Catherine O’Hara is a prolific, multi-award-winning actress, writer, and comedian whose film credits include lead and supporting roles in Beetlejuice, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, After Hours, Heartburn, The Life Before This, Penelope, Away We Go, Where the Wild Things Are, A.C.O.D., The Right Kind of Wrong, Nightmare Before Christmas, and many more.
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Catherine O’Hara
Award-winning Actress , Writer, Comedian
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Catherine O’Hara is a prolific, multi-award-winning actress, writer, and comedian whose film credits include lead and supporting roles in Beetlejuice, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, After Hours, Heartburn, The Life Before This, Penelope, Away We Go, Where the Wild Things Are, A.C.O.D., The Right Kind of Wrong, Nightmare Before Christmas, and many more.
O’Hara has collaborated with Christopher Guest and co-writer Eugene Levy four times on the critically acclaimed mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration. Her performance in the latter won her the 2007 National Board of Review Award for Supporting Actress.
O’Hara has made many guest appearances on top-rated television series including Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her role in HBO’s Temple Grandin earned her Primetime Emmy, Satellite, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
O’Hara first performed with Toronto’s Second City Theatre and later, with fellow alumni including Eugene Levy, created the iconic sketch comedy show SCTV. O’Hara won an Emmy Award® and earned four Emmy® nominations for her writing on the show.
In the final two seasons of the hit CBC series, Schitt’s Creek, Catherine received an Emmy Award® for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, a Golden Globe Award® for Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy Television Series, a SAG Award® for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, a TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, and multiple Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role amongst others. O’Hara also garnered Emmy®, Golden Globe®, and SAG® awards in the Best Ensemble categories alongside her castmates Eugene Levy, Dan Levy, and Annie Murphy.
O’Hara can be seen next in Matthew Vaughn’s ARGYLLE, alongside Henry Cavill and Samuel L. Jackson.
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72nd Emmy Awards: Catherine O'Hara Wins for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Catherine O'Hara Breaks Down 9 Looks From 1988 to Now | Life in Looks | Vogue
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