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Why do we love Margaret?
From her unconventional childhood as a first-generation Korean-American raised in the liberated atmosphere of San Francisco in the 1970s to her sell-out one-woman comedy shows, Margaret Cho has never fit anyone's idea of what she should be. Once desperate to fit in, be liked, and conform, Cho tried to become what television executives and others thought she should be. Rather than winding up fitting in, she wound up in the hospital with kidney failure, then endured a struggle with alcohol and drug abuse when it seemed she'd never match the Barbie mold. Fortunately for all of us un-Barbie chicks in the world, Margaret came to her senses and stopped trying to be someone else's ideal. She crafted a new act, beholden to no one, that would lay bare her struggles and insecurities for all the world to see. The result is a brutally honest and wickedly funny trip through the divine realm of Cho-ville. By fiercely claiming her right to be true to herself, Margaret shatters stereotypes and empowers people who are nothing like her. Her wildly successful film I'm the One that I Want offers a glimpse of what a gorgeous, smart, and oh-so-funny woman who does what she wants looks like. And she's only just begun!
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Biography:
Born - December 5, 1968
San Francisco, CA
Achievements:
- Named Best Female Comedian at the 1994 American Comedy Awards
- In 1994, stars in All-American Girl, first sit-com focused on an Asian-American family
- Launched her one-woman show, I'm the One that I Want in 1999
- Her film, I'm the One that I Want, becomes the highest-grossing movie, per print, of all time. (2000)
- Recipient of GLAAD's first-ever Golden Gate Award in 2000 — honoring her as "an entertainment pioneer who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
- Awarded the 2001 Lambda Liberty Award by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund "pressing us to see how false constructions of race, sexuality, and gender operate similarly to obscure and demean identity."
- Honored with the 2002 Media Award from the National Organization For Women
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In her own words -- On taking the media and blazing trails:
"There are magazines devoted to you feeling bad about yourself. There are millions of dollars going into the idea that you have a fat ass."
"I feel like I've gotten to a great place in my life. I just want to do it for a long time ... at least until the next Korean-American fag-hag, s**t-starter, girl comic, trash talker, comes up and takes my place." |
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