Margaret Cho
Acting • Born 1968-12-05
Biography
Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music videos and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, the transgender community, Asians, and the LGBT community. As an actress she has played more serious parts, such as that of John Travolta's long-suffering FBI colleague in the action movie Face/Off. She co-starred as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant, 8on Lifetime's drama series Drop Dead Diva.
Filmography
240 credits
Face/Off
Movie • 1997
Wanda
One Missed Call
Movie • 2008
Mickey Lee
It's My Party
Movie • 1996
Charlene Lee
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
Movie • 2003
Self
Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution
Movie • 2004
Herself
The girls I know... get their hands dirty.
Movie • 2016
Mom (voice)
The Doom Generation
Movie • 1995
Clerk's Wife
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Movie • 2009
Self
I Am Comic
Movie • 2010
Self
Tara, Messenger of Death
Movie • 2021
Ms. Corrigan
The Thin Pink Line
Movie • 1998
Asia Blue / Terry
Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
Movie • 2000
Herself
Fakin' Da Funk
Movie • 1997
May-Ling
I, Challenger
Movie • 2022
June
Get Bruce!
Movie • 1999
Self
The Tavern
Movie • 1999
Carol
Ground Control
Movie • 1998
Amanda
Gianna
Movie • 2023
Kimberly
Sweethearts
Movie • 1997
Noreen
Margaret Cho: Beautiful
Movie • 2009
Self
Margaret Cho: Assassin
Movie • 2005
Herself
Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.
Movie • 2002
Herself
Bury Me
Movie • 2022
June
Maxine
Movie • 2023
Maxine
Miss Representation
Movie • 2011
Self
Funny Is Money
Movie • 1999
Self
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Movie • 1994
Connie Tong
Prom Pact
Movie • 2023
Ms. Chen
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
Movie • 2012
Self
Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
Movie • 2011
Self
In Transition
Movie • 2013
Tawny Kim
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
Movie • 2022
Self
Wedding Palace
Movie • 2013
The Shaman
A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary
Movie • 2023
Bam Bam and Celeste
Movie • 2005
Celeste / Mommy
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
Movie • 2022
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
Movie • 2022
Self
Queer Riot
Movie • 2022
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Movie • 1997
Donna
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
Movie • 2022
Self
Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie • 2004
Rental Car Agent
No One Asked You
Movie • 2023
Self
#BeRobin the Movie
Movie • 2015
The Listener
Movie • 2024
Corinne (voice)
Sex with Sue
Movie • 2022
Self
Call Me Lucky
Movie • 2015
Self
Adventures in Comedy
Movie • 2015
Curtain Down
Movie • 2017
The Mentor
Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival
Movie • 2012
(voice)
Senior Project
Movie • 2015
Ms. Ghetty
Falling for Grace
Movie • 2006
Janie
The Snake
Movie • 2009
The Expert
My Name is Jackie Beat
Movie • 2006
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
Movie • 2024
Tooken
Movie • 2015
Brown Finger
Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-Hour
Movie • 1994
Girltrash!
Movie • 2007
Min Suk
All That We Love
Movie • 2025
Emma
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO
Movie • 2015
Self
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self
Do I Sound Gay?
Movie • 2015
Self
17 Again
Movie • 2009
Mrs. Dell
Can't Stop Dancing
Movie • 1999
JoJo
Sexing the Transman
Movie • 2011
Self
Hurricane Bianca
Movie • 2016
Wig Shop Owner
Lennon or McCartney
Movie • 2014
Self
Underbelly
Movie • 2008
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
Movie • 2017
Self
Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London
Movie • 2007
Queens of the Dead
Movie • 2025
Pops
Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary
Movie
Self
Cora Bora
Movie • 2024
Electra
$pent
Movie • 1999
Travel Agent
Grocery Store
Movie • 2002
Store Clerk(voice)
TURA!
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voice)
It Gets Better
Movie • 2012
Self
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Movie • 2017
Simone
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie • 2017
Self
The Rugrats Movie
Movie • 1998
Lt. Klavin (voice)
Bright
Movie • 2017
Sergeant Ching
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Self
Friendsgiving
Movie • 2020
Fairy Gay Mother #2
Prop 8: The Musical
Movie • 2008
California Gays and The People That Love Them
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Movie • 2018
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Movie • 2018
Self
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey
Movie • 1998
Self
The Immigrant
Movie • 2012
Margaret
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Movie • 2019
Self
Gaze
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Faith Based
Movie • 2020
Jane
Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend
Movie • 2019
Margaret Cho
Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia
Movie • 2018
Self
Miss America
Movie • 2002
Self
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho
Movie • 1994
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Movie • 2020
Self
Angie
Movie • 1994
Admissions Nurse #2
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
Movie • 2017
Self
Amelia's 25th
Movie • 2013
Babs
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Movie • 2020
Self
Over the Moon
Movie • 2020
Auntie Ling / Gretch (voice)
Annul Victory
Movie • 2009
Self
Undateable John
Movie • 2019
Hilda
Alaska Is a Drag
Movie • 2017
Jan
Hysterical
Movie • 2021
Self
Koreatown Ghost Story
Movie • 2021
Mrs. Moon
Sex Appeal
Movie • 2022
Ma Deb
Phone Sex
Movie • 2006
Caller
Good on Paper
Movie • 2021
Margot
The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special
Movie • 2021
Self
Tig Notaro: Drawn
Movie • 2021
Self
The Sixth Reel
Movie • 2021
Doris
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Movie • 2020
Self
Fire Island
Movie • 2022
Erin
I Want Your Sex
Movie • 2026
Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy Gala
Movie • 2016
It's Dorothy!
