Margaret Cho
Acting
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.
As actor 235
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Family Guy
1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Hollywood Squares
1998
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The View
1997
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Ghost Whisperer
2005
SNL Korea
2011
The Nanny
1993
After Midnight
2024
30 Rock
2006
25 Words or Less
2018
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
Sex and the City
1998
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
I Want Your Sex
2026
Will Trent
2023
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
Last Meals
2021
The Great North
2021
Hell's Kitchen
2005
The Last Leg
2013
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
Miracle Workers
2019
The Masked Singer
2019
Bubble Guppies
2011
Good Trouble
2019
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Finding Your Roots
2012
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Duckman
1994
American Masters
1986
The Flight Attendant
2020
History of the World: Part II
2023
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
The Bold Type
2017
Pound Puppies
2010
Red Shoe Diaries
1992
To Tell the Truth
2016
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Dr. Ken
2015
Face/Off
1997
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
'Til Death
2006
The Critic
1994
Doctor Odyssey
2024
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015
Entertainment Tonight
1981
I Can See Your Voice
2020
Hollywood Squares
2025
Swedish Dicks
2016
Not Dead Yet
2023
17 Again
2009
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
2024
The Lost Room
2006
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
Celebrity Name Game
2014
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
Frog and Toad
2023
The Golden Palace
1992
Bright
2017
Visible: Out on Television
2020
The Burn with Jeff Ross
2012
Bill Nye Saves the World
2017
One Missed Call
2008
Party Legends
2016
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
Call Me Kat
2021
All-American Girl
1994
Over the Moon
2020
Prom Pact
2023
This Close
2018
America: The Story of Us
2010
House Hunters Comedians On Couches: Unfiltered
2020
GayVN Awards
1998
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
The Rugrats Movie
1998
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
Curtain Down
2017
C Bear and Jamal
1996
Sex, Explained
2020
Run Amok
2026
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
Sex Appeal
2022
The Wheel
2022
World's Funniest Fails
2015
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
2021
Pulp Comics
1996
Metropolis
2015
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018
The Doom Generation
1995
The Listener
2024
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
2017
Get Bruce!
1999
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
2024
Pride
2021
Dr. Jackie
2022
Fire Island
2022
Friendsgiving
2020
Celebrity Family Feud
2008
The Celebrity Dating Game
2021
Tooken
2015
Good on Paper
2021
Maxine
2023
Queens of the Dead
2025
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
Gaze
2010
Girltrash!
2007
Angie
1994
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary
2023
It's My Party
1996
Cora Bora
2024
1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
1989
Faith Based
2020
Crohnie
Grocery Store
2002
I Am Comic
2010
Hurricane Bianca
2016
In Transition
2013
The Immigrant
2012
Truth & Iliza
2017
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
Ron Forever
Girltrash!
2007
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2022
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
2022
Cheap AF
Call Me Lucky
2015
Ground Control
1998
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Wisecrack
2005
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
What's My Game?
2021
I, Challenger
2022
It's Dorothy!
2025
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival
2012
Do I Sound Gay?
2015
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Bury Me
2022
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
The Thin Pink Line
1998
Phone Sex
2006
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
2017
Miss Representation
2011
By the Roots
2026
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
All That We Love
2025
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
The King of Black Goo
2026
Can't Stop Dancing
1999
Sex with Sue
2022
Wedding Palace
2013
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
Hysterical
2021
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011
Original Sin: Sex
2016
Amelia's 25th
2013
Funny Is Money
1999
Tournament of Laughs
2020
$pent
1999
Undateable John
2019
Tara, Messenger of Death
2021
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
Falling for Grace
2006
Annul Victory
2009
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005
Better Life
TURA!
2025
See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould
2012
Tig Notaro: Drawn
2021
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Miss America
2002
Alaska Is a Drag
2017
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
Untitled Mitch Hedberg Documentary
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
2017
Sexing the Transman
2011
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1994
No One Asked You
2023
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London
2007
Margaret Cho: Assassin
2005
The Sixth Reel
2021
#BeRobin the Movie
2015
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
2022
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey
1998
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO
2015
Koreatown Ghost Story
2021
Sweethearts
1997
Senior Project
2015
It Gets Better
2012
Margaret Cho: Beautiful
2009
My Name is Jackie Beat
2006
Queer Riot
2022
The Snake
2009
Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend
2019
Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
2000
Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia
2018
The girls I know... get their hands dirty.
2016
Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution
2004
Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
2011
The Tavern
1999
The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special
2021
Adventures in Comedy
2015
Gianna
2023
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Underbelly
2008
Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.
2002
Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy Gala
2016
Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-Hour
1994
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho
1994
On the crew 16
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
The Cho Show
2008
Grocery Store
2002
In Transition
2013
Ron Forever
Ian Harvie: Superhero
2013
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005
TURA!
2025
Margaret Cho: Assassin
2005
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO
2015
Koreatown Ghost Story
2021
Margaret Cho: Beautiful
2009
Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want
2000
Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution
2004
Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
2011
Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.
2002