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Margaret Cho on "Drop Dead Diva"
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Margaret Cho stars as Teri Lee on Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva."

Margaret Cho has been performing stand-up since the age of 16, when she sneaked into a comedy club above her parents' bookstore in San Francisco. Soon after, Margaret Cho won a comedy contest, with the first prize being an opening-act gig on Jerry Seinfeld's tour. After hitting the college comedy circuit, Margaret Cho immediately became the most booked act in the market, performing more than 300 shows within two years. Margaret Cho garnered a nomination for Campus Comedian of the Year and subsequently won the 1994 American Comedy Award for Female Comedian.

In 1999, Margaret Cho's groundbreaking one-woman show, "I'm The One That I Want," was a hit off-Broadway and toured nationally to critical acclaim, eventually becoming a best-selling book and a self-produced feature film. In 2001, Margaret Cho launched "Notorious C.H.O.," a smash-hit, 37-city national tour that culminated in a sold-out concert at the legendary Carnegie Hall. The live show was also released as a feature film and lauded by The New York Times as "brilliant."

"Revolution" marked Margaret Cho's third sold-out national tour, and the CD of the show was nominated in 2003 for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album of the Year. In 2004, Margaret Cho launched her politically charged "State of Emergency" and was hailed by The New York Times as "murderously funny." That show ultimately gave rise to "Assassin," perhaps Margaret Cho's most political and topical work to date. "Assassin" toured the United States, Canada and Australia and aired on Here! TV in late 2005.

Margaret Cho's first narrative feature, "Bam Bam and Celeste," premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in late 2005 and has also played at the AFI Fest, Frameline, Fusion and the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

In the summer of 2007, Margaret Cho hit the road with '80s legends Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Erasure, along with indie faves The Dresden Dolls and The Cliks, to host the True Colors tour, benefiting the Human Rights Campaign. In the fall of 2007, Margaret Cho took her new burlesque-style variety show, "The Sensuous Woman," off-Broadway, where it enjoyed two extensions and played for a successful eight-week run.

Margaret Cho has become an established writer and blogger. Margaret Cho's second book, a collection of essays on all subjects political and pop, "I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight," was published by Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Group, in 2005.

Margaret Cho's many television credits include her groundbreaking ABC sitcom "All-American Girl," a recent recurring role on FOX's "'Til Death" and, most recently, her semi-scripted comedy "The Cho Show" for VH1. Margaret Cho also appeared in the smash-hit film "17 Again," opposite Zac Efron, and was featured in the FunnyorDie.com sketch "Prop 8: The Musical."

An advocate for equal rights, Margaret Cho has been honored by the ACLU of Southern California, GLAAD, American Women in Radio and Television, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, PFLAG and the National Organization for Women.






MARGARET CHO: FACTS

How tall is Margaret Cho? How old is Margaret Cho? Where was Margaret Cho born? Find out here.

Age: 40 years old
Birthday: December 5, 1968
Height: 5' 5"
Full Name / Real Name: Moran Cho
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Husband: Al Ridenour


 
 
 
 
MARGARET CHO: TWEETS

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in. -Margaret Cho #quote
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Downloading a DVDrip of the new Margaret Cho DVD! Less than 5 minutes! Can't wait!
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Omg...margaret cho sitting in my restaurant...and now Mayor Villaraigosa just walked in!!!! Loooves LA!
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RT @Wiltster: Thought for Today: "What kind of fu*&$d up, Motley Crue, “Behind the Music” B.S. is this?" ~ Margaret Cho
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Thought for Today: "What kind of fu*&$d up, Motley Crue, “Behind the Music” B.S. is this?" ~ Margaret Cho
2 hours ago
Watching Margaret Cho's 'Beautiful'. Her send up of Heidi Klum is brilliant!
4 hours ago
"Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever." Margaret Cho
5 hours ago
I wanna watch Margaret Cho nude
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pretty sure margaret cho's character in SATC was based off Kelly Cutrone...ahhh life coming full circle
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Cleaning my apartment, listening to Margaret Cho, feeling bad for slacking on twitter!
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Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. Margaret Cho #quote
8 hours ago
Lol my linguistics professor played a margaret cho clip as an example of language crossing.
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RT @be_present: Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. Margaret Cho,
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Cho #tvshowpunnames
23 hours ago
sitting back with Margaret Cho's Beautiful. and soy nog
1 day ago
@pieceofxtin facebook knows I'm super gay and told me that margaret cho has a new dvd out. I hope it told you too.
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