A Canadian-American actress who is known for her roles as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005-2014) and Eve Polastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018-present) is named for Sandra Oh. Moreover, she has received many accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Firstly, she rose to fame with the movie "Doube Happiness" in 1994. She has appeared in films such as Bean (1997), Last Night (1998), The Princess Diaries (2001), Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Sideways (2004), Wilby Wonderful (2004), Sorry, Haters (2005), Hard Candy (2005), The Night Listener (2006), Blindness (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Catfight (2016), and Meditation Park (2017). In March 2019, she became the first Asian-Canadian woman to host Saturday Night Live and was just the third actress of Asian descent to do so, after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Scroll more to know more information regarding her biography, facts, family, birthday, net worth, wiki, husband, career start and many more.
Famous For
- For her role as Cristina Yang in the medical drama series, ‘Grey's Anatomy’.
- For her role as Eve Polastri in BBC America's murder mystery series, Killing Eve.
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Early Life of Sandra
On 20th July 1971, Sandra Oh was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her real name/birth name is Sandra Miju. She was born to middle-class family/parents; Oh Junsu and Jeon Young-Nam. His father is a businessman and her mother a biochemist. She also has a brother, Ray, and a sister, Grace. She belongs to Asian ancestry. She began acting and ballet at an early age. She holds Canadian nationality. Her sun sign is Cancer. Her religion is Vipassana, a Buddhist form of meditation. As per her education, she attended Sir Robert Borden High School and later graduated from Carleton University. As of 2019, she celebrated her 48th birthday.
Career of Sandra
- Sandra rose to fame after her role in the Canadian movie "Double Happiness" in 1994 for which she won the Genie Award for Best Actress for the role.
- In 1997, she appeared in the movie "Bean" as a supporting role.
- Her other movie "Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity and Last Night" (1998) which made her won again a Best Actress Genie.
- After that, he was cast in the drama Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000) and then in the drama "Walking the Dead" in 2002.
- In 2005, she appeared in the movie Hard Candy and 3 Needles.
- She was even cast as Cristina Yang in the first season of ABC medical series "Grey's Anatomy" in the year 2005 from which she earned her both a 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series and a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.
- In July 2009, she again received her fifth consecutive Emmy nomination for her work on the series.
- Later, she starred in the movies: The Night Listener in 2006, Defender in 2009, Rabbit Hole in 2010, Tammy in 2014 and many more.
- On 3rd March 2008, she was the host of the 28th Genie Awards.
- In 2015, she starred on the Refinery29 comedy web series "Shitty Boyfriends".
- She began filming the comedy film, Catfight (2016), in New York City in December 2015.
- On April 2018, she began her leading role in the thriller series "Killing Eve" playing British intelligence agent Eve Polastri whose quarry is psychopathic assassin Villanelle (played by Jodie Comer), with the two women developing a mutual fascination.
- In the year 2018, she became the first Asian actress nominated for the Best Actress in a Drama Emmy, for that role.
- In 2018, 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.
- She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Television Series Drama, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globe Awards.
- She won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series at the SAG Awards in 2019.
Personal Life of Sandra Oh
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Talking about the marital status of Sandra Oh, she is a married woman. She was married to Alexander Payne with whom she has been dated for 5 years. Alexander is a filmmaker. They married on 1st January 2003 and later got separated in the year 2005 and divorced in the year 2006. As of now, she is assumed to be single and she is living a happy life. She is straight by sexual orientation.
Net Worth of Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh is a well-recognized actress who is famous for her role in Grey's Anatomy as well as in the series Killing Eve. She has accumulated a huge amount of money from her acting career. As of now, her net worth is estimated to have $25 Million. She earns a salary per episode of Grey's Anatomy of $350,000. She is earning a good amount of money from her work. She is satisfied with her earning and she is living a luxurious lifestyle.
Body Measurements of Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh is a very beautiful and charming woman. She maintained her body lot. Her body build is slim. She has got a tall height of 168 cm with a bodyweight of 52 Kg. Her bra size is 30B and her waist size of 58 cm and hip size of 84 cm. Overall, she has got a healthy body.
