Sandra Oh Reveals she got "Very, Very Sick" Amid "Grey's Anatomy" Fame

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Sandra Oh "Got Very, Very Sick" amid "Grey's Anatomy" Fame
by Sara Netzley
June 11, 2022


Playing a doctor made Sandra Oh sick. The star endured health battles after the debut of "Grey's Anatomy" in 2005 launched her to superstardom.

"When Grey's Anatomy came, my life changed very much," Oh said during a chat for Variety's Actors on Actors series. "I got sick. I think my whole body was very, very sick. Even though you keep on working, right?"

"It's just like, 'Oh, I can't sleep. Oh, my back hurts. I don't know what's wrong with my skin,'" she said. "I learned that I had to take care of my health first."




And it wasn't just her physical health that took a hit during her time on the ABC medical drama; Oh also learned about the importance of her mental health.

"That's not only your body, right? That is your soul. That is definitely your mind," she said. "Because you can't ultimately depend on anyone else. You have to somehow find it within yourself."




"Acting is draining work," Oh said, and she's found her own outlet for that.

"I have to spend with my creative self. That could be sleeping, that could be walking in the woods, that could be meditating, that could be actually going to class, that could be all those things," she said. "Because I realize that part sustains all the—almost the immediacy, the ability to be present."

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