- Was hired to play a TV version of herself, but then forced to both lose weight and act "more Asian". Several episodes later was instructed to act "less Asian."
- Her mother was unable to provide for Margaret on her own, so she sent Margaret to Korea to live with her father and grandparents.
- Lost 30 pounds in two weeks before the filming of the debut episode of All-American Girl (1994). The night after completing filming, her kidneys collapsed causing her to be hospitalized.
- Kicked out of Lowell High School because she had a 0.60 GPA, but was later accepted to McAteer High School for the Performing Arts.
- Just 3 days after she was born, her father was deported because he failed to obtain a work permit -- her mother was allowed to remain in San Francisco.
- Her parents moved to San Francisco from Seoul, Korea in 1964.
- Was the star of the first sitcom to feature an all Asian-American cast (which was based on her own life and stand-up comedy act.)
- At age 16 started doing stand up comedy. Traveled widely with Janeane Garofalo on the comedy club circuit. They blamed each other for their bad smoking habits.
- Favorite band is Canadian group Broken Social Scene.
- Chosen by Goldsea Asian American Daily as one of the "100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".
- Is a fan of adult film actor Jeff Stryker. She has spoken admiringly of him in some of her stand up monologues.
- Friends with Steve Harvey, and Jane Lynch.
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