Margaret Cho goofs off on the red carpet. (D Dipasupil/WireImage)
Margaret Cho was recently nominated for her first-ever Emmy … but it's for a guest role most viewers don't even realize she's playing. After all, who would ask a 43-year-old woman to portray North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il? "30 Rock" star and executive producer Tina Fey would (and did!) and Cho jumped at the chance.
"It seemed like a good fit. I was absolutely flattered. People don't expect it to be me because I'm so disguised. But the way I'm disguised is just that I'm not wearing any makeup. That's actually enough to transform me into him," Cho, whose parents both emigrated from South Korea, explains of the comic-infused version of the notorious leader she's played on the NBC sitcom for the last two seasons. "The most alarming thing is that I just look like that. There are a couple of different fat suits I wear, and I guess it's in the performance, so that's good. I'm proud that I get to play a man and be nominated as an actress. I feel like Cate Blanchett."
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