Sandra Oh

Sandra Miju Oh{{cite news |last=Posner |first=Michael |title=Sandra Oh's Doing Just Fine: Profile |pages=R6–R7 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=May 12, 2007 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070512.wxoh12/BNStory/Entertainment |access-date=May 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605115721/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/sandra-ohs-doing-just-fine/article962237/?page=all |archive-date=June 5, 2014}} was born in Nepean, Ontario, on July 20, 1971, the daughter of middle-class South Korean immigrants Oh Young-nam, a biochemist, and Oh Jun-su (John), a businessperson.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-28 |title=Sandra Oh {{!}} Biography, Movies, Sideways, Grey's Anatomy, Killing Eve, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandra-Oh |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sandra Oh |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/sandra-oh/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}} Her parents had moved to the area in the early 1960s.{{cite web |title=The Winding Career of Sandra Oh |work=NPR |date=November 23, 2004 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4183846 |access-date=May 31, 2007 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318085225/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4183846 |url-status=live }} She has a brother, Ray, and a sister, Grace, and grew up in a Christian household, living on Camwood Crescent in Nepean, where she began acting and practicing ballet at age four to correct her pigeon-toed stance.{{cite news |title=Sandra Oh on the Challenge of Being Korean in Hollywood |work=The Chosun Ilbo |date=April 13, 2007 |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/04/13/2007041361012.html |access-date=May 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519032008/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200704/200704130012.html |archive-date=May 19, 2007}} Growing up, Oh was one of the few youths of Asian descent in Nepean.{{cite news |title=Sandra Oh: "Asians ROCK Month" |work=Asia Society |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN9VEw-PsWM | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/FN9VEw-PsWM| archive-date=October 30, 2021|date=April 30, 2008 |access-date=December 13, 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |title=Sandra Oh Live On Kelly And Michael Talks About Leaving Greys Anatomy |work=Kelly and Michael |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prnjAf2EcOE | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010152443/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prnjAf2EcOE| archive-date=October 10, 2013|date=October 10, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2013}}

At age ten, Oh played The Wizard of Woe in a class musical called The Canada Goose.{{cite book |title=The Canada Goose: a musical play in three acts from Canada is- music 3–4 (Musical score, 1988) |via=WorldCat.org |date=May 15, 2018 |oclc = 83101677}}{{cite web |last=Dodge |first=Brier |title=Sandra Oh receives key to the city |work=Ottawa Community News |url=http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/3899214-sandra-oh-receives-key-to-the-city/ |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213113532/http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/3899214-sandra-oh-receives-key-to-the-city/ |archive-date=December 13, 2013}} Later, at Sir Robert Borden High School, she founded the environmental club BASE (Borden Active Students for the Environment), leading a campaign against the use of styrofoam cups. While in high school, she was elected student council president. She also played the flute and continued both her ballet training and acting studies, though she knew that she "was not good enough to be a professional dancer" and eventually focused on acting. She took drama classes, acted in school plays, and joined the drama club, where she took part in the Canadian Improv Games and Skit Row High, a comedy group. Against her parents' advice, she rejected a four-year journalism scholarship to Carleton University to study drama at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, paying her own way.

Oh told her parents that she would try acting for a few years, and promised to return to university if it failed. Reflecting on forgoing university, she has said that she is "the only person in [her] family who doesn't have a master's in something".{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/16/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-sandra-oh-who-played-cristina-yang-on-greys-anatomy/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Seven things you didn't know about Sandra Oh, who played Cristina Yang on 'Grey's Anatomy' |date=May 16, 2014 |last=McDonald |first=Soraya Nadia |access-date=April 17, 2016 |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225100904/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/16/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-sandra-oh-who-played-cristina-yang-on-greys-anatomy/ |url-status=live }} Soon after graduating from the National Theatre School in 1993, she starred in a stage production of David Mamet's Oleanna in London, Ontario.{{Cite web |last=Se-kyung |first=Molly |date=2023-11-11 |title=Sandra Oh |url=https://www.martincid.com/movies/actors-movies-en/sandra-oh |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Martin Cid Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Oh, Sandra |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Oh,%20Sandra |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=www.canadiantheatre.com}} Around the same time, she won roles in biographical television films of two significant female Chinese-Canadians: as Vancouver author Evelyn Lau in The Diary of Evelyn Lau, where she won the role over more than 1,000 others who auditioned, and as Adrienne Clarkson in a CBC biopic of Clarkson's life.{{Cite web |title=Canada's Walk of Fame |url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/sandra-oh/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Canada's Walk of Fame |language=en-CA}}

