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Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

ActingBorn December 5, 1968 (age 57)San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music videos and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, the transgender community, Asians, and the LGBT community. As an actress she has played more serious parts, such as that of John Travolta's long-suffering FBI colleague in the action movie Face/Off. She co-starred as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant, 8on Lifetime's drama series Drop Dead Diva.

Filmography

2026
I Want Your Sex

as Detective Zola

Movie
2026
The King of Black Goo

as Opulence Montenegro

Movie
2026
By the Roots

as Janine Sorrel

Movie
2026
Run Amok

as Principal Linda

Movie
2025Movie
2025Movie
2025
Celebrity Weakest Link

as Self - Contestant

TV
2025
TURA!

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2025Movie
2025TV
2024
Doctor Odyssey

as Judy Riva

TV
2024TV
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!

as Rebecca Chen (voice)

TV
2024
Cora Bora

as Electra

Movie
2024
The Listener

as Corinne (voice)

Movie
2024TV
2023Movie
2023
Maxine

as Maxine

Movie
2023
Gianna

as Kimberly

Movie
2023
Frog and Toad

as Turtle (voice)

TV
2023
Prom Pact

as Ms. Chen

Movie
2023
Not Dead Yet

as Miss Cassandra

TV
2023
Will Trent

as Therapist

TV
2023
Will Trent

as Dr. Roach

TV
2022
The Wheel

as Self - Expert

TV
2022Movie
2022
Celebrity Jeopardy!

as Self - Contestant

TV
2022
Dr. Jackie

as Margaret Cho

TV
2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

TV
2022Movie
2022Movie
2022
Sex Appeal

as Ma Deb

Movie
2022Movie
2022
Bury Me

as June

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Last Meals

as Self

TV
2021TV
2021Movie
2021Movie
2021
Good on Paper

as Margot

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Pride

as Self

TV
2021
What's My Game?

as Self - Contestant

TV
2021
Hysterical

as Self

Movie
2021
Call Me Kat

as Val Park

TV
2021
The Great North

as Jan (voice)

TV
2020TV
2020
Friendsgiving

as Fairy Gay Mother #2

Movie
2020
Over the Moon

as Auntie Ling / Gretch (voice)

Movie
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020
Visible: Out on Television

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2020TV
2020TV
2019Movie
2019Movie
2019TV
2019
Lights Out with David Spade

as Self - Panelist

TV
2019
Miracle Workers

as God's Mom

TV
2019
Good Trouble

as Margaret Cho

TV
2019
The Masked Singer

as Poodle (archive footage)

TV
2019
The Masked Singer

as Self - Poodle

TV
2018TV
2018
This Close

as Zagat

TV
2017Movie
2017
Bright

as Sergeant Ching

Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Bold Type

as Margaret Cho

TV
2017TV
2017
Curtain Down

as The Mentor

Movie
2017
Bill Nye Saves the World

as Pistachio (voice)

TV
2016
Swedish Dicks

as Agent Poll

TV
2016TV
2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

TV
2016
Hurricane Bianca

as Wig Shop Owner

Movie
2015TV
2015
Dr. Ken

as Dr. Wendi

TV
2015Movie
2015Movie
2015Movie
2015
Tooken

as Brown Finger

Movie
2015
World's Funniest Fails

as Self - Panelist

TV
2015
Senior Project

as Ms. Ghetty

Movie
2014Movie
2014TV
2013
Wedding Palace

as The Shaman

Movie
2013TV
2013Movie
2013
In Transition

as Tawny Kim

Movie
2013TV
2013TV
2012
Gotham Comedy Live

as Self - Host

TV
2012
The Immigrant

as Margaret

Movie
2012TV
2012Movie
2011
SNL Korea

as Self

TV
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
Bubble Guppies

as The Kraken (voice)

TV
2011Movie
2010
Pound Puppies

as Mrs. Wattana (voice)

TV
2010
Gaze

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2010
I Am Comic

as Self

Movie
2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Teri Lee

TV
2009Movie
2009Movie
2009
The Snake

as The Expert

Movie
2009
17 Again

as Mrs. Dell

Movie
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

TV
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2008
Prop 8: The Musical

as California Gays and The People That Love Them

Movie
2008
One Missed Call

as Mickey Lee

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

as Condie Ling / Kathy Griffin (voice)

TV
2007TV
2007
Girltrash!

as Min Suk

Movie
2007
Girltrash!

as Min Suk

TV
2006
The Lost Room

as Suzie Kang

TV
2006
Phone Sex

as Caller

Movie
2006
30 Rock

as Kim Jong-Il

TV
2006
30 Rock

as Kim Jong-Un

TV
2006
'Til Death

as Nicole

TV
2006Movie
2005Movie
2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Professor Avery Grant

TV
2005
Bam Bam and Celeste

as Celeste / Mommy

Movie
2005
Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant

TV
2005
Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

TV
2005TV
2004
Nobody Knows Anything!

as Rental Car Agent

Movie
2004Movie
2002Movie
2002
Grocery Store

as Store Clerk(voice)

Movie
1999Movie
1999
$pent

as Travel Agent

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as Hee-Sun (voice)

TV
1999Movie
1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

Movie
1999
The Tavern

as Carol

Movie
1998
GayVN Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1998
The Rugrats Movie

as Lt. Klavin (voice)

Movie
1998
The Thin Pink Line

as Asia Blue / Terry

Movie
1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

TV
1998Movie
1998TV
1997
Sweethearts

as Noreen

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1997
Fakin' Da Funk

as May-Ling

Movie
1997
Face/Off

as Wanda

Movie
1996
Pulp Comics

as herself

TV
1996
It's My Party

as Charlene Lee

Movie
1995TV
1995
The Doom Generation

as Clerk's Wife

Movie
1995TV
1994
All-American Girl

as Margaret Kim

TV
1994Movie
1994
Duckman

as Mai Lin (voice)

TV
1994
Angie

as Admissions Nurse #2

Movie
1994
The Critic

as (voice)

TV
1993
The Nanny

as Caryn

TV
1993TV
1992TV
1992
Red Shoe Diaries

as Phone Sex Worker

TV
1986TV
Movie
Ron Forever

as Gloria

Movie
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 5, 1968
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity1.2