Margaret Cho
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.
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- Born:
- Dec 5, 1968 In San Francisco, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 200
- First Appeared:
- In the series AVN Awards 1984-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Queens of the Dead 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Queens of the Dead | 2025 | |
| Movie | Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | TURA! | Narrator (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story | 2025 | |
| Movie | The Listener | Corinne | 2024-03-29 |
| Movie | Dolly Parton's Pet Gala | 2024-02-21 | |
| Movie | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution | Self | 2024-06-07 |
| Movie | All That We Love | Emma | 2024-06-08 |
| Series | Zombies: The Re-Animated Series | Ashley (voice) | 2024-06-28 |
| Series | Kite Man: Hell Yeah! | Rebecca Chen (voice) | 2024-07-18 |
| Movie | Cora Bora | Electra | 2024-06-14 |
| Movie | Prom Pact | Ms. Chen | 2023-03-30 |
| Series | History of the World: Part II | Sophia | 2023-03-06 |
| Series | Not Dead Yet | Miss Cassandra | 2023-02-08 |
| Series | Frog and Toad | Turtle (voice) | 2023-04-27 |
| Movie | A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary | 2023-09-23 | |
| Movie | No One Asked You | Self | 2023-11-13 |
| Movie | Maxine | Maxine | 2023-07-23 |
| Movie | Gianna | Kimberly | 2023-06-01 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage | Self | 2022-05-27 |
| Movie | Fire Island | Erin | 2022-06-02 |
| Movie | Sex Appeal | Ma Deb | 2022-01-14 |
| Movie | Bury Me | June | 2022-01-11 |
| Movie | Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration | Unknown | 2022-06-09 |
| Movie | I, Challenger | June | 2022-01-11 |
| Movie | Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live | Self | 2022-06-14 |
| Series | Dr. Jackie | Margaret Cho | 2022-09-19 |
| Series | The Wheel | Self - Expert | 2022-12-19 |
| Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
| Movie | Sex with Sue | Self | 2022-10-10 |
| Movie | The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival | Self | 2022-07-17 |
| Movie | Queer Riot | 2022-07-17 | |
| Movie | The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special | Self | 2021-04-15 |
| Series | What's My Game? | Self - Contestant | 2021-05-13 |
| Movie | Hysterical | Self | 2021-03-20 |
| Series | Call Me Kat | Val Park | 2021-01-03 |
| Series | Pride | Self | 2021-05-14 |
| Series | The Great North | Jan (voice) | 2021-01-03 |
| Series | The Celebrity Dating Game | Self | 2021-06-14 |
| Series | Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. | Frankie | 2021-09-08 |
| Movie | Tara, Messenger of Death | Ms. Corrigan | 2021-12-21 |
| Movie | The Sixth Reel | Doris | 2021-08-19 |
| Movie | Koreatown Ghost Story | Mrs. Moon | 2021-11-18 |
| Movie | Tig Notaro: Drawn | Self | 2021-07-24 |
| Movie | Good on Paper | Margot | 2021-06-23 |
| Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
| Series | House Hunters Comedians On Couches: Unfiltered | Self - Guest Star | 2020-06-11 |
| Series | Visible: Out on Television | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-14 |
| Movie | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | Self | 2020-01-02 |
| Movie | Mae West: Dirty Blonde | Self | 2020-06-16 |
| Series | Awkwafina is Nora From Queens | Mistress Jupiter | 2020-01-22 |
| Movie | Over the Moon | Auntie Ling / Gretch (voice) | 2020-10-16 |
| Series | Tournament of Laughs | Self | 2020-06-21 |
| Series | The Flight Attendant | Utada | 2020-11-26 |
| Movie | Friendsgiving | Fairy Gay Mother #2 | 2020-10-23 |
| Movie | Faith Based | Jane | 2020-10-09 |
| Series | I Can See Your Voice | Unknown | 2020-09-23 |
| Movie | Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate | 2019-05-14 | |
| Series | Miracle Workers | God's Mom | 2019-02-12 |
| Series | The Masked Singer | Poodle (archive footage) | 2019-01-02 |
| Series | Lights Out with David Spade | Self - Panelist | 2019-07-29 |
| Series | Good Trouble | Margaret Cho | 2019-01-08 |
| Movie | Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend | Margaret Cho | 2019-09-26 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | Undateable John | Hilda | 2019-09-30 |
