Sandra Oh

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Sandra Oh
Born July 20, 1971 (age 35)
Nepean, Ontario, Canada

Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is an Emmy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning and two-time Genie Award-winning Canadian actress. She is known for playing Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC series Grey's Anatomy and her roles in feature films, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Sideways. In 2005, Oh made People magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People.[1]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Oh was born to Korean immigrant parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, where she attended Sir Robert Borden High School. There she founded the Environmental club ( BASE - Borden Active Students for the Environment), leading a campaign against the use of styrofoam cups. While at Sir Robert Borden High School she was Student Council President. While in high school, she played the flute, became a ballet dancer and later became interested in acting. This interest led her to take drama classes, act in school plays, and join the drama club where she took part in the Improv Games. Oh eventually studied drama at the National Theatre School in Montreal, whereafter she starred in a London, Ontario stage production of David Mamet's Oleanna.

Around the same time, she won roles in biographical TV films of two significant female Chinese-Canadians: as Vancouver author Evelyn Lau in The Diary of Evelyn Lau (Oh won the role over more than 1,000 others who auditioned); and as Adrienne Clarkson in a CBC bio-pic of Clarkson's life.

[edit] Career

Oh is known in Canada for her lead performances in the Canadian film Double Happiness, for which she won the Genie Award for Best Actress. Her other Canadian films include Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity and Last Night, for which she again won a Best Actress Genie. Oh also won FIPA d'Or Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival for her role in The Diary of Evelyn Lau.

Oh is most familiar to American audiences from her roles in the popular films Under the Tuscan Sun and Sideways. On American television, she is renowned for her current role in the hit ABC medical series Grey's Anatomy, for which she has won both a 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series and a 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. In July 2006, she received her second Emmy nomination for her work on the series.

She had also made several guest appearances on the series Popular (1999) playing a humanities teacher.

In theatre, Oh has also starred in the world premieres of Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters at the La Jolla Playhouse and Diana Son's Stop Kiss at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in New York City.

In 2006, she costarred in the film The Night Listener as "Anna," alongside Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Although Oh remains active in feature film, the critically acclaimed Grey's Anatomy remains her primary, current occupation.

[edit] Personal life

Sandra Oh and American filmmaker Alexander Payne (who made Sideways, which starred Oh) were in a relationship for five years, including two years of marriage. In March 2005, the couple's spokesperson announced their separation. A month later, Oh filed for divorce.[2]

Sandra Oh, along with American actress Olympia Dukakis, opened the AIDS 2006 Toronto Film Festival at the Royal Ontario Museum.[3]

[edit] Selected filmography


She has also guest starred in the television series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Judging Amy, American Dragon: Jake Long, Six Feet Under, and Odd Job Jack.

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