Young-Nam Oh is a Candian Biochemist and also the mother of Sandra Oh. Young-Nam Oh’s daughter describes herself as a Korean Canadian–American actress. She is well known for her role as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy Arliss, Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy Tv series, and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series Killing Eve 

Young-Nam Oh: Bio Summary

Young-Nam Oh gained worldwide fame because of her actress daughter Sandra Oh. She is a Biochemist by profession and has been a very strong pillar in the life of her daughter. Young-Nam is married to Joon Soo Oh who is also a Businessman. The beautiful couple got married in Seoul, Korea before moving to Canada.

The couple moved to Canada in the early 1960s. And they both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto. Aside from Sandra, the couple also have two other children- They are Grace Oh and Ray Oh. Young-Nam Oh and her husband are Christians and they raised their children as such.

Sandra Oh and her sibling grew up living on Camwood Crescent in Nepean, where she began acting and practicing ballet at age four to correct her pigeon-toed stance. Growing up, The Ohs were one of the few families of Asian descent in Nepean.

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Young-Nam went to the Emmy Award her daughter

Young-Nam and her husband Joon So accompanied their star daughter to the 2018 Emmy’s away. The round parent couldn’t hide their joy while in the company of their daughter. “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!” Her face lit up.

Sandra Oh’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oh, share how proud they are of their daughter #Emmys

— Variety (@Variety) September 17, 2018

Sandra was looking stunning in a killer ruby dress that had a plunging neckline and wore diamonds and other gems on her wrist at the Emmys. Though they are now proud of their daughter, they have wanted her to accept a journalism scholarship.

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As most parents might also do, Young-Nam Oh and her husband advised their 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”.

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