Sandra Oh

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 19962002 Dr Cristina Yang in the ABC medical drama series Greys Anatomy 20052014 and Eve Polastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve 20182022 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 SheRa and the Princesses of Power and Invincible In 2021 she played the lead role in the Netflix comedydrama 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 AsianCanadian 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia