Margaret Cho
Known for acting · Born 5 December 1968 · 57 · San Francisco, California, USA
252 credits
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.
Known for
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Fire Island
2022
Over the Moon
2020
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005
I Want Your Sex
2026
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
Ground Control
1998
All-American Girl
1994
Call Me Lucky
2015
C Bear and Jamal
1996
Do I Sound Gay?
2015
Acting (236)
2026I Want Your SexDetective ZolaFilm
2026Run AmokPrincipal LindaFilm
2026By the RootsJanine SorrelFilm
2026The King of Black GooOpulence MontenegroFilm
2026FesspoolSelfSeries
2025Queens of the DeadPopsFilm
2025Hollywood SquaresSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2025All That We LoveEmmaFilm
2025TURA!Narrator (voice)Film
2025Celebrity Weakest LinkSelf - ContestantSeries
2025It's Dorothy!SelfFilm
2025Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About FailureSelfFilm
2024Doctor OdysseyJudy RivaSeries
2024Kite Man: Hell Yeah!Rebecca Chen (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2024After MidnightSelfSeries
2024The ListenerCorinne (voice)Film
2024Cora BoraElectraFilm
2024Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionSelfFilm
2024Zombies: The Re-Animated SeriesAshley (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2024Dolly Parton's Pet GalaFilm
2024Squid Game: The Official PodcastSelf - GuestSeries
2023Percy Jackson and the OlympiansWaspSeries
2023Will TrentTherapist, Dr. Roach · 4 episodesSeries
2023Prom PactMs. ChenFilm
2023Not Dead YetMiss CassandraSeries
2023History of the World: Part IISophiaSeries
2023Frog and ToadTurtle (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2023MaxineMaxineFilm
2023A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The DocumentarySelfFilm
2023GiannaKimberlyFilm
2023No One Asked YouSelfFilm
2022Sex AppealMa DebFilm
2022Fire IslandErinFilm
2022Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ CelebrationFilm
2022Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night LiveSelfFilm
2022SherriSelf - GuestSeries
2022Celebrity Jeopardy!Self - Contestant · 3 episodesSeries
2022The WheelSelf - ExpertSeries
2022I, ChallengerJuneFilm
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander HeritageSelfFilm
2022The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The FestivalSelfFilm
2022Sex with SueSelfFilm
2022Dr. JackieMargaret ChoSeries
2022Bury MeJuneFilm
2022Queer RiotFilm
2021Good on PaperMargotFilm
2021Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.FrankieSeries
2021The Great NorthJan (voice)Series
2021Call Me KatVal ParkSeries
2021PrideSelf · 6 episodesSeries
2021Tig Notaro: DrawnSelfFilm
2021HystericalSelfFilm
2021Koreatown Ghost StoryMrs. MoonFilm
2021Last MealsSelfSeries
2021The Sixth ReelDorisFilm
2021Tara, Messenger of DeathMs. CorriganFilm
2021The Celebrity Dating GameSelfSeries
2021Overserved with Lisa VanderpumpSelfSeries
2021The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy SpecialSelfFilm
2021What's My Game?Self - ContestantSeries
2020Sex, ExplainedSelfSeries
2020Over the MoonAuntie Ling / Gretch (voice)Film
2020The Flight AttendantUtada · 2 episodesSeries
2020FriendsgivingFairy Gay Mother #2Film
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from QueensMistress Jupiter · 2 episodesSeries
2020Visible: Out on TelevisionSelf - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2020Faith BasedJaneFilm
2020I Can See Your VoiceSeries
2020Mae West: Dirty BlondeSelfFilm
2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVUSelfFilm
2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelfFilm
2020Tournament of LaughsSelfSeries
2020House Hunters Comedians On Couches: UnfilteredSelf - Guest StarSeries
2019Miracle WorkersGod's MomSeries
2019Good TroubleMargaret Cho · 3 episodesSeries
2019The Masked SingerPoodle (archive footage), Self - Poodle · 2 episodesSeries
