Profile: Margret Cho
Margaret Cho is an openly bisexual award-winning Korean-American comedian. She began her career at age 16, and quickly attracted attention by winning a comedy competition where the grand prize was opening for Jerry Seinfeld. In 1994, after performing hundreds of shows, Cho was given the American Comedy Award for Female Comedian. That same year, Cho starred in a TV sit-com, All-American Girl, the first show to focus on a Korean-American family.
Following the show’s cancellation, Cho starred in numerous films, including John Woo’s Face/Off. She went on to do a popular Off-Broadway show, I’m the One That I Want, which in 1999 was made into a movie. She wrote a book by the same name that was published two years later. Her 2001 comedy tour, The Notorious C.H.O., was also made into a film in 2002. In 2003, she toured North America with her a show called Revolution.
Books
I'm the One That I Want, Margaret Cho (Ballantine Books, 2001).
Related Websites
www.margaretcho.com