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Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is an award-winning Korean-Canadian actress, best known for playing Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy and many notable roles in feature films.

Biography

Early life

Oh was born in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, where she attended Sir Robert Borden High School and founded the Enviromental Club there. She started her career by becoming a ballet dancer, yet she later became interested in acting while attending Sir Robert Borden High School in her hometown of Nepean, Ontario, where she took drama classes, acted in school plays, and was a member of the drama club. Oh eventually studied drama at the National Theatre School in Montreal, whereafter she starred in a London, Ontario stage production of David Mamet's "Oleanna". Around the same time, she also appeared as the title character in the Canadian television production, The Diary of Evelyn Lau, achieving the role by defeating 1,000 other contestants for the part.

Career

She is known in Canada for her lead performances in the Canadian film Double Happiness, for which she won the Genie Award for Best Actress. Other Canadian films of Oh's are Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity, and Last Night
, which she again won a Best Actress Genie for. Oh also won FIPA d'Or Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival for her role in The Diary of Evelyn Lau.

Oh is most familiar to American audiences from her roles in the popular films Under the Tuscan Sun
and Sideways
. On American television Oh is renowned for her current role in the hit ABC medical series Grey's Anatomy, for which she has won both a 2006 Golden Globe for Best Television Supporting Actress and a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. She had also made several guest appearances on the series 'Popular' (1999) playing a humanties teacher.

In theatre, Oh has also starred in the world premieres of Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters at the La Jolla Playhouse and Diana Son's Stop Kiss at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in New York.

Another upcoming film of Oh's is The Night Listener, cast as "Anna" alongside Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Although Oh remains active in feature film, the critically acclaimed Grey's Anatomy remains Oh's primary, current occupation.

Past Marriage

She and American filmmaker Alexander Payne were in a relationship for five years, including two years of marriage. In March 2005, the couple's spokesperson announced their separation. A month later, Oh filed for divorce.

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