Catherine O’Hara

Catherine Anne O’Hara OC (born March 4, 1954)[1] is a Canadian actress, comedian, and writer. O’Hara is the recipient of a number of awards, including a Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Canadian Screen Awards. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2018 and was honoured with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2020.[1]

O’Hara first drew notice as an actress in 1974 as a member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Toronto. She was part of the main cast in the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975–1978) along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. The following year, O’Hara and Candy began work on the sketch comedy series Second City Television (1976–1984), where she drew critical acclaim for both her work as a comedic actress and as a writer, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1981.