wilby Wonderful
2004Movie
Carol French
Stationery
2004Movie
Voice
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004Movie
Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003Movie
Patti
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Rick
2003Movie
Michelle
Owning Mahowny
2003Movie
Craps Player (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Guest
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
2002Movie
Kim Ho Lum
Full Frontal
2002Movie
Fourth Fired Employee
Barrier Device
2002Movie
Audrey
Big Fat Liar
2002Movie
Mrs. Caldwell
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001Movie
Jasmine
The Proud Family
2001TV
Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
The Princess Diaries
2001Movie
Vice Principal Gupta
Six Feet Under
2001TV
Porn Starlet
Further Tales of the City
2001TV
Bambi Kanetaka
Waking the Dead
2000Movie
Kim
Popular
1999TV
Humanities Teacher
Judging Amy
1999TV
Detective Shelly Tran
Guinevere
1999Movie
Cindy
The Red Violin
1998Movie
Madame Ming (Montréal)
Last Night
1998Movie
Sandra
Permanent Midnight
1998Movie
Friend
Bean
1997Movie
Bernice Schimmel
Arli$$
1996TV
Rita Wu
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995Movie
Officer Angela Lum
Prey
1995Movie
Il Bae
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995TV
If Not for You
1995TV
Anna
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
Breadcrumb (voice)
Little Criminals
1995Movie
uncredited
Double Happiness
1994Movie
Jade Li
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
1994Movie
Evelyn Lau
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993TV
Mai Chi
Denim Blues
1989TV
Gwen
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self
Great Performances
1971TV
Olivia
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Host
Fairyheart
Movie
Iris (voice)
Child's Play
Movie
Marlene Lee