Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara OOC (born March 4 1954) is a Canadian-American actress and comedian. O'Hara has received a variety of awards including the Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In addition, she was awarded two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018, she was named an Officer of Canada. In 2020, she was awarded the Governor General's Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement award. O'Hara became famous as an actor when she joined in 1974 of The Second City, an comedy troupe that was based in Toronto. Together with John Candy, O'Hara was part of the main cast for the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). In the following year, O'Hara and Candy began working in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (1976-1984) and she earned critical acclaim for both her work as a comic actress as well as a writer, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for an Variety Series in 1981. O'Hara was named to the Second City artistic advisory panel in 2022 by Stephen Colbert. Also included were Dwayne Colbert (Steve Carell), Tina Fey and Keegan-Michael Key as well as Jane Lynch, Tim Meadows. Suzy Nakamura. Sam Richardson. Jeff Richmond. Jason Sudeikis. Robin Thede.




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