Sandra Oh is known as a Canadian actress. She is most famous for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang on the medical television series 'Grey's Anatomy'.

Background and Age

Sandra Miju Oh was born on July 20, 1971, in Ontario, Canada. Her father Joon-Soo and mother Young-Nan emigrated from South Korea to study financial matters and organic chemistry. Her folks put her in artful dance at 4 years old in hopes of rectifying her pigeon-toed step, a move that had the unintended results of starting an affection for performing. At age 10, Oh appeared in her first play, The Canada Goose. By the age of 15, the student started booking professional gigs in TV, theater, and commercials.

Career and Net Worth

Sandra Oh's enormous break as an actor came when she beat out in excess of 1,000 different actresses for the title role in The Diary of Evelyn Lau, a TV biopic about a tormented, youthful Chinese writer. Her performance in the film, Sideways helped her win a featuring role in the medical drama series Gray's Anatomy, which debuted in 2005. Oh played Dr. Cristina Yang, a heartlessly driven medical understudy. Fans adored the show and Oh's performance as Cristina, prompting a Golden Globe win and various Screen Actor's Guild and Emmy nominations. In August 2013, Oh declared she would wrap up her run on Gray's Anatomy toward the finish of the up and coming the tenth season, prompting her last performance as Cristina Yang on May 15, 2014.

In April 2018, Oh reemerged on the TV screen in BBC America's Killing Eve. Based on Luke Jennings' Codename Villanelle novellas, the series featured Oh as British knowledge operator Eve Polastri, who ends up fixated on hunting professional killer Villanelle, played by Jodie Comer. Killing Eve intrigued its crowd, with The New York Times calling it a great new show.

In September 2019, at the 2019 Emmy Awards show, Sandra was nominated for the Lead Actress in a Drama Series because of her performance on Killing Eve.

Marriage, Husband and Kids

Sandra Oh was once married to movie producer Alexander Payne. In the wake of dating for quite a long while, the couple, at last, chose to get married in January 2003. Due to certain reasons, their relationship couldn't keep going long and eventually, they got separated in late 2006.

After her relationship with Alexander Payne, Oh was seen as in a relationship with a musician named Andrew Featherston. The couple started dating in 2007.

Last Modified: Feb 1, 2021



Login or Register to comment