Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara OC (born March 4, 1954)is a Canadian-American actress as well as a comedian and writer. O'Hara is the recipient of several prizes that include 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. In 2018, O'Hara was made an Officer of Canada. In the year 2020, she was awarded the Governor General’s Performing Arts Performing Arts Artistic Achievement Award. O'Hara's first recognition as an actress while she was a member the The Second City improv comedy troupe in Toronto in 1974. Together with John Candy, O'Hara was part of the main cast for the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). The next year, O'Hara and Candy began working on the sketch comedy show Second City Television (1976-1984) and she earned the attention of critics for both her work as a comedic actor and writer, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for an Variety Series in 1981. O'Hara was named to the Second City artistic advisory board in 2022. She was joined by Steve Carell, Dwayne Colbert and Tina Fey.




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