Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara OC (born March 4th, 1954)is a Canadian-American actress comedian, writer, and actress. O'Hara has won a number awards which include the Genie Award (a Golden Globe Award) as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In addition, O'Hara was awarded 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. She first came to the attention of an actor in the year 1974, as a member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Toronto. Together with John Candy, O'Hara was part of the main cast of the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). In the next year, O'Hara and Candy began work in the sketch comedy show Second City Television (1976-1984), where she drew praise from critics for her work as a comedic actress as well as a writer. She was awarded an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for the Variety Series in 1981. 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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