Catherine Anne

 Catherine Anne O'Hara, OC was born March 4, 1954. She is a Canadian-American comedian, actress, and writer. O'Hara has won a number of awards that include the Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018 she was named an Officer of Canada. In 2020, she received the Governor General's Performing Arts Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Awards. O'Hara made her debut as an actor in 1974 when she was in The Second City, an Improv comedy group located in Toronto. Along with John Candy, O'Hara was part of the main cast for the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). The following year, O'Hara and Candy began working on the sketch comedy show Second City Television (1976-1984) in which she received critical acclaim for both her work as a comedic actress and as a writer, winning an award called the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for the 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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