Margaret Cho | |
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.png) Cho in 2011 | |
| Born | Margaret Moran Cho December 5, 1968 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse |
Al Ridenour
(m. 2003; div. 2019) |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조모란 |
| Hanja | 趙牡丹[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Jo Moran |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Moran |
| Website | margaretcho |
Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968[2]) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, musician and activist.[3] She is known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially regarding race and sexuality. She rose to prominence after starring in the ABC sitcom All-American Girl (1994–95) and became an established stand-up comic in the subsequent years.
As an actress, she has acted in such roles as Charlene Lee in It's My Party and John Travolta's FBI colleague in the action film Face/Off. Cho was part of the cast of the TV series Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime Television, in which she appeared as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant. For her portrayal of Kim Jong-il on 30 Rock, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2012. In 2022, Cho co-starred in the film Fire Island, a portrayal of the LGBT Asian American experience in the eponymous gay village off the South Shore of Long Island.
She has also had endeavors in fashion and music and has her own clothing line. Cho has also frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asian Americans and the LGBT community.
- ^ Moran (牡丹) Cho's blog Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine states: "Ed designed a beautiful back piece for me, a very large and lush peony (my name in Korean "Moran") [...] with falling petals." (December 2005).
- ^ Dong, Lan (2016). Asian American Culture: From Anime to Tiger Moms. ABC-CLIO. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-440-82921-5.
- ^ Pakhomov, Oleg (2017). Self-Referentiality of Cognition and (De)Formation of Ethnic Boundaries: A Comparative Study on Korean Diaspora in Russia, China, the United States and Japan. Springer. p. 108. ISBN 978-9-811-05505-8.