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Sandra Oh | She is a Golden Globe Award-winning
and Emmy Award-nominated Canadian
actress. She has also won the Screen Actors
Guild's award and the Genie Award twice each.
Oh was born to Korean immigrant
parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, where she began
dancing and acting at an early age. She is best known for her
role as Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC series 'Grey's Anatomy' and
her roles in the feature films, 'Under the Tuscan Sun' and 'Sideways'.
Oh 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 won roles in biographical television films of two
significant female Chinese-Canadians: Vancouver author Evelyn
Lau in the 'Diary of Evelyn Lau' (Oh won the role over more than
1,000 others who auditioned); and as Adrienne Clarkson in a CBC
bio-pic of Clarkson's life.
Oh is known in Canada for her
lead performances in the Canadian film 'Double Happiness', for
which she won the Genie Award for Best Actress. Her other Canadian
films include 'Long Life', 'Happiness & Prosperity' and 'Last
Night', for which she again won a Best Actress Genie. Oh also
won FIPA d'Or Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival for her role
in 'The Diary of Evelyn Lau'.
In 2006, she costarred in the
film 'The Night Listener' as "Anna," alongside Robin
Williams and Toni Collette. Although Oh remains active in feature
films, the critically acclaimed 'Grey's Anatomy' remains her primary
current occupation.
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