Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara OC (born March 4, 1954)is a Canadian-American actress comedian, writer, and actress. O'Hara has been the recipient of a number of distinctions, including an award called a Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018, O'Hara was named as an Officer of Canada. She also received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Medal in 2020. She first came to the attention of an actress in 1974 as a member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Toronto. Dan Aykroyd and John Candy were also in her main cast in the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). In the following year, O'Hara and Candy began working on the sketch comedy series Second City Television (1976-1984) and she earned praise from critics for her work as a comedic actress and as a writer. She was awarded an award called the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for an Variety Series in 1981. O'Hara was included in the newly formed Second City artistic Advisory Board and was led by Stephen Colbert. Other members of the board were Dwayne Colbert. Tina Fey. Keegan–Michael Key. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Jane Lynch. Tim Meadows. Peter Murrieta. Suzy Nakamura. Sam Richardson. Jeff Richmond. Jason Sudeikis. Robin Thede.




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