Joon Soo Oh: Who is Sandra Oh's father?

Joon Soo Oh is a Canadian businesspersonand is also popular as the father of Sandra Oh. Joon Soo Ohs daughter has established herself as a top is a CanadianAmerican actress. She is well known for her roles as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy Arliss, Dr. Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Greys

Joon Soo Oh is a Canadian businessperson and is also popular as the father of Sandra Oh. Joon Soo Oh’s daughter has established herself as a top is a Canadian–American actress. She is well known for her roles as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy Arliss, Dr. Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy, and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series Killing Eve.

Joon Soo Oh: Bio Summary

Full NameJoon Soo Oh
famous asFather of Sandra Oh
Place of BirthSouth Korean
NationalityKorean-Canadian
SpouseYoung-Nam Oh
childrenSandra Oh, Grace Oh, Ray Oh

Joon Soo Oh gained much of his fame from being the father of Sandra Oh. He is a Businessman by profession. Joon Soo is married Young-Nam Oh who is also a Biochemist. Joon and his wife got married in Seoul, Korea. And they both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto.

How old is Joon Soo Oh?

Sandra Oh was born in Nepean, Ontario, on July 20, 1971, the daughter of middle-class South Korean immigrants. She is 52 years old as of 2022. There isn’t much information available regarding the age of Sandra Oh’s father. However, its believed he was born in South Korea.

Joon and his family had moved to Nepean, Ontario in the early 1960s. Sandra is not his only child. He has two other children who are  Grace Oh and Ray Oh. He raised his family in a Christian household, living on Camwood Crescent in Nepean, where her daughter Sandra began acting and practicing ballet at age four to correct her pigeon-toed stance.

He advised his daughter to go into Journalism

As most parents might also do, Joon advised his daughter to go for a journalism scholarship, however, against her parent’s advice, Sandra stood her ground and rejected the four-year journalism scholarship to Carleton University. She went on to study drama at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, paying her own way.

The determined girl told her parents that she would try acting for a few years, and promised to return to university if it doesn’t work out. Sandra revealed she is “the only person in [her] family who doesn’t have a master’s in something”.

Attending the Emmy Awards on September 17, 2018, in Los Angeles, California, Joon Soo Oh and his wife accompanied their daughter. The happy and cheerful parents couldn’t hide their joy knowing their daughter has succeeded in the tough industry.

“I’m so proud of her,” Oh’s mother told Variety, before kissing her daughter on the cheek. Oh joked, “Oh my God, that happened on film!”

Sandra Oh’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oh, share how proud they are of their daughter #Emmys https://t.co/QILf2nBd4b pic.twitter.com/9vZcPWxK9l

— Variety (@Variety) September 17, 2018

Sandra 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”. She has no children.

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