Catherine Anne

Catherine Anne O'Hara OC (born March 4th, 1954)is a Canadian-American actress, comedian, and writer. O'Hara is the recipient of a number of distinctions that include a Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018, she was named as an Officer of Canada. She also received the Governor General's Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Medal in 2020. O'Hara made her debut as an actor in 1974, when she was part of The Second City, an comedy troupe that improvised located in Toronto. Dan Aykroyd and John Candy were also in her main ensemble in the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). O'Hara began working with Candy in Second City Television's sketch comedy series (1976-1984). O'Hara was praised for her stand-up and writing skills, winning the Primetime Emmy Award of Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1981. O'Hara, Steve Carell and Dwayne Colbert were added to the Second City artistic board in 2022.