Sandra Oh breaks the silence on how difficult it was to deal with the success of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

Sandra Oh, the talented actress from Grey’s Anatomy, spoke a little and was honest about her experience during the recordings of the iconic series where she played Cristina Yang and how the unexpected success and fame of the show led her to have to take drastic measures to adjust to her new situation.

Oh, who managed to maintain an impressive career with his work in Killing Eve and his most recent project The Chair On Netflix, she stated how her unexpected rise to fame in 2005 made her doubt her own ability to maintain a normal life and, at the same time, continue to play Cristina.

To be quite honest, it was traumatic. The reason I say this is because, to do your job in the best way, you need to do it with a lot of privacy. So when you lose your anonymity, you have to develop skills to try to keep that side and stay real.

The 50-year-old Canadian also shared that realizing that her fame would only increase, she was forced to go to therapy, a decision that helped her greatly to improve her emotional state, allowing her to be more connected to the outside world.

I went from not being able to go outside, hiding in restaurants, to being able to accept when I received care and manage expectations, without losing my sense of who I was. You just have to work on finding a way to stay focused. And a lot of the time, you get it by saying no.

Despite the fact that Oh no longer plays Cristina for more than five years, the actress is always flattered when a fan of the series or her career approaches to ask her about her experience in one of the most important series of recent years and how your work has inspired others.

I’d say it’s very rare to see the kind of impact a character has had. In a way, you do your job and, when done, you let it go. I left that show almost seven years ago. In my mind, this is over. But for many people it is still alive.