Sandra Oh
Acting • Born 1971-07-20
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.
Filmography
114 credits
Hard Candy
Movie • 2005
Judy Tokuda
Under the Tuscan Sun
Movie • 2003
Patti
Sorry, Haters
Movie • 2005
Phyllis
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Movie • 2001
Jasmine
Cake
Movie • 2005
Lulu
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie • 2010
Gal 2000 (voice)
Mulan II
Movie • 2004
Ting Ting (voice)
The Night Listener
Movie • 2006
Anna
Rabbit Hole
Movie • 2010
Gabby
Sideways
Movie • 2004
Stephanie
The Princess Diaries
Movie • 2001
Vice Principal Gupta
Defendor
Movie • 2009
Dr. Park
Rick
Movie • 2003
Michelle
The Red Violin
Movie • 1998
Madame Ming (Montréal)
Double Happiness
Movie • 1994
Jade Li
Waking the Dead
Movie • 2000
Kim
Wilby Wonderful
Movie • 2004
Carol French
Last Night
Movie • 1998
Sandra
8 Minutes to Love
Movie • 2004
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Movie • 2002
Kim Ho Lum
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Barrier Device
Movie • 2002
Audrey
Break a Leg
Movie • 2005
Young Turk
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Movie • 1995
Officer Angela Lum
Tammy
Movie • 2014
Susanne
Blindness
Movie • 2008
Minister of Health
Can I Get a Witness?
Movie • 2025
Ellie
Full Frontal
Movie • 2002
Fourth Fired Employee
Little Criminals
Movie • 1995
uncredited
Good Fortune
Movie • 2025
Martha
Smurfs
Movie • 2025
Moxie Smurf (voice)
Big Fat Liar
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Caldwell
For Your Consideration
Movie • 2006
Marketing Person
The People Speak
Movie • 2009
Self
The Scarecrow
Movie • 2015
Evelyn
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Movie • 2017
Rosie Ming (voice)
Catfight
Movie • 2016
Veronica
Ramona and Beezus
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Meacham
Kind of a Blur
Movie • 2005
Joe
Guinevere
Movie • 1999
Cindy
Permanent Midnight
Movie • 1998
Friend
Meditation Park
Movie • 2017
Ava
Prey
Movie • 1995
Il Bae
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
Movie • 1994
Evelyn Lau
3 Needles
Movie • 2005
Mary the Nun
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Movie • 2004
Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
This Changes Everything
Movie • 2019
Self
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
Movie • 2007
Doofah (voice)
Women Who Act
Movie • 2015
Self
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie • 2019
Self
Over the Moon
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Bean
Movie • 1997
Bernice Schimmel
Umma
Movie • 2022
Amanda
The Tiger's Apprentice
Movie • 2024
Mistral (voice)
Quiz Lady
Movie • 2023
Jenny Yum
Raya and the Last Dragon
Movie • 2021
Virana (voice)
Stationery
Movie • 2004
Voice
Turning Red
Movie • 2022
Ming (voice)
The Same Storm
Movie • 2022
Grace Park
There's Someone There
Movie • 2024
Self (archival footage)
Child's Play
Movie
Marlene Lee
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
Movie • 2019
Self
Owning Mahowny
Movie • 2003
Craps Player (uncredited)
Twelfth Night
Movie • 2025
Olivia
Fairyheart
Movie
Iris (voice)
The Big Whoop
Movie • 2025
Wendy
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
Movie • 2022
Narrator(voice)
Searching for Anna May Wong
Movie • 2020
Self
Invincible
Movie • 2021
Debbie Grayson
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Porn Starlet
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Rita Wu
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Cristina Yang
American Dragon: Jake Long
TV • 2005
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Katie (voice)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Mai Chi
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Detective Shelly Tran
Further Tales of the City
TV • 2001
Bambi Kanetaka
Popular
TV • 1999
Humanities Teacher
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
If Not for You
TV • 1995
Anna
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
TV • 1995
Denim Blues
TV • 1989
Gwen
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
TV • 2023
Nuwa (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Hiko Yoshida (voice)
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
TV • 2011
Dr. Judy Song
Dear...
TV • 2020
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Killing Eve
TV • 2018
Eve Polastri
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
TV • 2018
Castaspella (voice)
She Walks with Apes
TV • 2020
Narrator
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Breadcrumb (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Sandman
TV • 2022
The Prophet (voice)
The Proud Family
TV • 2001
Marsha Mitsubishi (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Sympathizer
TV • 2024
Sofia Mori
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Host
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Chair
TV • 2021
Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim
Asian Americans
TV • 2020
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Invincible
TV • 2021
Debbie Grayson (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Olivia
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Thorne
TV • 2010
DS Sarah Chen