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

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:

• She loves Spain and especially the city of Barcelona.
• She has played a pregnant woman in two films: in _Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)_ (qv) with 'Diane Lane (I)' (qv), and in _Cake (2005/I)_ (qv) with 'Heather Graham (I)' (qv).
• Has a sister named Grace and a brother named Ray.
• Speaks fluent Korean, English, French, and Spanish.
• Was a member of a National Champion Canadian Improv Team at The Canadian Improv Games in the late nineties.
• In _Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)_ (qv), her girlfriend was portrayed by 'Kate Walsh (I)' (qv), who went on to costar with her in _"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)_ (qv). Coincidentally, Kate also played a doctor in the film.
• 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!
• At the 2005 SAG awards, 'Sandra Oh' (qv) presented the Actor for actress in a TV comedy - 'Teri Hatcher' (qv) won the award. A year later at the 2006 Golden Globes, Hatcher presented the award for best supporting actress on TV - Oh won that award and later said it was good to see her again!