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghSelfSeries
2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars CelebrateSelfFilm
2019Lights Out with David SpadeSelf - PanelistSeries
2019Trixie Mattel: Skinny LegendMargaret ChoFilm
2019Undateable JohnHildaFilm
2018Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween BashSelfFilm
2018This CloseZagatSeries
201825 Words or LessSelfSeries
2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to FreedomSelfFilm
2018Unapologetic with Aisha TylerSelfSeries
2018Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent CastigliaSelfFilm
2017BrightSergeant ChingFilm
2017Sharknado 5: Global SwarmingSimoneFilm
2017The Bold TypeMargaret ChoSeries
2017Bill Nye Saves the WorldPistachio (voice), SelfSeries
2017The Untold Tales of Armistead MaupinSelfFilm
2017Alaska Is a DragJanFilm
2017Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?SelfFilm
2017Truth & IlizaSelfSeries
2017This Is Bob Hope...SelfFilm
2017Curtain DownThe MentorFilm
2017Everybody Has an Andy Dick StorySelfFilm
2016Hurricane BiancaWig Shop OwnerFilm
2016Full Frontal with Samantha BeeSelfSeries
2016Swedish DicksAgent PollSeries
2016Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner PartySelfSeries
2016To Tell the TruthSelf - PanelistSeries
2016The $100,000 PyramidSelfSeries
2016Hollywood Medium with Tyler HenrySelf - GuestSeries
2016Original Sin: SexSelfSeries
2016Party LegendsSeries
2016The girls I know... get their hands dirty.Mom (voice)Film
2016Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy GalaFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelfSeries
2015Dr. KenDr. WendiSeries
2015Call Me LuckySelfFilm
2015TookenBrown FingerFilm
2015Do I Sound Gay?SelfFilm
2015The Mr. Peabody & Sherman ShowMulan (voice)Series
2015Margaret Cho: PsyCHOSelfFilm
2015Senior ProjectMs. GhettyFilm
2015World's Funniest FailsSelf - PanelistSeries
2015#BeRobin the MovieFilm
2015Adventures in ComedyFilm
2015Metropolis · 3 episodesSeries
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelfSeries
2014Lennon or McCartneySelfFilm
2014Celebrity Name GameSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2013Beat Bobby FlaySelfSeries
2013The Last LegSelfSeries
2013Norm Macdonald LiveSelfSeries
2013Amelia's 25thBabsFilm
2013Wedding PalaceThe ShamanFilm
2013In TransitionTawny KimFilm
2012Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelfSeries
2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
2012The Burn with Jeff RossSelfSeries
2012It Gets BetterSelfFilm
2012The ImmigrantMargaretFilm
2012Gotham Comedy LiveSelf - HostSeries
2012See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob MouldSelfFilm
2012Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival(voice)Film
2011Conan O'Brien Can't StopSelfFilm
2011Miss RepresentationSelfFilm
2011Bubble GuppiesThe Kraken (voice)Series
2011SNL KoreaSelfSeries
2011Margaret Cho: Cho DependentSelfFilm
2011Sexing the TransmanSelfFilm
2010I Am ComicSelfFilm
2010Pound PuppiesMrs. Wattana (voice)Series
2010America: The Story of UsSelfSeries
2010The Green Room with Paul ProvenzaSelfSeries
2010GazeSelf (archive footage)Film
2010The Fran Drescher ShowSeries
200917 AgainMrs. DellFilm
2009RuPaul's Drag Race, Self - Special Guest, Self - Guest JudgeSeries
2009Drop Dead DivaTeri Lee · 78 episodesSeries
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2009How Bruce Lee Changed the WorldSelfFilm
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2009Margaret Cho: BeautifulSelfFilm
2009The SnakeThe ExpertFilm
2009Annul VictorySelfFilm
2008One Missed CallMickey LeeFilm
2008Prop 8: The MusicalCalifornia Gays and The People That Love ThemFilm
2008Celebrity Family FeudSelfSeries
2008UnderbellyFilm
2007Girltrash!Min Suk · 11 episodesSeries
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the WorldCondie Ling / Jessica (voice) · 2 episodes, Condie Ling (voice) · 6 episodes, Condie Ling / Kathy Griffin (voice)Series
