Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

actress, producer, writer

Sandra Oh was born on Jul 20, 1971 in Canada. Sandra Oh's big-screen debut came with School's Out! directed by Kit Hood in 1992. Sandra Oh is known for Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai directed by Joe Dante, Matthew Rhys stars as Riley Greene and Ming-Na Wen as Fong Wing. Sandra Oh has got 26 awards and 72 nominations so far. The most recent award Sandra Oh achieved is Women Film Critics Circle Awards. The upcoming new movie Sandra Oh plays is The Tiger's Apprentice which will be released on Jan 19, 2024.

Sandra Oh was born to Korean parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Oh Junsu, a businessman, and her mother, Oh Young-Nam, a biochemist, were married in Seoul, Korea. They both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto. Sandra began her career as a ballet dancer and eventually studied drama at the National Theatre School in Montreal. She then starred in a London (Ontario) stage production of David Mamet's "Oleanna" and appeared as the title character in the Canadian television production The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994), beating out over 1,000 applicants. Her list of awards includes the FIPA d'Or for Best Actress at the 1994 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels at Cannes, France, two Genie Awards (the Canadian Oscar), a Cable Ace Award, a Theatre World Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2003, she married writer-director Alexander Payne and their first film together was the Oscar-winning Sideways (2004).

  • Birthday

    Jul 20, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    Nepean, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known

    Сандра О, 산드라 오, Sandra Miju Oh, 산드라오, Oh Mi-ju, Wu Shanzhuo, Wu Shan-zhuo, 오미주, 吴珊卓

Known For

Awards

26 wins & 72 nominations

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2021
Best Female Action Hero
Winner - WFCC Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2019
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Winner - Critics Choice Award
2005
Best Acting Ensemble
Winner - Critics Choice Award
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