Oh came to prominence in her home country for her lead performance in the Canadian film Double Happiness (1994), playing Jade Li, a twenty-something Chinese-Canadian woman negotiating her wishes and those of her parents. The film received critical acclaim, with Roger Ebert praising Oh's "warm performance".{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/double-happiness-1995 |work=The Chicago Sun-Times |title=Double Happiness Movie Review |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=August 25, 1995 |access-date=April 17, 2016 |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425184500/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/double-happiness-1995 |url-status=live }} Janet Maslin of The New York Times also praised her performance, saying: "Ms. Oh's performance makes Jade a smart, spiky heroine you won't soon forget."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE6DB103BF93BA15754C0A963958260&partner=Rotten%2520Tomatoes |work=The New York Times |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=July 28, 1995 |access-date=April 16, 2016 |title=FILM REVIEW; A Delicate Asian Flower In a Motorcycle Jacket |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713044257/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/28/movies/film-review-a-delicate-asian-flower-in-a-motorcycle-jacket.html |archive-date=July 13, 2018}} Oh won the Genie Award for Best Actress for the role. In 1995 she appeared in the Canadian film Little Criminals with a multi-scene, but uncredited, performance.[https://carlithiel.livejournal.com/15218.html Little Criminals]

In 1997 she appeared in the film Bean, playing the supporting role of Bernice, the art gallery PR manager. Her other Canadian films include Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity and Last Night (1998), for which she again won a Best Actress Genie. She was cast in the drama Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000), playing a stripper at an adult dance club opposite Daryl Hannah. The film received mediocre reviews,{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dancing_at_the_blue_iguana/ |work=Rotten Tomatoes |title=Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000) |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924220045/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dancing_at_the_blue_iguana/ |url-status=live }} though Oh was praised for her performance. The New York Times review said, "Oh make[s] the most of [her] opportunity to explore the vulnerability below [her] characters' hard-edged surface."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C03E6DF123EF93AA25753C1A9679C8B63&partner=Rotten%2520Tomatoes |date=October 19, 2001 |access-date=April 15, 2016 |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=FILM REVIEW; A Club Where Strippers May Also Be Dreamers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713044252/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/movies/film-review-a-club-where-strippers-may-also-be-dreamers.html |archive-date= July 13, 2018}} The same year, she appeared in the drama Waking the Dead. In 2002, Oh appeared in the family comedy Big Fat Liar, followed by a minor role in Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002).

Oh garnered critical acclaim for her six seasons as Rita Wu, the assistant to the president of a major sports agency, on the HBO series Arliss, receiving a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Cable Ace award for Best Actress in a Comedy for her work. She also made several guest appearances on the series Popular (1999) playing a humanities teacher and guest starred in the television series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Judging Amy, Six Feet Under and Odd Job Jack.

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 Theater in New York City.

In 2003, she was cast in a supporting role opposite Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun, followed by a supporting role in Alexander Payne's drama Sideways (2004). She considers Sideways and The Diary of Evelyn Lau to be the two best films she has made.

In 2005, Oh appeared in several films, including David Slade's controversial thriller Hard Candy; and the independent anthology drama 3 Needles (2005), opposite Chloë Sevigny and Olympia Dukakis, in which she plays a Catholic nun in an AIDS-stricken African village. The same year, Oh was cast as Cristina Yang in the first season of what became the hit ABC medical series Grey's Anatomy. Oh's role on the show earned her both a 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series and a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. In July 2009, she received her fifth consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her work on the series.

