Margaret Cho Biography

Fast Facts

• Recieved the Victory Fund's 2008 Leadership Award
• In 2011, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from LA Pride
• Won the American Comedy Award for funniest female stand-up comic in 1994
• Got her big break when she won a comedy contest where first place came with a chance to perform an opening act for comic Jerry Seinfeld
• In order to cope with getting bullied at school, she began to write stand-up material at the age of 14
• Quote: "[on her rainbow dress on "Dancing with the Stars"] "It is a wonderful thing to have every one remember me by․ I wanted to send an urgent message to gay teenagers to make them feel included and loved․ That dress was my statement to them about pride․""
• Quote: "Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness․"
• Had a starring role in the Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva" from 2009 to 2014
• Best known as a stand-up comic whose routines often focus on social and political issues pertaining to race and sexuality
• Her show "All-American Girl" was the first network sitcom to feature an Asian-American family