--- title: Sandra Oh Is Now the First Asian Best Actress Emmy Nominee description: The Asian-Canadian actress made Emmys history Thursday when she was nominated for her role as hapless MI6 agent Eve Polastri in Killing Eve. canonical: https://time.com/5336867/sandra-oh-emmy-nomination/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-12T15:43:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:34:07.659Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Sandra Oh Is the First Asian Woman to Be Nominated for a Best Actress Emmy og:description: The Asian-Canadian actress made Emmys history Thursday when she was nominated for her role as hapless MI6 agent Eve Polastri in Killing Eve. og:url: https://time.com/5336867/sandra-oh-emmy-nomination/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55221c04eac2eac1/69892d24fb4eac2a71896477/killing-eve-3-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5168 og:image:height: 2907 og:image:alt: Killing Eve 3-7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sandra Oh Is the First Asian Woman to Be Nominated for a Best Actress Emmy twitter:description: The Asian-Canadian actress made Emmys history Thursday when she was nominated for her role as hapless MI6 agent Eve Polastri in Killing Eve. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55221c04eac2eac1/69892d24fb4eac2a71896477/killing-eve-3-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:57 video:published: 2018-07-12 section: entertainment topics: Emmy nominations, lead actress in a drama, Killing Eve, Sandra Oh, television drama, award nominees genre: news, awards coverage tones: celebratory, brief, informative emotions: excitement (medium), pride (medium), tension (low) sentiment: positive audience: television viewers, awards watchers, entertainment news readers, Killing Eve fans people: Sandra Oh, Claire Foy, Tatiana Maslany, Elisabeth Moss, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood organizations: BBC America products: Killing Eve, The Crown, Orphan Black, The Handmaid's Tale, The Americans, Westworld content_suitability: violence [00:04-00:13] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Sandra Oh Is the First Asian Woman to Be Nominated for a Best Actress Emmy > Sponsored content. 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Sandra Oh became the first Asian actor to be nominated for the Best Actress in a Drama Emmy on Thursday for her role as MI6 agent Eve Polastri on BBC America’s Killing Eve._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary The video reports that Sandra Oh was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama at the Emmys, becoming the first Asian actor nominated in that category. It presents the list of nominees for lead actress in a drama series, reading each nominee's name alongside their show. The clip is short, combining a brief excerpt from Killing Eve with the nomination announcement. ## Key points - Sandra Oh is nominated for lead actress in a drama series for her role in Killing Eve. (00:18) - The nominees for lead actress in a drama series are named in sequence, starting with Claire Foy for The Crown. (00:18) - Tatiana Maslany is named as a nominee for Orphan Black. (00:27) - Elisabeth Moss is named as a nominee for The Handmaid's Tale. (00:32) - Keri Russell is named as a nominee for The Americans. (00:37) - Evan Rachel Wood is named as a nominee for Westworld, completing the list of five nominees. (00:44) - The clip opens with a Killing Eve excerpt in which a character says she has been trying to kill the speaker. (00:04) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:18] Killing Eve excerpt. A dramatic exchange from Killing Eve plays before the announcement begins. - [00:18 to 00:57] Lead actress nominees announced. The five nominees for lead actress in a drama series are read out, including Sandra Oh for Killing Eve. ## Key quotes - [00:18] announcer: "The nominees for lead actress in a drama series are." - [00:23] announcer: "Claire Foy, The Crown." - [00:44] announcer: "Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld" - [00:48] announcer: "these are the nominates for lead actress in a drama series." ## Questions this video answers - Who are the nominees for lead actress in a drama series? [00:18] - Which show is Sandra Oh nominated for? [00:32] - Which series does Claire Foy star in among the nominees? [00:23] - Which series does Keri Russell star in among the nominees? [00:37] - Which series does Evan Rachel Wood star in among the nominees? [00:44] ## Content suitability - violence [00:04-00:13]: The Killing Eve excerpt contains a threatening line about someone trying to kill the speaker and a character waiting for something, implying danger.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 12, 2018 3:43 PM UTC Sandra Oh became the first Asian actor to be nominated for the Best Actress in a Drama Emmy on Thursday for her role as MI6 agent Eve Polastri on BBC America’s Killing Eve.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 12, 2018 3:43 PM UTC Sandra Oh became the first Asian actor to be [nominated for the Best Actress in a Drama Emmy](http://time.com/5334545/emmy-nominations-2018/) on Thursday for her role as MI6 agent Eve Polastri on BBC America’s [_Killing Eve._](http://time.com/5228977/killing-eve-isnt-your-average-mystery-series/) The Canadian actor previously racked up five Best Supporting Actress nominations for her role on the hit medical drama _Grey’s Anatomy_. Oh [spoke to TIME](http://time.com/5233452/sandra-oh-killing-eve-new-show/) earlier this year about discrimination against Asian actors in Hollywood. Producers often offer her roles as the friend or the sidekick. There are very few Asian actors with lead roles on television or in film. She had become so used to this state of affairs that when she received the script for _Killing Eve_, she didn’t realize she was being offered the titular role. In the mystery drama, written by _Fleabag’_s [Phoebe Waller-Bridge](http://time.com/collection-post/4684892/phoebe-waller-bridge-next-generation-leaders/), Oh plays an investigator who becomes obsessed with the female assassin she’s hunting down. Bridge upends many misogynist tropes of the age-old spy drama as the two women play in a bloody game of cat and mouse. “Not often am I blessed to make the choice to collaborate with someone brilliant,” says Oh of Waller-Bridge. “This was an easy choice.” Oh will face off against Elisabeth Moss (_The Handmaid’s Tale_), Claire Foy (_The Crown_), Keri Russell (_The Americans_), Evan Rachel Wood (_Westworld_) and Tatiana Maslany (_Orphan Black_). ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] What are you [00:04] doing? Are you insane? I'm [00:13] going to talk to her. She has been trying to kill me. [00:13] She's waiting for something. My God. [00:18] The nominees for lead actress in a drama series are. [00:23] Claire Foy, The Crown. [00:27] Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black. Elisabeth [00:32] Moss, The Handmaid's Tale What? Sandra [00:37] Killing Eve. Keri Russell, The Americans, [00:44] and Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld these [00:48] are the nominates for lead actress in a drama series. 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