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In addition to her work on Grey's Anatomy, Oh continued to appear in films. She co-starred in the thriller The Night Listener (2006), alongside Robin Williams and Toni Collette; in the superhero comedy Defendor (2009); Ramona and Beezus (2010); and in the critically acclaimed drama Rabbit Hole (2010), opposite Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.

In her only audiobook, she played Brigid O'Shaughnessy in a Grammy-nominated dramatization of The Maltese Falcon (2008), which also featured Michael Madsen and Edward Herrmann. She also has done a few voice roles in animation, including a few guest appearances in American Dragon: Jake Long, the voice of Princess Ting-Ting in Mulan II, and the voice of Doofah in The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends.

Oh was the host of the 28th Genie Awards on March 3, 2008.{{cite news |url=http://www.genieawards.ca/Genie28/host.cfm |title=Awards Ceremony Host biography |access-date=February 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217145938/http://www.genieawards.ca/Genie28/host.cfm |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In 2009, Oh performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.[http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513003536/http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/|date=May 13, 2010}} During the off-season hiatus from filming Grey's Anatomy in 2010, Oh took the part of Sarah Chen in the British crime drama, Thorne. She undertook intensive dialect coaching in order to play her British character.{{cite web |url=http://sky1.sky.com/thorne-cast-sandra-oh |title=Thorne: Characters: Sandra Oh – Sky1 HD |work=Sky1.sky.com |access-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319152334/http://sky1.sky.com/thorne-cast-sandra-oh |archive-date=March 19, 2012}}

On June 28, 2011, it was announced that Oh would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame; she was inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/news/press-release-canadas-walk-fame-announces-2011-inductees |title=Press Release: Canada's Walk of Fame Announces the 2011 Inductees |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=June 28, 2011 |publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710002641/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/news/press-release-canadas-walk-fame-announces-2011-inductees |archive-date=July 10, 2011}} In 2013, Oh formally announced that she would be leaving Grey's Anatomy at the end of the tenth season.{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/sandra-departing-greys-anatomy-season-594134 |title=Sandra Oh to Exit 'Grey's Anatomy' (Exclusive) |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |archive-date=August 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815194052/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/sandra-departing-greys-anatomy-season-594134 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/08/13/sandra-oh-will-leave-greys-anatomy-at-the-end-of-the-tenth-season/197468 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817082026/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/08/13/sandra-oh-will-leave-greys-anatomy-at-the-end-of-the-tenth-season/197468/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 17, 2013 |title=Sandra Oh Will Leave 'Grey's Anatomy' at the End of the Tenth Season |last=Bibel |first=Sara |work=TV by the Numbers |date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013}} Oh exited the series with the season 10 finale.{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/sandra-oh-leaving-greys-anatomy_n_3751090.html |work=Huffington Post |title=Sandra Oh Leaving 'Grey's' |date=August 13, 2013 |first=Chris |last=Harnick |access-date=May 2, 2014 |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502190645/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/sandra-oh-leaving-greys-anatomy_n_3751090.html |url-status=live }}

In October 2014, Oh announced that she would be teaming up with Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming to collaborate on an animated feature film titled Window Horses.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/10/17/sandra-oh/ |work=CBC News |title=Home |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111051505/http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/10/17/sandra-oh/ |url-status=live }} She also appeared in a supporting role in the comedy film Tammy (2014), playing the wife of Kathy Bates' character.

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In 2015, she starred on the Refinery29 comedy web series Shitty Boyfriends. Oh began filming the comedy film, Catfight (2016), in New York City in December 2015.{{cite news |last1=Evry |first1=Max |title=Catfight Stars Sandra Oh, Anne Heche and Alicia Silverstone |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/643281-sandra-oh-anne-heche-and-alicia-silverstone-star-in-catfight |access-date=December 25, 2015 |work=ComingSoon.net |date=December 23, 2015 |archive-date=December 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225050709/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/643281-sandra-oh-anne-heche-and-alicia-silverstone-star-in-catfight |url-status=live }} In 2017, Oh starred as Abby Tanaka in the third season of the anthology drama series American Crime.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/sandra-oh-american-crime-season-3-arrowverse-crossover-dominators-1201873877/|title=TV News Roundup: Sandra Oh Joins 'American Crime' Season 3|work=Variety|last=Roshanian|first=Arya|date=September 29, 2016|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=September 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930034023/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/sandra-oh-american-crime-season-3-arrowverse-crossover-dominators-1201873877/|url-status=live}}

