Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Sandra Oh started ballet lessons at the age of four and appeared in her first play The Canada Goose at the age of 10. After three years at the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada, she beat out more than 1,000 other hopefuls and landed the coveted title role in the CBC telefilm The Diary of Evelyn Lau. Her performance brought her a Gemini nomination for Best Actress and the 1994 Cannes FIPA d'Or for Best Actress.
A Golden Globe Award and Screen Actor's Guild Award winner for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang on the hit ABC series Grey's Anatomy, Sandra has also received two Emmy Award nominations. Previously, Sandra starred in the enormously successful feature film Sideways, for which she won a Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
During her last hiatus, Sandra completed a sold-out run of the World Premiere of Satellites at New York's Public Theater. Sandra won her first Genie for her leading role in Double Happiness, a performance that brought her much acclaim and secured her place as one of Canada's rising young film stars. She moved to Los Angeles in 1996 to begin the first of six seasons on the HBO comedy series Arliss, for which she won the final Cable Ace award for Best Actress in a Comedy.
Sandra's additional feature film credits include: The Night Listener, For Your Consideration, Three Needles, Long Life Happiness and Prosperity, Under the Tuscan Sun, Sorry Haters, Rick, Bean, Guinevere, The Red Violin, Waking the Dead, The Princess Diaries, and Pay or Play. Her performance in Last Night led to her winning a second Genie Award for Best Actress in 1999.
Her additional television credits include: Six Feet Under, and Further Tales of the City. Never straying far from her theatre roots, Sandra has also starred in the world premieres of Dogeaters and Stop Kiss, a role for which she received a Theatre World award. She also performed the Vagina Monologues in New York. Sandra currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Presented by
Susanne Boyce
President, Creative, Content and Channel, CTV
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The CTV International Achievement Award is a special award bestowed for unparalleled global success by a Canadian woman working in film and television.
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