Oh hosted the 28th Genie Awards on March 3 , 2008 , and became the first Asian woman to host the Golden Globe Awards at the 76th ceremony in 2019 . In March 2019 , she became the third Asian-American woman to host '' Saturday Night Live '' , after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018 . She is the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the first Asian woman to win two Golden Globes . In 2019 , '' Time '' magazine named Oh as one of the 100 most influential people in the world
76th ceremony in 2019
76th Golden Globe Awards
Sandra Oh