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Real Name : Sandra Oh
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Born to Korean parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Her father and mother, who were married in Seoul, South Korea, both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto. She 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' (qv)'s "Oleanna" and appeared as the title character in the Canadian television production _The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1997) (TV)_ (qv), 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 (I)' (qv) and their first film together was the Oscar-winning _Sideways (2004)_ (qv).
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Sandra Oh
- 33 Liberty Lane
- 42nd NAACP Image Awards
- Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays
- America in Primetime
- The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards
- Canada for Haiti
- Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
- Rabbit Hole
- Thorne: Scaredy Cat
- Ramona and Beezus
- The People Speak
- The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
- The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards
- Imagine 011: A Celebration of Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Defendor
- The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards
- 28th Annual Genie Awards
- Across the Waves
- Blindness
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Emmy Awards
- A Vision of Blindness
- The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards
- 2008 Asian Excellence Awards
- 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards
- Falling
- Phineas and Ferb
- Anatomía Unplugged
- The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards
- 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Penélope, camino a los Oscar
- The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards
- Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice
- Bean: Scenes Unseen
- The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
- 2006 Independent Spirit Awards
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2006 Golden Globe Awards
- The Night Listener
- The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
- 2006 Asian Excellence Awards
- The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
- 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Creating 'Hard Candy'
- For Your Consideration
- Getting Into Grey's Anatomy
- Grey's Anatomy
- The Hour
- Robot Chicken
- Loops!
- American Dragon: Jake Long
- Girls Don't Fight
- Break a Leg
- Cake
- 3 Needles
- Hard Candy
- Kind of a Blur
- American Dad!
- The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
- The 59th Annual Tony Awards
- The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards
- The 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
- Sorry, Haters
- The 77th Annual Academy Awards
- 8 Minutes to Love
- Wilby Wonderful
- Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
- Stationery
- Sideways
- Mulan II
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Odd Job Jack
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Owning Mahowny
- Rick
- Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
- Big Fat Liar
- Full Frontal
- Barrier Device
- The Wayne Brady Show
- The Proud Family
- Date Squad
- The Frank Truth
- The Princess Diaries
- Six Feet Under
- Further Tales of the City
- Dancing at the Blue Iguana
- Three Lives of Kate
- Waking the Dead
- Judging Amy
- Guinevere
- Popular
- Permanent Midnight
- Le violon rouge
- Last Night
- Corazón de...
- Bad Day on the Block
- Bean
- The Diary of Evelyn Lau
- Arli$$
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Cowgirl
- Caiga quien caiga
- Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
- Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
- If Not for You
- Prey
- Double Happiness
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- School's Out
- The Journey Home
- Denim Blues
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Entertainment Tonight
- ABC News Nightline
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- * (December 1998): Played Sara in "Stop Kiss" play by Diana Son (Joseph
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- You just don't care about what people think. But it's hard to do because people tell you what they think all the time. It's sort of nuts. We actors, we're a fragile bunch, and yet we need to be strong because 90% of our lives is rejection. You have to figure out what really is important.
- And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.
- {On the importance of stage experience for actors in film and television] Essential, essential, essential, essential. You gotta do plays, you gotta do play, you gotta do plays. Theatre will constantly and always feed me.
- I did not start acting until I was 10. I started dancing when I was four, though. My parents were not the ones who brought me to acting. I brought myself, and when I found it, I could never go back. I was very fortunate because although I loved dance (ballet) with all my heart, I knew I was not good enough to be a professional dancer. I knew I loved performing. Still nothing beats being on stage for me; I prefer the stage
- I work very hard, sometimes too much, at my job because I love it so much. It is more than wonderful when all your hard work is noticed and honored by your peers and the industry. Winning the Golden Globe was one of the best moments of my life.
- [on the differences between acting in Canada and in Hollywood]: Huge, huge difference, both good and bad. First of all in Canada, someone like me can be a star, a leading lady. In the U.S., much more difficult. They always want to keep you in the supporting roles. It is also debatable if there is even a star system in Canada, or an indigenous film industry. Canada is still at the mercy of the U.S. film industry. In Canada, it is very difficult to make a living as an actor...In the U.S., there is more drive towards a certain kind of broad reaching success, and with that comes much more stress and sacrifice. In Canada, even if you are very successful, you can lead a very normal and healthy life. Maybe not much glamour or wealth or world reaching success, but quite normal.
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