Sandra Oh Add to My Celebs Age 40 Birthday Jul. 20th, 1971 Born in Nepean, Ontario, Canada Height 5' 6"

Sandra Oh's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Grey's Anatomy Dr. Cristin… Arli$$ Rita Wu Denim Blues (CA) Gwen

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Ramona and Beezus 2009 - The People Speak 2008 - Blindness 2006 - The Night Listener 2006 - For Your Consideration 2005 - Hard Candy 2005 - Sorry, Haters 2004 - Sideways 2003 - Under the Tuscan Sun 2003 - Rick 2003 - Owning Mahowny 2002 - Full Frontal 2002 - Big Fat Liar 2001 - The Princess Diaries 2000 - Waking the Dead 2000 - Dancing at the Blue Iguana 1998 - Permanent Midnight 1997 - Bean

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Born to Korean parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Her father and mother, who were married in Seoul, South Korea, both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto. She began her career as a ballet dancer and eventually studied drama at the National Theatre School in Montreal. She then starred in a London (Ontario) stage production of David Mamet's "Oleanna" and appeared as the title character in the Canadian television production The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1993) (TV), beating out over 1,000 applicants. Her list of awards includes the FIPA d'Or for Best Actress at the 1994 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels at Cannes, France, two Genie Awards (the Canadian Oscar), a Cable Ace Award, a Theatre World Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2003, she married writer-director Alexander Payne (I) and their first film together was the Oscar-winning Sideways (2004).


TRIVIA:

• Was a member of a National Champion Canadian Improv Team at The Canadian Improv Games in the late nineties.
• Speaks fluent Korean, English, French, and Spanish.
• Has a sister named Grace and a brother named Ray.
• When asked who her favorite rock-star is, she answered 'Wayne Coyne' (qv) (lead singer of 'The Flaming Lips' (qv)), the reason being he looks enough like her husband, 'Alexander Payne (I)' (qv), for her to pretend her fantasy about being married to a rock-star is true!
• She has the distinction of playing two characters that co-exist in 'Armistead Maupin' (qv)'s fictional universe. In _"Further Tales of the City" (2001)_ (qv), she portrayed a bitchy newswoman who complicated "DeDe Day"'s mission to protect her twins, Anna and Edgar. In _The Night Listener (2006)_ (qv), Oh portrays an adult "Anna Day".
• Attended Sir Robert Borden High School in Nepean, Ontario.
• In _Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)_ (qv), Sandra's character came from Seattle, Washington to work in Southern California. In _"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)_ (qv), her character came from Southern California to work in Seattle.
• She loves Spain and especially the city of Barcelona.

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