Sandra Oh
Milestones
- Birthplace: Nepean, Ontario, Canada
- Birthday: July 20, 1971
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2009
Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
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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 five consecutive Emmy nominations (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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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"