Sandra Oh
Milestones
- Birthplace: Nepean, Ontario
- Birthday: July 20, 1971
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2008
Appeared opposite Julianne Moore in director Fernando Meirelles Blindness
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2006
Cast in the Off Broadway play Satellites ; nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
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2006
Co-starred in the psychological thriller, The Night Listener
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2005 to 0000
Cast as Dr. Cristina Yang on ABC s medical drama Grey s Anatomy ; received four consecutive Emmy nominations (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) for Best Supporting Actress
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2005
Featured in the film Sorry, Haters with Robin Wright Penn
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2004
Co-starred with Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen and Thomas Haden Church in Sideways ; helmed by then husband Alexander Payne
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2003
Cast in a supporting role, opposite Diane Lane in the romantic feature Under the Tuscan Sun
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2000
Received high praise for her role as a poetry-writing stripper in Dancing at the Blue Iguana ; performed several nude dance routines
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1999
Appeared in the Canadian feature The Five Senses
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1999
Featured in the ensemble of Francois Girard s acclaimed film The Red Violin (co-scripted by McKellar)
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1999
Had a recurring role on the WB s high school set series Popular
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1998
Starred in Don McKellar s thoughtful look at the world s end in Last Night (released in the USA in 1999)
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1998
Starred on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway production of Stop Kiss
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1997
Played a LA publicist with a comedic turn in the feature, Bean
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1996
Starred on stage as a police officer in the Toronto production Inquest
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1996 to 2002
Was a regular on the HBO sports-themed comedy Arli$$
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1995
Appeared in the CBS TV-movie Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
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1995
Cast in the lead role in the Canadian film Double Happiness ; won the Genie Award for Best Actress
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1995
Had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom If Not for You ; series was cancelled after four episodes
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1995
Starred in a London, Ontario stage production of David Mamet s Oleanna
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1993
Cast as Vancouver author Evelyn Lau in the biographical TV film The Diary of Evelyn Lau
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1993
Starred as Canadian broadcaster Adrienne Clarkson in the biographical TV film Adrienne Clarkson Presents
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1991
Left home to attend Montreal s National Theatre School of Canada
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1989
Featured in Marc Voizard s short film The Journey Home
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1981
First role was at age of 10 was in her school musical, The Canada Goose
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Began acting and studing ballet at an early age
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Was cast as a chubby young boy in Peter Hinton s play The Witch of Edmonton