Catherine Anne

 Catherine Anne O'Hara, OC was born on March 4, 1954. She is a Canadian-American comedian, actress, and writer. O'Hara has received a variety of awards, including the Genie Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In addition, she was awarded two Primetime Emmy Awards and six Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018, she was appointed an Officer of Canada. Then, in 2020, she received the Governor General's Performing Arts Lifetime Artistic Achievement award. O'Hara began her career as an actress in 1974 when she was part of The Second City, an Improv comedy group located in Toronto. Dan Aykroyd and John Candy were also in her main cast on the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978). In the next year, O'Hara and Candy began working in the sketch comedy program Second City Television (1976-1984) and she earned critical acclaim for both her performance as a comedic actress and as a writer. She was awarded an award called the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a 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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