Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara OOC (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. O'Hara has been the recipient of many awards, including one Genie Award and a Golden Globe Award. O'Hara also received two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Canadian Screen Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2018, she was appointed an Officer of Canada and in 2020, she was presented with the Governor General's Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement award. O'Hara was first recognized as an actress in 1974 as a member of The Second City in Toronto. Together with John Candy (1975-1978), she was part of the main casting in the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). The next year, O'Hara and Candy began work in the sketch comedy show Second City Television (1976-1984) in which she received the attention of critics for both her performance as a comedic actor and writer, winning an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for an Variety Series in 1981. O'Hara joined the Second City artistic advisory board in 2022. She was joined by Steve Carell, Dwayne Colbert and Tina Fey.




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