
Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music videos and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported LGBT rights and has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, the transgender community, Asians, and the LGBT community. As an actress she has played more serious parts, such as that of John Travolta's long-suffering FBI colleague in the action movie Face/Off. She co-starred as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant, 8on Lifetime's drama series Drop Dead Diva.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 5, 1968 (57)
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Actor, also producer and writer
- 88 on MovieCove · 140 credits in all
What are Margaret Cho's films like?
Across their 53 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 36
Light 28 · Serious 8 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 5
A split, not a type: Gentle 23 · Charged 13 · Intense 6
Steady 29 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 4
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 20
Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 0
Casual 29 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 26 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 7
Resolved 34 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 15 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Charlene Lee in It's My Party (1996)
- Heroas May-Ling in Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
- Tricksteras JoJo in Can't Stop Dancing (1999)
- Tricksteras Rental Car Agent in Nobody Knows Anything! (2003)
- Heroas Celeste in Bam Bam and Celeste (2005)
- Shadowas Condie Ling in Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)
- Allyas Teri Lee in Drop Dead Diva (2009)
- Heroas Tawny Kim in In Transition (2013)
- Allyas Brownfinger in Tooken (2015)
- Heraldas Margaret Cho in The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special (2021)
- Mentoras Erin in Fire Island (2022)
- Heraldas Maxine in Maxine (2023)
- Mentoras Narrator in Tura! (2024)
- Heroas Emma in All That We Love (2024)
- Tricksteras unknown (likely Margaret Cho's character) in Queens of the Dead (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy21
- Bittersweet19
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous8
- Cyclical3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Margaret Cho's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 69 of their 88 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (20).
- 30 Rock (2006) · actor
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) · actor
- The Bold Type (2017) · actor
- Fire Island (2022) · actor
- Family Guy (1999) · actor
- Will Trent (2023) · actor
- Good Trouble (2019) · actor
- Dying for Sex (2025) · actor
- The Nanny (1993) · actor
- Not Dead Yet (2023) · actor
- The Golden Palace (1992) · actor
- The Great North (2021) · actor
- +8 more
- The Lost Room (2006) · actor · free
- Tura! (2024) · actor, producer · free
- All That We Love (2024) · actor · free
- Faith Based (2020) · actor · free
- Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015) · actor, writer, producer · free
- The Sixth Reel (2021) · actor · free
- Swedish Dicks (2016) · actor · free
- 'Til Death (2006) · actor · free
- Ground Control (1998) · actor · free
- Wedding Palace (2013) · actor · free
- The Masked Singer (2019) · actor · free
- Pound Puppies (2010) · actor · free
- +7 more
- Drop Dead Diva (2009) · actor
- Tura! (2024) · actor, producer
- Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend (2019) · actor
- All That We Love (2024) · actor
- Faith Based (2020) · actor
- Hurricane Bianca (2016) · actor
- Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015) · actor, writer, producer
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) · actor
- Swedish Dicks (2016) · actor · free
- The Listener (2022) · actor
- Pound Puppies (2010) · actor
- UnCabaret (2012) · actor, writer
- +3 more
- The Lost Room (2006) · actor · free
- All That We Love (2024) · actor · free
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) · actor · free
- Swedish Dicks (2016) · actor · free
- 'Til Death (2006) · actor · free
- Wedding Palace (2013) · actor · free
- The Masked Singer (2019) · actor · free
- Pound Puppies (2010) · actor · free
- Dr. Ken (2015) · actor · free
- Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995) · actor
- The Bold Type (2017) · actor
- Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020) · actor
- Sex and the City (1998) · actor
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (2024) · actor
- The Flight Attendant (2020) · actor
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) · actor
- Call Me Kat (2021) · actor
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Subscription and free streaming for Margaret Cho's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
140 credits, 88 with a MovieCove page; 102 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

I Want Your Sex(2026)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The King of Black Goo(2026)

By the Roots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Run Amok(2026)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
All That We Love(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Queens of the Dead(2025)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Tura!(2024)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Dying for Sex(2025)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Doctor Odyssey(2024)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!(2024)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Cora Bora(2023)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Listener(2022)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala(2024)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Maxine(2023)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Gianna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Frog and Toad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Prom Pact(2023)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Not Dead Yet(2023)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Will Trent(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Dr. Jackie(2022)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Queer Riot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Fire Island(2022)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Sex Appeal(2022)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all filmsBury Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

