Sandra Oh
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandra Oh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Turning Red (2022)
as Ming (voice)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
as Vice Principal Gupta
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
as Virana (voice)
Smurfs (2025)
as Moxie Smurf (voice)
Good Fortune (2025)
as Martha
Quiz Lady (2023)
as Jenny Yum
Mulan II (2004)
as Ting Ting (voice)
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
as Patti
Big Fat Liar (2002)
as Mrs. Caldwell
Rabbit Hole (2010)
as Gabby
Over the Moon (2020)
as Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Euphoria: A Look Back (2026)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bean (1997)
as Bernice Schimmel
The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)
as Mistral (voice)
Hard Candy (2006)
as Judy Tokuda
Blindness (2008)
as Minister of Health
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
as Mrs. Meacham
Sideways (2004)
as Stephanie
The Red Violin (1998)
as Madame Ming (Montréal)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Untitled Daniels Event Film (2027)
Actor
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2001)
as Jasmine
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Umma (2022)
as Amanda
Catfight (2017)
as Veronica
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007)
as Doofah (voice)
Full Frontal (2002)
as Fourth Fired Employee
Tammy (2014)
as Susanne
Owning Mahowny (2003)
as Craps Player (uncredited)
The Night Listener (2006)
as Anna
Defendor (2009)
as Dr. Park
For Your Consideration (2006)
as Marketing Person
This Changes Everything (2019)
as Self
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas (2026)
as Self
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
as Gal 2000 (voice)
Waking the Dead (2000)
as Kim
Twelfth Night (2025)
as Olivia
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2017)
as Rosie Ming (voice)
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Permanent Midnight (1998)
as Friend
Cake (2005)
as Lulu
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope (2026)
as Alice
Sorry, Haters (2005)
as Phyllis
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002)
as Kim Ho Lum
Last Night (1998)
as Sandra
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995)
as Officer Angela Lum
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
as Jade Li / Sandra (archive footage)
Can I Get a Witness? (2025)
as Ellie
The Same Storm (2022)
as Grace Park
The Big Whoop (2025)
as Wendy
Guinevere (1999)
as Cindy
The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994)
as Evelyn Lau
Wilby Wonderful (2004)
as Carol French
Break a Leg (2005)
as Young Turk
8 Minutes to Love (2004)
as Joy
Prey (1995)
as Il Bae
Meditation Park (2017)
as Ava
Double Happiness (1994)
as Jade Li
Barrier Device (2002)
as Audrey
Fairyheart (—)
as Iris (voice)
3 Needles (2005)
as Mary the Nun
Little Criminals (1995)
as uncredited
There's Someone There (2024)
as Self (archival footage)
Searching for Anna May Wong (2020)
as Self
Rick (2003)
as Michelle
Women Who Act (2015)
as Self
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March (2022)
as Narrator(voice)
Daughter of Shanghai (2019)
as Self
Stationery (2004)
as Voice
Kind of a Blur (2005)
as Joe
The Scarecrow (2015)
as Evelyn
Child's Play (—)
as Marlene Lee
Sandra Oh, Inspiration (2019)
as Self