Beginning in April 2018, Oh began a leading role in the BBC America and BBC Three spy thriller series Killing Eve, playing British intelligence agent Eve Polastri whose quarry is psychopathic assassin Villanelle (played by Jodie Comer), with the two women developing a mutual fascination. Upon reading the series script, Oh did not realize she was being considered for a leading role, stating that she had been "brainwashed" by years of being typecast as the leads' best friend. The series was renewed for a second season ahead of its debut,{{cite news |last1=Wittmer |first1=Carrie |title=Killing Eve is a smart and seductive spy thriller that has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/killing-eve-is-a-smart-seductive-spy-thriller-with-100-on-rotten-tomatoes-2018-5 |work=Business Insider |date=May 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508185144/http://www.businessinsider.com/killing-eve-is-a-smart-seductive-spy-thriller-with-100-on-rotten-tomatoes-2018-5 |archive-date=May 8, 2018 |url-status=live}} and a third was announced less than a day after the second premiered in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a27076124/killing-eve-renewed-season-3/|title=Killing Eve has been renewed for season 3 – with another new showrunner|last=Lee|first=Jess|website=Digital Spy|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204194856/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a27076124/killing-eve-renewed-season-3/|url-status=live}} Killing Eve was also renewed for a fourth season shortly after.

Oh has garnered critical acclaim for her performance on the series, with Jenna Scherer describing her in Rolling Stone as "a compulsively watchable actor – expressive and complex, blending wry wit and deep pathos."{{cite magazine |last1=Scherer |first1=Jenna |title=Killing Eve: The Cracked Female Spy-Thriller Buddy Comedy of the Year |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/killing-eve-tv-review-w520147 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514140806/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/killing-eve-tv-review-w520147 |archive-date=May 14, 2018 |date=May 14, 2018 |url-status=live}} When Vulture declared Oh the best actress currently on television, critic Matt Zoller Seitz wrote: "It's a tour de force performance, yet so self-effacing and invisible in its effects that you come away thinking that you've seen a crackling yarn with compelling characters rather than a cultural landmark. This is a magic trick of a high order."{{cite web |last1=Seitz |first1=Matt Zoller |author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz |title=The Best Actress on TV Is Killing Eve's Sandra Oh |url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/best-actress-sandra-oh-vulture-tv-awards.html |website=Vulture |access-date=June 28, 2018 |date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627205518/http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/best-actress-sandra-oh-vulture-tv-awards.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live}} In 2018, Oh became the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for that role.{{cite magazine |last=Dockterman |first=Eliana |url=https://time.com/5336867/sandra-oh-emmy-nomination/ |title=Sandra Oh Is Now the First Asian Best Actress Emmy Nominee |magazine=Time |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712170615/http://time.com/5336867/sandra-oh-emmy-nomination/ |url-status=live }} She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globe Awards. Oh won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series at the SAG Awards in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/entertainment/sag-awards-winners-2019/index.html |title=See who won at the SAG Awards |first=Chloe |last=Melas |website=CNN |date=January 28, 2019 |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128100736/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/entertainment/sag-awards-winners-2019/index.html |url-status=live }}

From 2018 to 2020, Oh voiced the role of Castaspella in the animated superhero series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/tv/2018/05/18/she-ra-netflix-cast-photo-reveal/ |title=She-Ra gets a makeover! A first look at the new Netflix series and meet the cast |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908180958/https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/18/she-ra-netflix-cast-photo-reveal/ |url-status=dead }} In 2019, she co-hosted the 76th Golden Globe Awards, alongside Andy Samberg. Oh became the first woman of Asian descent to host the awards show. In March 2019, she became the first Asian-Canadian woman to host Saturday Night Live, and only the third actress of Asian descent, after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018.{{cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |title=Sandra Oh to Make SNL Hosting Debut |url=https://tvline.com/2019/03/09/snl-host-sandra-oh-march-season-44-tame-impala/ |website=TVLine |date=March 10, 2019 |access-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330045119/https://tvline.com/2019/03/09/snl-host-sandra-oh-march-season-44-tame-impala/ |url-status=dead }} In 2021, Oh voiced Virana, the chieftess of the Fang tribe in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2563680/raya-and-the-last-dragon-voice-cast-whos-voicing-each-character|title=Raya and the Last Dragon Voice Cast: Who's Voicing Each Character|website=Cinema Blend|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=June 29, 2021|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310015404/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2563680/raya-and-the-last-dragon-voice-cast-whos-voicing-each-character|url-status=live}}