2007Girltrash!Min SukFilm
2007Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse LondonFilm
200630 RockKim Jong-Il · 2 episodes, Kim Jong-UnSeries
2006The Lost RoomSuzie Kang · 3 episodesSeries
2006'Til DeathNicole · 3 episodesSeries
2006Falling for GraceJanieFilm
2006My Name is Jackie BeatFilm
2006Phone SexCallerFilm
2005Ghost WhispererProfessor Avery Grant · 3 episodesSeries
2005Hell's KitchenSelf - Restaurant PatronSeries
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant · 6 episodesSeries
2005Margaret Cho: AssassinHerselfFilm
2005Bam Bam and CelesteCeleste / MommyFilm
2005Wisecrack · 14 episodesSeries
2004Nobody Knows Anything!Rental Car AgentFilm
2004Margaret Cho: CHO RevolutionHerselfFilm
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!SelfFilm
2002Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.HerselfFilm
2002Grocery StoreStore Clerk(voice)Film
2002Miss AmericaSelfFilm
2000Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I WantHerselfFilm
1999Family GuyHee-Sun (voice)Series
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitEvelyn LeeSeries
1999Get Bruce!SelfFilm
1999Can't Stop DancingJoJoFilm
1999$pentTravel AgentFilm
1999The TavernCarolFilm
1999Funny Is MoneySelfFilm
1998Sex and the CityLynneSeries
1998The Rugrats MovieLt. Klavin (voice)Film
1998Ground ControlAmandaFilm
1998The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew CareySelfFilm
1998The Thin Pink LineAsia Blue / TerryFilm
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist · 5 episodesSeries
1998GayVN AwardsSelf - HostSeries
1997Face/OffWandaFilm
1997The ViewSelf, Self - GuestSeries
1997Fakin' Da FunkMay-LingFilm
1997SweetheartsNoreenFilm
1997Pink as the Day She Was BornDonnaFilm
1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelfSeries
1996It's My PartyCharlene LeeFilm
1996C Bear and Jamal · 16 episodesSeries
1996Pulp ComicsherselfSeries
1995The Doom GenerationClerk's WifeFilm
1995Mr. Show with Bob and DavidMargaret ChoSeries
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistMargaret (voice)Series
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildUhmuhni (voice), Hul Muh Ni (voice)Series
1994The Critic(voice)Series
1994DuckmanMai Lin (voice)Series
1994AngieAdmissions Nurse #2Film
1994Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 WomenConnie TongFilm
1994All-American GirlMargaret Kim · 19 episodesSeries
1994HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret ChoFilm
1994Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-HourFilm
1994Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas ParadeSelfFilm
1994Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi GrasSelfSeries
1993The NannyCarynSeries
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - GuestSeries
1992Red Shoe DiariesPhone Sex WorkerSeries
1992The Golden PalaceFongSeries
19891/2 Hour Comedy HourselfSeries
1986American MastersSelfSeries
1981Entertainment TonightSeries
—Untitled Mitch Hedberg DocumentarySelfFilm
—Cheap AFFilm
—Ron ForeverGloriaFilm
—Better LifeFilm
—CrohnieFilm
Crew (1)
1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistAdditional WritingSeries
Directing (1)
2002Grocery StoreDirector, Writer, Executive ProducerFilm
Production (7)
2025TURA!Executive ProducerFilm
2021Koreatown Ghost StoryProducerFilm
2013In TransitionExecutive ProducerFilm
2013Ian Harvie: SuperheroExecutive ProducerFilm
2011Margaret Cho: Cho DependentExecutive Producer, WriterFilm
2008The Cho ShowProducerSeries
—Ron ForeverExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (7)
2015Margaret Cho: PsyCHOWriterFilm
2009Margaret Cho: BeautifulWriterFilm
2005Margaret Cho: AssassinWriterFilm
2005Bam Bam and CelesteWriter, ProducerFilm
2004Margaret Cho: CHO RevolutionWriterFilm
2002Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.WriterFilm
2000Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I WantWriterFilm