Margaret Cho

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Evelyn Lee

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Beat Bobby Flay

Self

Family Guy

Hee-Sun (voice)

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Queens of the Dead
2025	It's Dorothy!	Self
2025	Every Time You Lose Your Mind
2024	The Listener	Corinne
2024	Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024	All That We Love	Emma
2024	Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution	Self
2024	Cora Bora	Electra
2024	TURA!	Narrator (voice)
2023	Gianna	Kimberly
2023	Maxine	Maxine
2023	Prom Pact	Ms. Chen
2023	A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary
2023	No One Asked You	Self
2022	I, Challenger	June
2022	Bury Me	June
2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage	Self
2022	Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022	Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live	Self
2022	Queer Riot
2022	The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival	Self
2022	Sex with Sue	Self
2022	Sex Appeal	Ma Deb
2022	Fire Island	Erin
2021	Tara, Messenger of Death	Ms. Corrigan
2021	Hysterical	Self
2021	Koreatown Ghost Story	Mrs. Moon
2021	Good on Paper	Margot
2021	The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special	Self
2021	Tig Notaro: Drawn	Self
2021	The Sixth Reel	Doris
2020	Friendsgiving	Fairy Gay Mother #2
2020	Faith Based	Jane
2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self
2020	Mae West: Dirty Blonde	Self
2020	Over the Moon	Auntie Ling / Gretch (voice)
2020	The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU	Self
2019	Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate	Self
2019	Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend	Margaret Cho
2019	Undateable John	Hilda
2018	Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash	Self
2018	The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom	Self
2018	Bloodlines: The Art and Life of Vincent Castiglia	Self
2017	Curtain Down	The Mentor
2017	Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
2017	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming	Simone
2017	The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin	Self
2017	Bright	Sergeant Ching
2017	This Is Bob Hope...	Self
2017	Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?	Self
2017	Alaska Is a Drag	Jan
2016	The girls I know... get their hands dirty.	Mom (voice)
2016	Hurricane Bianca	Wig Shop Owner
2016	Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy Gala
2015	#BeRobin the Movie
2015	Call Me Lucky	Self
2015	Adventures in Comedy
2015	Senior Project	Ms. Ghetty
2015	Tooken	Brown Finger
2015	Margaret Cho: PsyCHO	Self
2015	Do I Sound Gay?	Self
2014	Lennon or McCartney	Self
2013	In Transition	Tawny Kim
2013	Wedding Palace
2013	Amelia's 25th	Babs
2012	See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould	Self
2012	Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival	(voice)
2012	It Gets Better	Self
2012	The Immigrant	Margaret
2011	Miss Representation	Self
2011	Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent	Self
2011	Sexing the Transman	Self
2010	I Am Comic	Self
2010	Gaze	Self (archive footage)
2009	How Bruce Lee Changed the World	Self
2009	Margaret Cho: Beautiful	Self
2009	The Snake	The Expert
2009	17 Again	Mrs. Dell
2009	Annul Victory	Self
2008	One Missed Call	Mickey Lee
2008	Underbelly
2008	Prop 8: The Musical	California Gays and The People That Love Them
2007	Girltrash!	Min Suk
2007	Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London
2006	Falling for Grace	Janie
2006	My Name is Jackie Beat
2006	Phone Sex	Caller
2005	Margaret Cho: Assassin	Herself
2005	Bam Bam and Celeste	Celeste / Mommy
2004	Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution	Herself
2004	Nobody Knows Anything!	Rental Car Agent
2003	Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!	Self
2002	Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O.	Herself
2002	Grocery Store	Store Clerk(voice)
2002	Miss America	Self
2000	Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want	Herself
1999	Get Bruce!	Self
1999	The Tavern	Carol
1999	Funny Is Money	Self
1999	Can't Stop Dancing	JoJo
1999	$pent	Travel Agent
1998	The Thin Pink Line	Asia Blue / Terry
1998	Ground Control	Amanda
1998	The Rugrats Movie	Lt. Klavin (voice)
1998	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast Of Drew Carey	Herself
1997	Face/Off	Wanda
1997	Fakin' Da Funk	May-Ling
1997	Sweethearts	Noreen
1997	Pink as the Day She Was Born
1996	It's My Party	Charlene Lee
1995	The Doom Generation	Clerk's Wife
1994	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women	Connie Tong
1994	Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-Hour
1994	HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho
1994	Angie	Admissions Nurse #2
	Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary	Self
	I Want Your Sex
	Cheap AF
	Thoughts and Prayers	Principal Linda
	Ron Forever	Gloria

