Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara, OC was born March 4 1954. She is a Canadian-American comedian as well as an actress and writer. O'Hara has been the recipient of several awards, including an award called a Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Canadian Screen Awards. She was named as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2018 and was honored with the Governor General's Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in 2020. O'Hara first made her appearance as an actress in 1974, when she was part of The Second City, an improv comedy group in Toronto. Alongside John Candy and Dan Aykroyd as co-stars, she was in the main cast of the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). O'Hara, Candy, and Dan Aykroyd first began working on Second City Television's sketch comedy program (1976-1984). O'Hara received praise for her comic acting and writing abilities which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writer for a Variety Series in 1982. O'Hara was part of the brand-new Second City artistic Advisory Board, which 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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