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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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Filmography
all 102
Movies 61
TV Shows 41
self 20
Voice 16
Producer 5
Narrator 1

The Smurfs Movie (2025)

The Sympathizer (2024)

The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)

Quiz Lady (2023)

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2023)

The Same Storm (2022)

The Sandman (2022)

Umma (2022)

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022)

Turning Red (2022)

The Chair (2021)

INVINCIBLE (2021)

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

She Walks with Apes (2020)

Over the Moon (2020)

Dear... (2020)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Killing Eve (2018)

Window Horses (2017)

Catfight (2016)

Tammy (2014)

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays (2011)

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)

Ramona and Beezus (2010)

Defendor (2009)

Blindness (2008)

Phineas and Ferb (2007)

For Your Consideration (2006)

Sorry, Haters (2005)

3 Needles (2005)

Cake (2005)

Break a Leg (2005)

Grey's Anatomy (2005)

American Dad! (2005)

Hard Candy (2005)

Mulan II (2004)

Sideways (2004)

Wilby Wonderful (2004)

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

Rick (2003)

Full Frontal (2002)

Big Fat Liar (2002)

The Proud Family (2001)

The Princess Diaries (2001)

Six Feet Under (2001)

Further Tales of the City (2001)

Judging Amy (1999)

Last Night (1998)

The Red Violin (1998)

Bean (1997)

Arliss (1996)

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995)

Prey (1995)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)

Little Criminals (1995)

Double Happiness (1994)

The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Golden Globe Awards (1944)

Stone Mattress
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1971-07-20 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceNepean, Canada
RelationshipsAlexander Payne (2003 - 2006)
CitizenshipsUnited States, Canada
Also Known As산드라 오, Sandra Miju Oh , 산드라오, 오미주, Oh Mi-ju, 吴珊卓, Wu Shanzhuo, Wu Shan-zhuo, Сандра О, 吳珊卓, ساندرا اوه
AwardsGovernor General's Performing Arts Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Officer of the Order of Canada, Theatre World Award, Canada's Walk of Fame
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