Sandra Oh Owned the Golden Globes

Sandra Oh was the single most important reason to watch the Golden Globe Awards tonight; not only did she make history just by hosting, but she won an award while making said history. In a sea of "meh," Oh was a bright light, giving us moments to think and, somehow, moments to laugh—and have we mentioned her parents?

At the top of the Globes, Oh took a pause in her opening monologue with co-host Andy Samberg to comment on the fact that she was the first Asian actor to get a major awards show hosting gig. After a few jokes (likely aimed at Kevin Hart) about how Samberg and Oh were the only actors in Hollywood not to have lost out on hosting because they haven't said something offensive, it was a serious and emotion-filled few minutes.

“If I could take a moment, in all honesty," Oh said, "I said yes to the fear of being on this stage tonight because I wanted to be here to look out into this audience and witness this moment of change." Her voice shook as she continued: “And I’m not fooling myself—next year it’ll be different, it probably will be, but right now this moment is real. Trust me, it is real. Because I see you. And I see you," she said, pointing to the audience. “All these faces of change. And now, so will everyone else.”

It was clearly a huge accomplishment for Oh, and there to share it were her adorable parents, who were the subject of some very cute cut-away shots as they sat at a table in the back.

She made them the center of her acceptance speech when she took home the Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Drama for her role in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Killing Eve. Making history again, by the way; Oh is the first Asian performer to win multiple Golden Globes (she previously won for Grey's Anatomy in 2006). After thanking her team, Oh said," Mom, Dad, I love you," in Korean before bowing her head to them, sending everyone in the audience (and online) into tears.

Last year, Oh told Vogue that she knew that she had to work harder as an Asian actor to get to where she is in her career (which, we humbly submit, is the star of 2019). “It’s taken me 30 years to get this part. I see that so clearly...As I continue to mature and be in this world, I really realize that change is excruciatingly slow. But I do feel like it bends toward justice. I’ve worked my whole life toward it and might not see the change in my lifetime. Actually, to see oneself as a thread in the tapestry of change I think has more meaning." We're happy to declare that the Golden Globes are now the Sandra Oh Awards, and there's one winner.

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