Sandra Oh Biography – Age, Height, Weight, Husband, Family, Net Worth & More

Sandra Oh Biography

• Born on July 20, 1971 in Ontario Canada, Sandra Oh came into limelight for the first time after playing a role in The Diary of Evelyn Lau.
• She is popular among her fan followings for playing an incredible role as Christina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy. 
• Her television series Grey’s Anatomy is also an award-winning series.
• However, she started her career as a ballet dancer but late end up studying drama from National Theatre School in Montreal.
• Oh is also seen giving her best performance television series like Judging Amy, The Proud Family as well as American Crime.

Family & Personal Details

• Sandra belongs to middle-class South Korean immigrants; her father Oh Jun-su is a successful businessman.
• Her mother Jeon Young-nam is a biochemist by profession.
• She also has a brother named Ray and sister Grace.
• When Oh was just four years old she started learning dance and also danced at Nepean’s Les Petits Ballets.
• She was in a relationship with filmmaker Alexander Payne for almost five years and the couple decided to get married in January 2003.
• Unfortunately, the couple got separated in 2005 but got divorced in the year 2006.

Education & Qualification

• She has completed her schooling from Sir Robert Borden High School and from the school she founded club BASE to avoid the usage of Styrofoam cups.
• During her high school days, she was selected as a student council president.
• Sandra also knows to play the flute because during her college days she took admission to Canadian Improv Games.
• When it comes to making decisions, Oh is very bold. Carleton University offered her four-year journalism scholarship but she rejected that.
• Oh took admission in the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal and decided to pay her fees alone because she wanted to pursue her dreams.

Physical Appearance

• Sandra Oh is beautiful looking Canadian actress with 5’5” or 1.68 m height.
• She has a perfect physical measurement with 33-23-33 inches.
• Her eye and hair color is black and weighs almost 56 kg.

Acting Career

• In the year 1994, Sandra hit the limelight by playing an amazing role in Double Happiness.
• After this she got the opportunity to play a role in some of the famous television series like “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues”, Odd Job Jack” “Six Feet Under” as well as “Judging Amy”.
• Oh is a popular actress in incredible movies such as ‘Walking The Dead’, Big Fat Liar’, Full Frontal’, Happiness & Prosperity’, and ‘Last Night’.
• She is a well-known name for supporting role in a motion picture made for television.
• Sandra is also awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series.
• She successfully hit the film industry by giving her versatile performance in “Hard Candy” as well as “3 Needles”.
• In the year 2014, Sandra teamed up with Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming in an animated film named Window Horses.
• Oh also got the opportunity to play a leading role in spy thriller series Killing Eve telecasted by BBC America. 
• In this series, she is seen playing an incredible role of British intelligence agent Eve Polastri along with Jodi Cormer.
• She is a winner of a number of awards like MIFF awards, CableACE awards, and Genie Awards.

Interesting Facts about Sandra Oh

• Sandra Oh is the first actress in Asian descent famous for Emmy award nominations for outstanding lead actress in a Drama series.
• She is a huge fan following on social media platforms. On Instagram she has 5.2 million followers and 1.4m followers on Twitter.
• There are three things that are always present in her dressing room a toothbrush, vitamins, and earplugs.
• She is not only an on-screen actress but also a well-known animation star.
• When she decided to pursue her career in acting her parents disagreed because she is the only one in the family who does not have masters in anything.
• Even in her busy schedule, she takes out some time to relax and perform Vipassana which is a Buddhist form of Meditation.