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Margaret Cho

  • Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Birthday: December 5, 1968

An acid-tongued performer who often let loose her rage at conservative politicians, gay bashers and anti-feminists on stage, Margaret Cho still managed to endear herself to audiences through her deeply personal stories. She rose to fame as a loud, brutally honest comic who shattered the media's stereotypes of Asian women as polite, bow-scraping servants, and whose style and presence was once compared to comedy icon Richard Pryor. The comedienne would go on to star on the short-lived series "All-American Girl" (1994-95), a harrowin…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2010

    Earned a Grammy nomination for her comedy album, Cho Dependent

  • 2010

    Joined the 11th season of Dancing with the Stars" (ABC) as a contestant

  • 2009

    Appeared in the comedy "17 Again," starring Matthew Perry and Zac Efron

  • 2009

    Co-starred opposite Brooke Elliott on the Lifetime comedy series "Drop Dead Diva"

  • 2008

    Returned to series TV as the star of VH1's "The Cho Show"

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