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Hollywood Squares	Self
2024	Zombies: The Re-Animated Series	Ashley (voice)
2024	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!	Rebecca Chen (voice)
2024	Doctor Odyssey	Judy Riva
2024	After Midnight	Self
2023	Not Dead Yet	Miss Cassandra
2023	Frog and Toad	Turtle (voice)
2023	History of the World: Part II	Sophia
2023	Will Trent	Therapist
2022	Dr. Jackie	Margaret Cho
2022	Sherri	Self - Guest
2022	The Wheel	Self - Expert
2022	Celebrity Jeopardy!	Self
2022	Last Meals
2021	Pride	Self
2021	Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.	Frankie
2021	The Celebrity Dating Game	Self
2021	Call Me Kat	Val Park
2021	What's My Game?	Self - Contestant
2021	The Great North	Jan (voice)
2020	Tournament of Laughs	Self
2020	I Can See Your Voice
2020	Awkwafina is Nora From Queens	Mistress Jupiter
2020	House Hunters Comedians On Couches: Unfiltered	Self - Guest Star
2020	The Flight Attendant	Utada
2020	Visible: Out on Television	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	Self
2019	Good Trouble	Margaret Cho
2019	The Masked Singer	Poodle (archive footage)
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019	Miracle Workers	God's Mom
2019	The Masked Singer	Poodle
2019	Lights Out with David Spade	Self - Panelist
2018	This Close	Zagat
2018	Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler	Self
2018	25 Words or Less
2017	Truth & Iliza	Self
2017	The Bold Type	Margaret Cho
2017	Bill Nye Saves the World	Pistachio (voice)
2016	Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	Self
2016	Party Legends
2016	The $100,000 Pyramid	Self
2016	Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry	Self - Guest
2016	Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party	Self
2016	To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist
2016	Swedish Dicks	Agent Poll
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2015	Dr. Ken	Dr. Wendi
2015	The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show	Mulan (voice)
2015	World's Funniest Fails	Self - Panelist
2015	Metropolis
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	Celebrity Name Game	Self
2013	Norm Macdonald Live	Self
2013	Beat Bobby Flay	Self
2013	The Last Leg	Self
2012	Finding Your Roots	Self
2012	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Self
2012	Gotham Comedy Live	Self - Host
2012	The Burn with Jeff Ross	Self
2011	SNL Korea	Self
2011	Bubble Guppies	The Kraken (voice)
2010	The Green Room with Paul Provenza	Self
2010	Pound Puppies	Mrs. Wattana (voice)
2010	America: The Story of Us	Self
2010	The Fran Drescher Show
2009	Drop Dead Diva	Teri Lee
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Special Guest
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Guest Judge
2008	Celebrity Family Feud	Self
2007	Girltrash!	Min Suk
2007	Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World	Condie Ling / Jessica (voice)
2007	Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World	Condie Ling (voice)
2007	Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World	Condie Ling / Kathy Griffin (voice)
2006	'Til Death	Nicole
2006	The Lost Room	Suzie Kang
2006	30 Rock	Kim Jong-Il
2006	30 Rock	Kim Jong-Un
2005	Ghost Whisperer	Professor Avery Grant
2005	Wisecrack
2005	Hell's Kitchen	Self - Restaurant Patron
2005	Dancing with the Stars	Self - Contestant
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Evelyn Lee
1999	Family Guy	Hee-Sun (voice)
1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist
1998	Sex and the City	Lynne
1998	GayVN Awards	Self - Host
1997	The View	Self
1997	The View	Self - Guest
1996	C Bear and Jamal
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Uhmuhni (voice)
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Hul Muh Ni (voice)
1995	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Margaret (voice)
1994	All-American Girl	Margaret Kim
1994	The Critic	(voice)
1993	The Nanny	Caryn
1992	The Golden Palace	Fong
1992	Red Shoe Diaries	Phone Sex Worker
1986	American Masters	Self
1984	AVN Awards	Self