Oh voices the role of Debbie Grayson in the animated superhero drama series Invincible. The series, based on the comic book series of the same name, premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Invincible TV Show Release Date, Cast, Plot, Trailer And What Fan Theories You Should Know??|url=https://popculturetimes.com/2020/03/13/invincible-tv-show-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-and-what-fan-theories-you-should-know/|last=Unni Krishnan|first=Adersh|date=March 13, 2020|website=Pop Culture Times|language=en-US|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014080721/https://popculturetimes.com/2020/07/31/invincible-tv-show-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-and-more/|url-status=dead}}

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In 2021, Oh served as executive producer and had the lead role in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Chair.{{Cite web|title=Sandra Oh To Star In 'The Chair' Dramedy Series From Amanda Peet & 'Game Of Thrones' Creators At Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/sandra-oh-jay-duplass-the-chair-dramedy-series-amanda-peet-netflix-1202865641/|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|date=February 21, 2020|website=Deadline|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711194129/https://deadline.com/2020/02/sandra-oh-jay-duplass-the-chair-dramedy-series-amanda-peet-netflix-1202865641/|url-status=live}}

In 2022, Oh voiced the role of Ming Lee, the strict and overprotective mother of the main character in the Pixar animated film Turning Red.{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/800615/sandra-oh-stars-in-disneys-turning-red-set-in-toronto-watch-the-trailer/|title=Sandra Oh Stars In Disney's 'Turning Red' Set In Toronto — Watch The Trailer|work=ET Canada|date=July 13, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811162121/https://etcanada.com/news/800615/sandra-oh-stars-in-disneys-turning-red-set-in-toronto-watch-the-trailer/|url-status=dead}} She joined Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's short story collection Stone Mattress.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/julianne-moore-sandra-oh-lynne-ramsay-stone-mattress-margaret-atwood-amazon-canne-1235026840/|title=Julianne Moore & Sandra Oh Set For Lynne Ramsay's 'Stone Mattress'; Margaret Atwood Thriller Adaptation From Amazon, John Lesher, JoAnne Sellar, Studiocanal & Film4|date=May 18, 2022|publisher=Deadline|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119112929/https://deadline.com/2022/05/julianne-moore-sandra-oh-lynne-ramsay-stone-mattress-margaret-atwood-amazon-canne-1235026840/|url-status=live}}

In 2023, Oh played the role of Jenny Yum, a brash, outgoing, and impulsive older sister of the main character in the 20th Century Studios comedy film Quiz Lady.{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=2023-11-02 |title=Quiz Lady review – Sandra Oh and Awkwafina can't lift uneven comedy |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/02/quiz-lady-movie-review-sandra-oh-awkwafina |access-date=2023-11-29 |issn=0261-3077}}

Her upcoming projects include Good Fortune directed by Aziz Ansari.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/good-fortune-movie-sandra-oh-joins-lionsgate-aziz-ansari-1235876865/|title=Sandra Oh Joins Aziz Ansari's Lionsgate Comedy 'Good Fortune|date=April 5, 2024|publisher=Deadline|access-date=April 5, 2024|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405171207/https://deadline.com/2024/04/good-fortune-movie-sandra-oh-joins-lionsgate-aziz-ansari-1235876865/|url-status=live}}