Movie • 2025
Self
Cheap AF
Movie
Run Amok
Movie • 2026
Principal Linda
Ron Forever
Movie
Gloria
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Movie • 2025
Self
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Movie
Self
By the Roots
Movie
Janine Sorrel
Better Life
Movie
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie • 1994
Self
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Movie • 2011
Self
'Til Death
TV • 2006
Nicole
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Professor Avery Grant
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Caryn
The Lost Room
TV • 2006
Suzie Kang
The Golden Palace
TV • 1992
Fong
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Kim Jong-Il
All-American Girl
TV • 1994
Margaret Kim
C Bear and Jamal
TV • 1996
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Tournament of Laughs
TV • 2020
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV • 2019
Self
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV • 2016
Self
Wisecrack
TV • 2005
Good Trouble
TV • 2019
Margaret Cho
Pride
TV • 2021
Self
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Teri Lee
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Girltrash!
TV • 2007
Min Suk
Red Shoe Diaries
TV • 1992
Phone Sex Worker
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Poodle (archive footage)
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
TV • 2021
Frankie
Not Dead Yet
TV • 2023
Miss Cassandra
The Celebrity Dating Game
TV • 2021
Self
Frog and Toad
TV • 2023
Turtle (voice)
Norm Macdonald Live
TV • 2013
Self
Dr. Jackie
TV • 2022
Margaret Cho
Call Me Kat
TV • 2021
Val Park
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
What's My Game?
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Dr. Ken
TV • 2015
Dr. Wendi
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV • 2012
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
TV • 2010
Self
Party Legends
TV • 2016
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Mrs. Wattana (voice)
I Can See Your Voice
TV • 2020
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
TV • 2015
Mulan (voice)
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Contestant
Gotham Comedy Live
TV • 2012
Self - Host
Celebrity Name Game
TV • 2014
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Kim Jong-Un
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
TV • 2020
Mistress Jupiter
Truth & Iliza
TV • 2017
Self
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
TV • 2007
Condie Ling / Jessica (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
TV • 2007
Condie Ling (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
TV • 2007
Condie Ling / Kathy Griffin (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV • 2016
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Uhmuhni (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Hul Muh Ni (voice)
America: The Story of Us
TV • 2010
Self
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2008
Self
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
TV • 2016
Self - Guest
House Hunters Comedians On Couches: Unfiltered
TV • 2020
Self - Guest Star
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Lynne
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
The Fran Drescher Show
TV • 2010
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV • 2016
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Miracle Workers
TV • 2019
God's Mom
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
The Burn with Jeff Ross
TV • 2012
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
SNL Korea
TV • 2011
Self
This Close
TV • 2018
Zagat
The Great North
TV • 2021
Jan (voice)
The Wheel
TV • 2022
Self - Expert
Lights Out with David Spade
TV • 2019
Self - Panelist
World's Funniest Fails
TV • 2015
Self - Panelist
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
TV • 2018
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Evelyn Lee
Metropolis
TV • 2015
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Special Guest
The Flight Attendant
TV • 2020
Utada
The Bold Type
TV • 2017
Margaret Cho
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Hee-Sun (voice)
Bill Nye Saves the World
TV • 2017
Pistachio (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Visible: Out on Television
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
History of the World: Part II
TV • 2023
Sophia
25 Words or Less
TV • 2018
Self
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
TV • 2024
Ashley (voice)
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
TV • 2024
Rebecca Chen (voice)
Bubble Guppies
TV • 2011
The Kraken (voice)
Swedish Dicks
TV • 2016
Agent Poll
Beat Bobby Flay
TV • 2013
Self
Doctor Odyssey
TV • 2024
Judy Riva
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
After Midnight
TV • 2024
Self
GayVN Awards
TV • 1998
Self - Host
Celebrity Jeopardy!
TV • 2022
Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV • 1995
Margaret (voice)
The Critic
TV • 1994
(voice)
Will Trent
TV • 2023
Therapist
Pulp Comics
TV • 1996
herself
1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
TV • 1989
self
Duckman
TV • 1994
Mai Lin (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
TV • 1994
Self
Celebrity Weakest Link
TV • 2025
Self - Contestant
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
TV • 2021
Self
Will Trent
TV • 2023
Dr. Roach
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Self - Poodle
Mr. Show with Bob and David
TV • 1995
Margaret Cho
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV • 2023
Wasp
Bill Nye Saves the World
TV • 2017
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest