Editing Margaret Cho (section)

===1995–2002: Stand-up, acting, and writing===
[[Image:MargaretChoSanFrancisco.jpg|upright|thumb|Cho doing stand-up in June 2005.]]
Though her career and personal life were challenging after the show's cancellation, Cho eventually sobered up, refocused her energy, and developed new material. She hosted the [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve|''New Year's Rockin' Eve 95'']] show with [[Steve Harvey]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Margaret Cho with Steve Harvey hosting New Year's Rockin' Eve 1995 |work=Hollywood.com |url=http://www.hollywood.com/tv/Dick_Clarks_New_Years_Rockin_Eve_95/5175998 |access-date=April 9, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Year's 1994 to 1995 on ABC|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYw1MFdjMnw|url-status=dead|access-date=April 9, 2009|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305094015/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYw1MFdjMnw}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Margaret Cho|publisher=Film Reference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Margaret-Cho.html|access-date=September 27, 2010}}</ref> In 1997, she had a supporting role in the thriller film ''[[Face/Off]]'' starring [[Nicolas Cage]] and [[John Travolta]], playing Wanda, one of the fellow FBI agents of Travolta's primary character.

In 1999, she wrote about her struggles with ''All-American Girl'' in her first one-woman show, ''[[I'm the One That I Want]].'' That year, ''I'm the One That I Want'' won [[New York (magazine)|''New York'' magazine]]'s Performance of the Year award and was named one of the Great Performances of the year by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]].''<ref name=augsburg>{{Cite web|url=http://www.augsburg.edu/news/news-archives/2000/00,10,24,cho.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017050635/http://www.augsburg.edu/news/news-archives/2000/00%2C10%2C24%2Ccho.html|url-status=dead|title=Comedian Margaret Cho to perform at Augsburg College|archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref> At the same time, Cho wrote and published an autobiographical book with the same title, and the show itself was filmed and released as a concert film in 2000. Her material dealt with her difficulties breaking into [[show business]] because of her ethnicity and weight and her resulting struggle with and triumph over body image issues and drug and alcohol addiction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/margaret_cho.html | title=Cho, Margaret – Comedienne, actress | first=Dominick | last=Miserandino | publisher=The Celebrity Cafe | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828140756/http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/margaret_cho.html | archive-date=August 28, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Cho also appeared in an episode of the [[Home Box Office|HBO]] comedy ''[[Sex and the City]]'s'' fourth season. The episode, titled "[[The Real Me (SATC episode)|The Real Me]]," first aired on June 3, 2001, and also guest-starred [[Heidi Klum]].

In 2004, the show ''Notorious C.H.O.'' (the title was derived from slain rapper [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]) referred to the comedian having been reared in 1970s San Francisco and her [[bisexuality]]. After completing ''Notorious C.H.O.'', she made another stand-up film, ''Revolution,'' released in 2004, and subsequently work on her first self-written film in which she starred. ''[[Bam Bam and Celeste]],'' a low-budget comedy about a "[[fag hag]]" and her gay best friend, co-starred Cho's friend and co-touring act Bruce Daniels. The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2005. On Valentine's Day of 2004, Cho spoke at the [[Same-sex marriage|Marriage Equality]] Rally at the [[Sacramento, California|California State Capitol]]. Her speech can be seen in the documentary ''Freedom to Marry.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomtomarry.tv |title=Freedom to Marry |publisher=Turtle Time Productions |access-date=November 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whygaymarriage.com/singleimage.php/20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814095842/http://www.whygaymarriage.com/singleimage.php/20 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |title=Margaret Cho Speaks |publisher=Whygaymarriage.com |access-date=November 7, 2011 }}</ref>