Catherine Anne
Catherine Anne O'Hara, OC was born on March 4, 1954. She is a comedian actor, writer, and actress. O'Hara has won numerous awards that include the Genie Award (a Golden Globe Award) and 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 the year 2020, she was presented with the Governor General's Performing Arts Performing Arts Artistic Achievement Award. O'Hara first drew notice as an actress in 1974 when she was a member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Toronto. She was part of the main ensemble cast of the sitcom Coming Up Rosie (1975-1978) along with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. The next year, O'Hara and Candy began working in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (1976-1984), where she drew the attention of critics for both her work as a comic 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 a member of the brand-new Second City artistic Advisory Board and was led by Stephen Colbert. Other members of the board were Dwayne Colbert. Tina Fey. Keegan–Michael Key. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Jane Lynch. Tim Meadows. Peter Murrieta. Suzy Nakamura. Sam Richardson. Jeff Richmond. Jason Sudeikis. Robin Thede.




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