Sandra Oh

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

July 20, 1971 (54 yrs)

place of birth

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

also known as

Sandra Miju Oh · 산드라오 · 오미주 · Oh Mi-ju

total credits

50 movies

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

Filmography

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Turning Red
7.3

Turning Red

2022as Ming (voice)
Raya and the Last Dragon
7.8

Raya and the Last Dragon

2021as Virana (voice)
Smurfs
5.8

Smurfs

2025as Moxie Smurf (voice)
The Princess Diaries
7.0

The Princess Diaries

2001as Vice Principal Gupta
Mulan II
6.5

Mulan II

2004as Ting Ting (voice)
Bean
6.5

Bean

1997as Bernice Schimmel
Hard Candy
6.8

Hard Candy

2005as Judy Tokuda
Good Fortune
6.9

Good Fortune

2025as Martha
Sideways
7.1

Sideways

2004as Stephanie
Under the Tuscan Sun
6.9

Under the Tuscan Sun

2003as Patti
Over the Moon
7.2

Over the Moon

2020as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Blindness
6.5

Blindness

2008as Minister of Health
Big Fat Liar
5.9

Big Fat Liar

2002as Mrs. Caldwell
Tammy
5.3

Tammy

2014as Susanne
Umma
5.3

Umma

2022as Amanda
Rabbit Hole
6.6

Rabbit Hole

2010as Gabby
Quiz Lady
6.7

Quiz Lady

2023as Jenny Yum
The Tiger's Apprentice
7.3

The Tiger's Apprentice

2024as Mistral (voice)
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
6.1

The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

2007as Doofah (voice)
Last Night
6.7

Last Night

1998as Sandra
Catfight
5.6

Catfight

2017as Veronica
The Red Violin
7.3

The Red Violin

1998as Madame Ming (Montréal)
Ramona and Beezus
6.6

Ramona and Beezus

2010as Mrs. Meacham
Defendor
6.4

Defendor

2009as Dr. Park
Waking the Dead
6.1

Waking the Dead

2000as Kim
Full Frontal
4.6

Full Frontal

2002as Fourth Fired Employee
For Your Consideration
5.8

For Your Consideration

2006as Marketing Person
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
5.4

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

2001as Jasmine
Owning Mahowny
6.8

Owning Mahowny

2003as Craps Player (uncredited)
Permanent Midnight
5.9

Permanent Midnight

1998as Friend
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
10.0

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

2026as Self
Cake
4.8

Cake

2005as Lulu
This Changes Everything
6.2

This Changes Everything

2019as Self
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
6.7

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

2017as Rosie Ming (voice)
The Night Listener
5.5

The Night Listener

2006as Anna
Guinevere
5.8

Guinevere

1999as Cindy
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
6.4

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

2010as Gal 2000 (voice)
The Same Storm
8.0

The Same Storm

2022as Grace Park
Break a Leg
3.6

Break a Leg

2005as Young Turk
Sorry, Haters
5.6

Sorry, Haters

2005as Phyllis
The Big Whoop

The Big Whoop

2025as Wendy
The People Speak
7.2

The People Speak

2009as Self
3 Needles
6.0

3 Needles

2005as Mary the Nun
Can I Get a Witness?

Can I Get a Witness?

2025as Ellie
Little Criminals
7.3

Little Criminals

1995as uncredited
Double Happiness
6.5

Double Happiness

1994as Jade Li
Wilby Wonderful
5.6

Wilby Wonderful

2004as Carol French
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
6.9

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

2002as Kim Ho Lum
Meditation Park
6.6

Meditation Park

2017as Ava
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
6.8

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

2022as Self (archive footage)