Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara

CountryCanada Canada
GenderFemale
BirthdayMar 4, 1954
BiographyCatherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is known for her comedy work on Second City Television (1976–1984) and Schitt's Creek (2015–2020) and in films such as After Hours (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Her other film appearances include the mockumentary films written and directed by Christopher Guest: Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006).

O'Hara won the 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for SCTV Network, the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1999 film The Life Before This, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the 2010 television film Temple Grandin. From 2015 to 2020, she starred as Moira Rose on the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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The Studio
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The Studio

as TBD
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock
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Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock

as Lost Fraggle Leader
Committed
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Committed

as Liz Larsen
Schitt's Creek
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Schitt's Creek

as Moira Rose
SCTV
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SCTV

as Various
Skylanders Academy
Ended

Skylanders Academy

as Kaossandra
The Last Kids on Earth
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The Last Kids on Earth

as TBA
What Lives Inside
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What Lives Inside

as Sarah Delaney

Part of Crew

Schitt's Creek
Ended

Schitt's Creek

as Consulting Producer

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