Sandra Oh

Co-starred in "3 Needles," one of three short stories about the global HIV pandemic, directed by Thom Fitzgerald

Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "Grey's Anatomy"

Starred in the Off Broadway play "Satellites"

Cast as surgical intern, Cristina Yang on ABC's medical drama "Grey's Anatomy"; earned Emmy (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Co-starred with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church in Alexander Payne's "Sideways"

Co-starred in the romantic feature "Under the Tuscan Sun"

Appeared in the Canadian feature "The Five Senses"

Had a recurring role on The WB high school set series "Popular"

Lent her voice talents to the "Three Little Pigs" installment of the ethnically diverse HBO animated series "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child"

Was featured in "Guinevere" as one of the previous protegees of Stephen Rea's photographer Cornelius 'Connie' Fitzpatrick

Was featured in the ensemble of Francois Girard's acclaimed feature "The Red Violin" (co-scripted by McKellar)

Appeared in the fact based drama "Permanent Midnight"

Performed onstage in "Dogeaters" at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse

Starred in Don McKellar's thoughtful end of the world feature "Last Night" (released in the USA in 1999)

Starred on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway production "Stop Kiss", garnering a Theater World Award for her performance

Played a Los Angeles publicist with a comedic turn in the feature adaptation "Bean"

Starred on stage as a police officer in the Toronto production "Inquest"

Was a regular on the HBO sports-themed comedy "Arli$$"

Appeared in the CBS TV-movie "Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling"

Had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom "If Not for You"; series was cancelled after four episodes

Starred in "Double Happiness", Mina Shum's portrait of a young Chinese-Canadian woman who struggles to live a modern life without upsetting her traditional immigrant parents; acted opposite Callum Keith Rennie

Starred in David Mamet's "Oleanna" at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario, Canada

Played a teenager who ends up in a world of drugs and prostitution in the gritty fact-based CBC television drama "The Diary of Evelyn Lau"

Starred as Canadian broadcaster Adrienne Clarkson in the CBC biopic "Adrienne Clarkson Presents"

Left home to attend Montreal's National Theatre School of Canada

Featured in Marc Voizard's short film "The Journey Home"

Began acting at age ten (date approximate)

Studied ballet for 14 years

Was cast as a chubby young boy in Peter Hinton's play "The Witch of Edmonton"