19 Facts About Sandra Oh

Sandra Miju Oh was born on July 20,1971 and is a Canadian and American actress.

Sandra Oh is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy Arliss, Dr Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series Killing Eve.

Sandra Oh has received two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Sandra Oh hosted the 28th Genie Awards in 2008, and became the first woman of Asian descent to host the Golden Globe Awards at the 76th ceremony in 2019.

Sandra Oh was 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.

Sandra Oh Miju Oh was born in Nepean, Ontario, on July 20,1971, the daughter of middle-class South Korean immigrants Oh Young-nam, a biochemist, and Oh Jun-su, a businessperson.

Sandra Oh's parents had moved to the area in the early 1960s.

Sandra Oh has a brother, Ray, and a sister, Grace, and grew up in a Christian household, living on Camwood Crescent in Nepean, where she began acting and practicing ballet at age four to correct her pigeon-toed stance.

Sandra Oh played the flute and continued both her ballet training and acting studies, though she knew that she "was not good enough to be a professional dancer" and eventually focused on acting.

Sandra Oh took drama classes, acted in school plays, and joined the drama club, where she took part in the Canadian Improv Games and Skit Row High, a comedy group.

Sandra Oh was cast in the drama Dancing at the Blue Iguana, playing a stripper at an adult dance club opposite Daryl Hannah.

Sandra Oh made several guest appearances on the series Popular playing a humanities teacher and guest starred in the television series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Judging Amy, Six Feet Under and Odd Job Jack.

Sandra Oh considers Sideways and The Diary of Evelyn Lau to be the two best films she has made.

Sandra Oh co-starred in the thriller The Night Listener, alongside Robin Williams and Toni Collette; in the superhero comedy Defendor ; Ramona and Beezus ; and in the critically acclaimed drama Rabbit Hole, opposite Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.

Sandra Oh has done a few voice roles in animation, including a few guest appearances in American Dragon: Jake Long, the voice of Princess Ting-Ting in Mulan II, and the voice of Doofah in The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends.

Sandra Oh undertook intensive dialect coaching in order to play her British character.

Sandra Oh appeared in a supporting role in the comedy film Tammy, playing the wife of Kathy Bates' character.

Sandra Oh joined Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's short story collection Stone Mattress.

Sandra Oh encouraged people "to reach out to the Asian American community", stating that they were "very scared".