Margaret Moran Cho, better known by her stage name Margaret Cho, is an actor, musician, stand-up comedian, fashion designer, and author from the United States. She has acted in feature films such as John Travolta’s “Face/Off,” as well as television shows such as “Drop Dead Gorgeous.” At the age of 15, she worked as a phone sex operator and later as a dominatrix. For her involvement with the LGBT and Asian populations, she has received multiple honors. In 1994, she made her first theatrical film appearance as Admissions Nurse #2 in the comedy-drama film “Angie,” and on August 24, 2010, she released her debut studio album, “Cho Dependent,” on Clownery Records. In 2007, she made her first appearance as Min Suk in the third episode of the web series “Girltrash!” Cho also had a recurring role on HBO’s “Sex and the City.”

Famous for:

• Being an actress, musician, stand-up comedian, fashion designer, and author in the United States.
• For starring in a major motion picture such as “Face/Off.”

What is Margaret Cho Real Name?

Margaret Cho was born Margaret Moran Cho on December 5, 1968 in San Francisco, California, United States. She is of Korean and distant Chinese ancestry and is of American nationality and Asian race. Similarly, her race is white and her religion is Christian. Cho is 52 years old and will celebrate her birthday in 2020. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius, according to her birth date. Seung-Hoon Cho, her father, is a writer, and Young-Hie Chun, her mother, is a bookshop owner.

Cho received her schooling at Lowell High School in San Francisco, California, but was eventually expelled due to her extremely low grades (0.60 GPA). She was then accepted and graduated from the McAteer High School for the Performing Arts in San Francisco, California, United States. Margaret went on to study drama at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, but did not complete her degree.

What does Margaret Cho do for a living?

• Margaret Cho began her acting career in a small role on the flop “Golden Girls” spin-off “The Golden Palace” in 1992, and she was also a regular on “The Arsenio Hall Show.”
• The next year, ABC developed and aired “All-American Girl,” a comedy based on Cho’s stand-up routine, but the show was canceled due to low ratings and the impact of dramatic content revisions over the course of its single season (19 episodes).
• After the show was canceled in 1995, she became hooked to drugs and alcohol, and her autobiography, “I’m the One That I Want,” was published in 2002.
• She later “presented New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 95” and had a supporting part in the 1997 thriller picture “Face/Off.”
• In 1999, she authored and published an autobiographical book with the same title, and the show was videotaped and released as a concert film in 2000.
• She appeared in an episode of HBO’s fourth season of the sitcom “Sex and the City” and made another stand-up film, “Revolution,” in 2004.
• In 2005, she launched her second book, “I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight,” which was accompanied by a DVD of a live tape of her “Assassin” tour.
• On the Logo animated comedy “Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World,” she also gave the character voice for Condie Ling.
• Margaret and her family and friends starred in an episode of NBC’s “Celebrity Family Feud,” which broadcast on June 24, 2008, and she also starred in her own VH1 semi-scripted reality comedy, “The Cho Show,” which premiered on August 21, 2008.
• She then joined the supporting cast of “Drop Dead Diva,” which premiered in July 2009.
• She was a contestant on the 11th season of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2010 and guest-starred on the comedy 30 Rock in the episode “Everything Sunny All the Time Always” in April 2011.
• She has been a co-host of the weekly podcast “Monsters of Talk” since January 2013, and she also appeared in the 2014 episode of “Do I Sound Gay?”
• Cho debuted on “The Masked Singer” in January 2019 as the Poodle and was eliminated in Episode 4.
• In July 2019, she launched “The Margaret Cho,” a solo podcast that features guests who work in the entertainment industry.
• She also acted as herself in the TV series “Pride” in 2021, and she played Margot in the film “Good on Paper” in 2021.

Music:

• Margaret’s song “I Cho Am a Woman” was released on iTunes in September 2008, and her album “Cho Dependent” was released on August 24, 2010.
• In May 2010, she directed and performed in the music video for “I Wanna Be a Bear,” and in 2011, she sang the Bob Mould song “Your Favorite Thing” alongside Grant-Lee Phillips at the tribute concert “See A Little Light.”
• In April 2016, she released her second album, “American Myth.”

Awards and Achievements:

• The American Women in Radio and Television group gave her a Gracie Allen Award for her “E! Celebrity Profile” in 2000.
• Her Golden Gate Award was given to her by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
• In 2001, Lambda Legal presented her with the Lambda Liberty Award for “pushing us to understand how erroneous definitions of race, sexuality, and gender function in similar ways to obfuscate and denigrate identity.”
• In 2003, the National Organization for Women presented her with the Intrepid Award.
• In 2004, she received the American Civil Liberties Union’s First Amendment Award.
• In 2007, she received the AZN Asian Excellence Awards for Outstanding Comedy Performance.
• In San Francisco, April 30, 2008 was designated as “Margaret Cho Day.”

To whom Margaret Cho is married?

Margaret Cho is a married woman with two children. In 2003, she married Al Ridenour, an artist who is a member of The Cacophony Society and the Art of Bleeding. Her marriage, she said, was “I believe it is quite traditional and conservative. People can’t envision us having a regular marriage since we’re such strange individuals. But, yes, we are traditionalists.” The pair later divorced in September 2014, with Cho confirming their split in December. Cho stated in an April 2015 profile in “The New York Times” that she was “divorced,” but she really filed for divorce in August 2015. She is openly bisexual and has stated that she has “a lot of experience in the area of polyamory and alternative sexuality in general” when it comes to her sexual orientation.

How tall is Margaret Cho?

Margaret Cho stands 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) tall and weighs roughly 63 kg (139 lbs). Her hair is black, and her eyes are dark brown. Her high cheekbones and tattoos have drew a large number of admirers. She was able to pull off any appearance with ease. Margaret is also of ordinary height and frame.

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