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Sandra Oh
Sandra Miju Oh is a Canadian and American actress. She is best known as Rita Wu in Arliss (1996–2002), Dr. Cristina Yang in Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014), and Eve Polastri in Killing Eve (2018–2022). She has received one Primetime Emmy Award from 14 nominations, as well as two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential peop…
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entertainment · Canadian and American actress (born 1971) · television actor · film actor · actor · voice actor · executive producer · also Sandra Oh, Sandra Miju Oh, Oh, Sandra, Oh
Born 20 July 1971 · Q40337
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2026· 6 entries
AOL: Sandra Oh Recalls Leaving Grey’s Anatomy In Her Own Terms In Season 10 :
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Yahoo News Canada: Sandra Oh’s thoughts on leaving Grey’s Anatomy: ‘I did my job’
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Page Six: Sandra Oh shares rare insight into her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ exit more than a decade after leaving show
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The Guardian: The Misanthrope review – Sandra Oh brings riveting heart and fire to over-stuffed Molière update
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The Guardian: ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
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2025· 1 entry
Appeared in Good Fortune, directed by Aziz Ansari
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2024· 1 entry
New York Post: Would Sandra Oh ever come back to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’?
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2023· 1 entry
Oh played the role of Jenny Yum, a brash, outgoing, and impulsive older sister of the main character in the 20th Century Studios comedy film Quiz Lady
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of Canada (2022).
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Oh voiced the role of Ming Lee, the strict and overprotective mother of the main character in the Pixar animated film Turning Red
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2021· 4 entries
Oh gave a speech at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in response to the Atlanta spa shootings
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Oh served as executive producer and had the lead role in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Chair
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Played the lead role in the Netflix comedy drama series The Chair and was also one of the executive producers of the series
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Oh voiced Virana, the chieftess of the Fang tribe in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon
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2019· 4 entries
Awarded Governor General's Performing Arts Award (2019).
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Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world
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Co-hosted the 76th Golden Globe Awards, alongside Andy Samberg
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As a part of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
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2018· 1 entry
Oh became the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for that role
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2017· 1 entry
Oh starred as Abby Tanaka in the third season of the anthology drama series American Crime
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2015· 1 entry
Starred on the Refinery29 comedy web series Shitty Boyfriends
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2013· 2 entries
Oh received the key to the city of Ottawa from Mayor Jim Watson
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Oh formally announced that she would be leaving Grey's Anatomy at the end of the tenth season
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2011· 2 entries
It was announced that Oh would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame; she was inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto
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Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Oh took the part of Sarah Chen in the British crime drama, Thorne
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2009· 1 entry
Oh performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of
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2008· 1 entry
And became the first woman of Asian descent to host the Golden Globe Awards at the 76th ceremony in 2019
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2006· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Grey's Anatomy (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Oh appeared in several films, including David Slade's thriller Hard Candy; and the independent anthology drama 3 Needles (2005), opposite Chloë Sevigny and Olympia Dukakis, in which she plays a Catholic nun in an AIDS-st
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2003· 1 entry
Was cast in a supporting role opposite Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun, followed by a supporting role in Alexander Payne's drama Sideways (2004)
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2002· 1 entry
Oh appeared in the family comedy Big Fat Liar, followed by a minor role in Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002)
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1999).
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1997· 1 entry
Appeared in the film Bean, playing the supporting role of Bernice, the art gallery PR manager
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1995· 1 entry
Appeared in the Canadian film Little Criminals with a multi-scene, but uncredited, performance
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1993· 1 entry
Starred in a stage production of David Mamet's Oleanna in London, Ontario
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1971· 2 entries
Born 1971-07-20.
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To middle-class South Korean immigrants Oh Young-nam, a biochemist, and Oh Jun-su (John), a businessperson
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