Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara OOC, born March 4 1954, is a Canadian-American actress. O'Hara has won a number of awards, including the Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also received two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018 she was named an Officer of Canada. In 2020, she won the Governor General's Performing Arts Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Awards. O'Hara was a renowned actor when she joined in 1974 of The Second City, an improvisational comedy troupe based in Toronto. Together with John Candy (1975-1978), she was part of the main cast of the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). O'Hara, Candy, and Dan Aykroyd started work in Second City Television's sketch comedy program (1976-1984). O'Hara received high praise for her comedy acting and writing skills which earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writer for the Variety Series in 1982. O'Hara was appointed to the Second City artistic advisory board in 2022. She was joined by Steve Carell, Dwayne Colbert and Tina Fey.




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