I, Challenger(2022)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Tara, Messenger of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Sixth Reel(2021)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Good on Paper(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Koreatown Ghost Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Call Me Kat(2021)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
The Great North(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
The Flight Attendant(2020)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Friendsgiving(2020)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Over the Moon(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Faith Based(2020)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
I Can See Your Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Undateable John(2019)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Miracle Workers(2019)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Good Trouble(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Masked Singer(2019)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Bravest Knight(2019)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
This Close (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Bright(2017)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Alaska Is a Drag(2017)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Bold Type(2017)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Curtain Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Bill Nye Saves the World(2017)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Swedish Dicks(2016)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
The girls I know... get their hands dirty. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Party Legends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Hurricane Bianca(2016)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Ellie Kemper: Unbreakable Comedy Gala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Dr. Ken(2015)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO(2015)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Tooken(2015)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Adventures in Comedy(2015)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Senior Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Metropolis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
#BeRobin the Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Wedding Palace(2013)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Amelia's 25th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

In Transition(2013)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Ian Harvie: Superhero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

The Immigrant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

UnCabaret(2012)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bubble Guppies(2006)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
The Fran Drescher Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Pound Puppies(2010)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Drop Dead Diva(2009)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Margaret Cho: Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

The Snake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

17 Again(2009)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Prop 8: The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Cho Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

One Missed Call(2008)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Underbelly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Girltrash! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Girltrash! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

The Lost Room(2006)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Phone Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

My Name is Jackie Beat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

30 Rock(2006)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
'Til Death(2006)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Falling for Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Margaret Cho: Assassin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Ghost Whisperer(2005)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Bam Bam and Celeste(2005)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all filmsWisecrack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Nobody Knows Anything!(2003)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Margaret Cho: Notorious C.H.O. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Grocery Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
$pent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Can't Stop Dancing(1999)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Tavern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The Rugrats Movie(1998)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Thin Pink Line(1998)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Ground Control(1998)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Sex and the City(1998)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Sweethearts(1997)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Fakin' Da Funk(1997)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all filmsPink as the Day She Was Born (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Face/Off(1997)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
It's My Party(1996)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
C-Bear and Jamal(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Doom Generation(1995)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
All-American Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Margaret Cho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Margaret Cho: HBO Comedy Half-Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Duckman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Angie(1994)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Critic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

The Nanny(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Golden Palace(1992)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Red Shoe Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Entertainment Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Better Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Cheap AF (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Crohnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Ron Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 138 titles, 134 of them dated from 1981 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office
I Want Your Sex (2026)

Highest rated
Call Me Lucky (2015)

Most popular right now
Drop Dead Diva (2009)
Film career
Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1995Screen debut· The Doom Generation
- 2009Career best· Drop Dead Diva
- 2022Career best· Fire Island
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
6 major nominations and no wins, 2002–2017.
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Comedy Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Comedy Album
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Comedy Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Comedy Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Spoken Comedy Album
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Margaret Cho's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of the 46 of 48 with a score; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up13
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th22
- Below 25th26
Shape of the crowd
36 of their 86 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive11
- Cult Classic11
- Crowd Pleaser21
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed36
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Margaret Cho's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Margaret Cho work with?
People who share at least 2 of Margaret Cho's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jackie Beat shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Gregg ArakiShared titles: I Want Your Sex (2026), The Doom Generation (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Gregg Araki

- John AsherShared titles: Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015), Tooken (2015)See all 2 shared titles with John Asher

- Lorene MachadoShared titles: Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent (2011), Bam Bam and Celeste (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Lorene Machado

Writers
- Tig NotaroShared titles: Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration (2022), Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021), UnCabaret (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Tig Notaro

Actors
- Jackie BeatShared titles: Dr. Jackie (2022), The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special (2021), In Transition (2013), Gaze (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Jackie Beat

- Janeane GarofaloShared titles: Adventures in Comedy (2015), Nobody Knows Anything! (2003), Can't Stop Dancing (1999), Sweethearts (1997)See all 4 shared titles with Janeane Garofalo

- Mario DiazShared titles: Dr. Jackie (2022), In Transition (2013), Gaze (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Mario Diaz

- Rob DelaneyShared titles: Dying for Sex (2025), UnCabaret (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Rob Delaney

Producers
- Sarah J. MartinShared titles: Tura! (2024), Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Sarah J. Martin
- Anthony JiwaShared titles: Dr. Jackie (2022), The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Jiwa
- Brad E. DanksShared titles: Dr. Jackie (2022), The Alaska Thunderfuck Extra Special Comedy Special (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Brad E. Danks
- Dave MaceShared titles: Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration (2022), Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Mace
Mixed roles
- Bobcat GoldthwaitShared titles: Call Me Lucky (2015), Sweethearts (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Bobcat Goldthwait

- Dana GouldShared titles: UnCabaret (2012), The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Dana Gould