Oh was in a relationship with filmmaker Alexander Payne for five years. They married in January 2003, separated in early 2005, and divorced in late 2006.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ken |last2=Silverman |first2=Stephen M. |author-link2=Stephen M. Silverman |title=Sandra Oh's Marriage Is Officially Over |work=People Magazine |date=December 27, 2006 |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005420,00.html |access-date=May 31, 2007 |archive-date=January 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123001148/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20005420,00.html |url-status=dead }}

On July 8, 2013, Oh received the key to the city of Ottawa from Mayor Jim Watson.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/actor-sandra-oh-to-get-ottawa-s-key-to-the-city-1.1305469 |title=Actor Sandra Oh to get Ottawa's Key to the City |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2013 |work=CBC News |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111004111/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/actor-sandra-oh-to-get-ottawa-s-key-to-the-city-1.1305469 |url-status=live }}

Oh practices Vipassanā, a Buddhist form of meditation. Her work in acting is informed by a loose creative collective that teaches "creative dream work", which reportedly fuses Jungian dream analysis with method acting and aims to bring one's "subconscious work into consciousness".{{cite web |last1=Jung |first1=E. Alex |title=The Protagonist After decades in supporting parts, Emmy nominee Sandra Oh plays the hero in Killing Eve. |url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/sandra-oh-on-killing-eve-and-her-emmy-nomination.html |website=Vulture.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822124612/http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/sandra-oh-on-killing-eve-and-her-emmy-nomination.html |archive-date=August 22, 2018 |date=August 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Oh became a US citizen in 2018. On the first anniversary of her citizenship, she discussed it while hosting Saturday Night Live and referred to herself as an "Asian-Canadian-American".{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeZ93EaaTb8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/oeZ93EaaTb8| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Sandra Oh Monologue - SNL |website=YouTube |author=Night Live |date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=March 31, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news | title =Sandra Oh celebrates U.S. citizenship anniversary on 'Saturday Night Live': The Canadian-born Sandra Oh announced the special occasion during the monologue of "Saturday Night Live." | newspaper =NBC News | date =April 1, 2019 | url =https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sandra-oh-celebrates-u-s-citizenship-anniversary-saturday-night-live-n989671 | access-date =June 21, 2019 | quote =I love Americans. You are confident and direct. And now that I am an Asian-Canadian-American, I'm trying to learn a thing or two about tooting my own horn. | archive-date =November 7, 2020 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235201/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sandra-oh-celebrates-u-s-citizenship-anniversary-saturday-night-live-n989671 | url-status =live }}

Oh was awarded the National Arts Centre Award from the Governor General of Canada in 2019, as a part of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2019/oh,-sandra.aspx|title=Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)|website=ggpaa.ca|access-date=December 16, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201001010/https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2019/oh,-sandra.aspx|url-status=live}}

In June 2022, Oh was named an officer of the Order of Canada. Later in that year, she was one of a number of recent inductees to the Order to be included in the Canadian delegation to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.{{cite news |title=Why Sandra Oh Attended Queen Elizabeth's Funeral|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 19, 2022|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sandra-oh-queen-elizabeth-funeral-explained-1235223328/|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|access-date=September 19, 2022}}

On March 22, 2021, Oh gave a speech at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in response to the Atlanta spa shootings. She encouraged people "to reach out to the Asian American community", stating that they were "very scared".{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandra-oh-asian-rally-pittsburgh-b1820322.html |title=Sandra Oh gives speech at Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh |work=The Independent |date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |author=Massie, Graeme |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322012304/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandra-oh-asian-rally-pittsburgh-b1820322.html |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}

I'm gonna be very, very brief, but one thing I know, many of us in our community are very scared, and I understand that, and one way to try to kind of go through– get through our fear is to reach out to our communities.....I will challenge everyone here: if you see something, will you help me? If you see one of our brothers and sisters in need, will you help us?...I am proud to be Asian! I wanna hear you say, I am proud to be Asian! I belong here! I am proud to be Asian! I belong here! Many of us don't get the chance to be able to say that, so I just wanted to give us an opportunity to be able to shout that.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-21 |title=Sandra Oh gives speech at Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandra-oh-asian-rally-pittsburgh-b1820322.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322012304/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandra-oh-asian-rally-pittsburgh-b1820322.html |url-status=live }}

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