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Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho

Born Dec 5, 1968 · 57 years237 titles 127 movies · 110 TV
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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.

Also known as

Margaret Moran Cho · 조모란 · 마거릿 조 · 赵牡丹

Born

Dec 5, 1968

San Francisco, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

235

Acting credits

1

Directing

9

Writing

10

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1981 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 9 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 4 title(s)

1997 5 title(s)

1998 7 title(s)

1999 7 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

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2003 2 title(s)

2004 2 title(s)

2005 6 title(s)

2006 6 title(s)

2007 4 title(s)

2008 5 title(s)

2009 9 title(s)

2010 6 title(s)

2011 6 title(s)

2012 8 title(s)

2013 7 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 12 title(s)

2016 11 title(s)

2017 11 title(s)

2018 6 title(s)

2019 9 title(s)

2020 13 title(s)

2021 15 title(s)

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2023 10 title(s)

2024 9 title(s)

2025 7 title(s)

2026 4 title(s)

Undated 5 title(s)