| Series | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | 2019-09-16 |
| Series | This Close | Zagat | 2018-02-14 |
| Movie | Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia | Self | 2018-01-09 |
| Movie | The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom | Self | 2018-03-01 |
| Series | Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler | Self | 2018-06-04 |
| Movie | Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash | Self | 2018-10-20 |
| Series | 25 Words or Less | Unknown | 2018-08-06 |
| Series | Truth & Iliza | Self | 2017-05-02 |
| Movie | Curtain Down | The Mentor | 2017-04-23 |
| Movie | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | 2017-03-11 |
| Series | The Bold Type | Margaret Cho | 2017-06-20 |
| Series | Bill Nye Saves the World | Pistachio (voice) | 2017-04-21 |
| Movie | Bright | Sergeant Ching | 2017-12-22 |
| Movie | Alaska Is a Drag | Jan | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? | Self | 2017-10-04 |
| Movie | This Is Bob Hope... | Self | 2017-12-29 |
| Movie | Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Simone | 2017-08-06 |
| Series | To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 2016-06-14 |
| Movie | Hurricane Bianca | Wig Shop Owner | 2016-06-03 |
| Series | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Self | 2016-02-08 |
| Series | Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry | Self - Guest | 2016-01-24 |
| Series | The $100,000 Pyramid | Self | 2016-06-27 |
| Series | Party Legends | Unknown | 2016-07-07 |
| Series | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party | Self | 2016-11-07 |
| Series | Swedish Dicks | Agent Poll | 2016-09-02 |
| Movie | The girls I know... get their hands dirty. | Mom (voice) | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | Adventures in Comedy | 2015-02-20 | |
| Movie | Tooken | Brown Finger | 2015-05-26 |
| Movie | #BeRobin the Movie | 2015-01-01 | |
| Series | Metropolis | Unknown | 2015-01-04 |
| Movie | Senior Project | Ms. Ghetty | 2015-01-07 |
| Series | World's Funniest Fails | Self - Panelist | 2015-01-16 |
| Series | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Mulan (voice) | 2015-10-09 |
| Movie | Do I Sound Gay? | Self | 2015-07-10 |
| Series | Dr. Ken | Dr. Wendi | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: PsyCHO | Self | 2015-09-25 |
| Movie | Call Me Lucky | Self | 2015-08-07 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Series | Celebrity Name Game | Self | 2014-09-22 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | In Transition | Tawny Kim | 2013-07-03 |
| Series | Norm Macdonald Live | Self | 2013-03-26 |
| Movie | Amelia's 25th | Babs | 2013-07-05 |
| Movie | Wedding Palace | Unknown | 2013-09-27 |
| Movie | The Immigrant | Margaret | 2012-05-26 |
| Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
| Movie | It Gets Better | Self | 2012-02-21 |
| Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Self | 2012-07-19 |
| Series | Gotham Comedy Live | Self - Host | 2012-11-15 |
| Series | The Burn with Jeff Ross | Unknown | 2012-08-14 |
| Movie | See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould | Self | 2012-12-22 |
| Movie | Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival | (voice) | 2012-09-29 |
| Series | Bubble Guppies | The Kraken (voice) | 2011-01-24 |
| Movie | Miss Representation | Self | 2011-01-20 |
| Movie | Sexing the Transman | Self | 2011-03-01 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent | Self | 2011-06-16 |
| Series | SNL Korea | Self | 2011-12-03 |
| Series | America: The Story of Us | Self | 2010-04-25 |
| Series | The Green Room with Paul Provenza | Self | 2010-06-10 |
| Movie | I Am Comic | Self | 2010-01-10 |
| Series | The Fran Drescher Show | Unknown | 2010-11-26 |
| Series | Pound Puppies | Mrs. Wattana (voice) | 2010-10-10 |
| Movie | Gaze | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-13 |
| Movie | The Snake | The Expert | 2009-03-13 |
| Movie | 17 Again | Mrs. Dell | 2009-03-11 |
| Movie | George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Self | 2009-02-04 |
| Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge | 2009-02-02 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009-10-03 |
| Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
| Series | Drop Dead Diva | Teri Lee | 2009-07-12 |
| Movie | How Bruce Lee Changed the World | Self | 2009-05-17 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: Beautiful | Self | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Underbelly | Unknown | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | One Missed Call | Mickey Lee | 2008-01-04 |
| Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2008-06-24 |
| Movie | Prop 8: The Musical | California Gays and The People That Love Them | 2008-12-03 |
| Movie | Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London | 2007-01-01 | |
| Series | Girltrash! | Min Suk | 2007-06-10 |
| Movie | Girltrash! | Min Suk | 2007-06-13 |
| Series | Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World | Condie Ling / Jessica (voice) | 2007-07-10 |
| Series | 'Til Death | Nicole | 2006-09-07 |
| Movie | Falling for Grace | Janie | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | 30 Rock | Kim Jong-Un | 2006-10-11 |
| Movie | Phone Sex | Caller | 2006-12-05 |
| Movie | My Name is Jackie Beat | Unknown | 2006-11-03 |
| Series | The Lost Room | Suzie Kang | 2006-12-11 |
| Series | Wisecrack | 2005-01-01 | |
| Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant | 2005-06-01 |
| Series | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron | 2005-05-30 |
| Movie | Bam Bam and Celeste | Celeste / Mommy | 2005-09-13 |
| Series | Ghost Whisperer | Professor Avery Grant | 2005-09-23 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: Assassin | Herself | 2005-10-23 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution | Herself | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Nobody Knows Anything! | Rental Car Agent | 2004-08-24 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Grocery Store | Store Clerk(voice) | 2002-01-03 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O. | Herself | 2002-06-29 |
| Movie | Miss America | Self | 2002-01-27 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want | Herself | 2000-07-01 |
| Movie | $pent | Travel Agent | 2000-07-21 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Tavern | Carol | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Can't Stop Dancing | JoJo | 1999-01-16 |
| Series | Family Guy | Hee-Sun (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Evelyn Lee | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Funny Is Money | Self | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Ground Control | Amanda | 1998-08-26 |
| Series | Sex and the City | Lynne | 1998-06-06 |
| Series | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998-09-14 |
| Movie | The N.Y. Friars Club Roast Of Drew Carey | Herself | 1998-10-28 |
| Movie | The Thin Pink Line | Asia Blue / Terry | 1998-10-07 |
| Movie | The Rugrats Movie | Lt. Klavin (voice) | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | Face/Off | Wanda | 1997-06-27 |
| Movie | Fakin' Da Funk | May-Ling | 1997-07-20 |
| Movie | Pink as the Day She Was Born | 1997-07-04 | |
| Movie | Sweethearts | Noreen | 1997-11-01 |
| Series | The View | Self - Guest | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | C Bear and Jamal | 1996-02-03 | |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | 1996-11-12 |
| Movie | It's My Party | Charlene Lee | 1996-03-22 |
| Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Hul Muh Ni (voice) | 1995-03-12 |
| Movie | The Doom Generation | Clerk's Wife | 1995-10-27 |
| Series | All-American Girl | Margaret Kim | 1994-09-14 |
| Movie | Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-Hour | Unknown | 1994-07-28 |
| Movie | Angie | Admissions Nurse #2 | 1994-03-04 |
| Movie | HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho | Unknown | 1994-07-28 |
| Movie | Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women | Connie Tong | 1994-09-08 |
| Series | The Nanny | Caryn | 1993-11-03 |
| Series | Red Shoe Diaries | Phone Sex Worker | 1992-06-27 |
| Series | The Golden Palace | Fong | 1992-09-18 |
| Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
| Series | AVN Awards | Self | 1984-01-01 |