AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Sandra Oh opens up about walking away from 'Grey's Anatomy' after a decade as Cristina Yang
Sandra Oh says she left Grey's Anatomy in 2014 because she had done everything she could with Dr. Cristina Yang, a rare admission from the actress more than a decade after her final episode. The 55-year-old actress appeared this week on Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast, "Dinner's On Me," and laid out the thinking behind one […] The post Sandra Oh opens up about walking away from 'Grey's Anatomy' after a decade as Cristina Yang appeared first on American Almanac .
Sandra Oh says she left Grey's Anatomy in 2014 because she had done everything she could with Dr. Cristina Yang, a rare admission from the actress more than a decade after her final episode. The 55-year-old actress appeared this week on Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast, "Dinner's On Me," and laid out the thinking behind one of the most talked-about exits in network television. Oh played the sharp-tongued, fiercely competitive cardiothoracic surgeon for ten seasons on ABC's medical drama. When she walked away, she did it on her own terms, and she wants people to know why. It started with a question. Toward the end of Season 8 or 9, Oh herself was not entirely sure which, creator Shonda Rhimes pulled her aside during contract renegotiations.…Open