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 is the proud recipient of numerous distinctions, including a Genie Award. In 2018, she was named as an Officer of Canada. She also received the Governor General's Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement Medal in 2020. O'Hara first made her appearance as an actor in 1974 when she was in The Second City, an Improv comedy group in Toronto. Together with John Candy, O'Hara was part of the main cast of the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). O'Hara, Candy, and Dan Aykroyd first began working in Second City Television's sketch comedy program (1976-1984). O'Hara received critical acclaim for her comedic acting and writing abilities which earned her an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writer for the Variety Series in 1982. 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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