Sandra Oh
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1971-07-20 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Sandra Miju Oh · 산드라오 · 오미주 · Oh Mi-ju · Wu Shanzhuo · Wu Shan-zhuo
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
TV Shows (43)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Cristina Yang
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
American Dad!
2005
as Katie (voice) / Hiko Yoshida (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Debbie Grayson (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Olivia
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Sandman
2022
as The Prophet (voice)
Judging Amy
1999
as Detective Shelly Tran
Six Feet Under
2001
as Porn Starlet
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Arli$$
1996
as Rita Wu
Killing Eve
2018
as Eve Polastri
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Breadcrumb (voice)
The Proud Family
2001
as Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
2018
as Castaspella (voice)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Mai Chi
American Dragon: Jake Long
2005
Popular
1999
as Humanities Teacher
Dear...
2020
as Self
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
as Nuwa (voice)
The Sympathizer
2024
as Sofia Mori
Betas
2013
as Sharron
Thorne
2010
as DS Sarah Chen
The Chair
2021
as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
Asian Americans
2020
as Self
If Not for You
1995
as Anna
Further Tales of the City
2001
as Bambi Kanetaka
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011
as Dr. Judy Song
She Walks with Apes
2020
as Narrator
Denim Blues
1989
as Gwen
Movies (71)
Turning Red
2022
as Ming (voice)
Raya and the Last Dragon
2021
as Virana (voice)
Smurfs
2025
as Moxie Smurf (voice)
The Princess Diaries
2001
as Vice Principal Gupta
Untitled Daniels Event Film
2027
Mulan II
2004
as Ting Ting (voice)
Catfight
2017
as Veronica
Over the Moon
2020
as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Bean
1997
as Bernice Schimmel
Good Fortune
2025
as Martha
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
as Patti
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024
as Mistral (voice)
Hard Candy
2005
as Judy Tokuda
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
2007
as Doofah (voice)
Sideways
2004
as Stephanie
Tammy
2014
as Susanne
Blindness
2008
as Minister of Health
Quiz Lady
2023
as Jenny Yum
Rabbit Hole
2010
as Gabby
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
2026
as Alice
Big Fat Liar
2002
as Mrs. Caldwell
The Red Violin
1998
as Madame Ming (Montréal)
Ramona and Beezus
2010
as Mrs. Meacham
Full Frontal
2002
as Fourth Fired Employee
Twelfth Night
2025
as Olivia
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Umma
2022
as Amanda
Defendor
2009
as Dr. Park
Fairyheart
as Iris (voice)
Searching for Anna May Wong
2020
as Self
For Your Consideration
2006
as Marketing Person
Owning Mahowny
2003
as Craps Player (uncredited)
Cake
2005
as Lulu
Guinevere
1999
as Cindy
Little Criminals
1995
as uncredited
This Changes Everything
2019
as Self
Break a Leg
2005
as Young Turk
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
2002
as Kim Ho Lum
Sorry, Haters
2005
as Phyllis
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
as Rosie Ming (voice)
The Night Listener
2006
as Anna
Double Happiness
1994
as Jade Li
Women Who Act
2015
as Self
Prey
1995
as Il Bae
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
2026
as Self
Waking the Dead
2000
as Kim
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001
as Jasmine
Meditation Park
2017
as Ava
Child's Play
as Marlene Lee
Kind of a Blur
2005
as Joe
The Same Storm
2022
as Grace Park
Permanent Midnight
1998
as Friend
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995
as Officer Angela Lum
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Can I Get a Witness?
2025
as Ellie
Last Night
1998
as Sandra
Barrier Device
2002
as Audrey
The Scarecrow
2015
as Evelyn
The Big Whoop
2025
as Wendy
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Gal 2000 (voice)
There's Someone There
2024
as Self (archival footage)
Stationery
2004
as Voice
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
2019
as Self
Daughter of Shanghai
2019
as Self
8 Minutes to Love
2004
3 Needles
2005
as Mary the Nun
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
1994
as Evelyn Lau
Wilby Wonderful
2004
as Carol French
Rick
2003
as Michelle
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
2022
as Narrator(voice)
About Sandra Oh
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… With 114 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Sandra Oh has appeared in 71 films and 43 TV shows.
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- Turning Red (2022) — as Ming (voice)
- Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) — as Virana (voice)
- Smurfs (2025) — as Moxie Smurf (voice)
- The Princess Diaries (2001) — as Vice Principal Gupta
- Untitled Daniels Event Film (2027)
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