Catherine O'Hara
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O'Hara in 2005
Born
Catherine Anne O'Hara

(1954-03-04)March 4, 1954
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died January 30, 2026(2026-01-30) (aged 71)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • screenwriter
Years active 1974–2025
Spouse
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(m. 1992)​
Children 2
Relatives Mary Margaret O'Hara (sister)
Awards Full list
Signature

Catherine Anne O'Hara OC (March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026) was a Canadian and American actress, comedian, and screenwriter, whose career spanned over 50 years. O'Hara started in sketch and improvisational comedy in film and television before taking dramatic roles to expand her career. She received various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her films have grossed more than US$4.3 billion worldwide. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017.

O'Hara began her career in a starring role on the CBC Television children's television sitcom Coming Up Rosie in 1975, and came to prominence in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV; 1976–1984), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She gained acclaim acting in films such as After Hours (1985), Heartburn (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), Home Alone (1990), and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). She frequently collaborated with Christopher Guest, acting in his mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). Her voice roles include the films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Chicken Little (2005), Over the Hedge (2006), Monster House (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Frankenweenie (2012), Elemental (2023), and The Wild Robot (2024).

Appearing opposite Eugene Levy, a frequent castmate in SCTV and Guest's films, O'Hara gained a career resurgence for her role as Moira Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. Her portrayal of Temple Grandin's aunt in the HBO film Temple Grandin (2010) earned an Emmy nomination. Other television credits include the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2003–2005), the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019), and the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2025). O'Hara's performance in the Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio (2025) posthumously won her the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.

Early life

Catherine Anne O'Hara was born on March 4, 1954, in Toronto,[1] and grew up there. Her family is Catholic and of Irish descent.[2][3] She was the sixth of seven children of Margaret Ann (née Meehan), and Marcus Charles O'Hara, and a sister of musician and actress Mary Margaret O'Hara.[4] She graduated from Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute in 1974, where she was taught by future Mississauga mayor Carolyn Parrish.[5][6][7]

Career

1974–1987: Breakthrough with SCTV

O'Hara started her comedy career in 1974 as a cast member of The Second City (SC) in her hometown, Toronto.[8] Her brother Marcus was also a performer with the company.[9] She originally worked as an understudy and in the Sunday night cast of alternates which performed when the main company had the night off.[10] She was an understudy for Gilda Radner until Radner left for Saturday Night Live.[11][12] She then joined the touring company of Second City, and had her big break replacing an ailing Rosemary Radcliffe in the lead female part when this touring group was in Chicago.[10] By 1976 O'Hara was SC's resident leading female comic, and her sister Robin was employed with the company as her understudy.[13]

O'Hara in a promotional image for SCTV Network 90 in 1981

In 1976 SC created the sketch comedy show Second City Television (SCTV), for which O'Hara became a regular performer.[11] In the late 1970s, she provided voice-overs for a number of cartoons, work which would continue throughout her career. During a short period in the early 1980s when SCTV was in between network deals, she was hired to replace Ann Risley as Saturday Night Live was being retooled in 1981. However, she quit the show without appearing on air, choosing to go back to SCTV when the show signed on with NBC.[14][15] She was long rumoured to have left SNL due to conflicts with volatile writer Michael O'Donoghue, but O'Hara denied these claims and said she had left the show due to her dislike for living in New York City.[16]

O'Hara expanded her career on television in the mid-1970s. She appeared in a small sketch role as a maid in a 1975 Wayne and Shuster special on CBC. She appeared in the 1976 television film The Rimshots, the children's television series Coming Up Rosie for a season (1976–77), and television specials, such as Witch's Night Out and Intergalactic Thanksgiving. Her performances on SCTV, which began airing locally in Southern Ontario in the fall of 1976, earned her fame in Canada. The show gradually built up a national and then an international following in syndication. O'Hara left SCTV for a time, missing the 1980–81 season, but returned to the show in time for its pickup by the NBC television network in the US, when it became known as SCTV Network 90. O'Hara's work as a writer on the show earned her an Emmy Award for outstanding writing and three Emmy Award nominations.[17] She left SCTV again prior to its fifth season in 1982, but did return for occasional guest appearances through the show's end in 1984. O'Hara appeared in a number of television series and television films and continued to work in television until her death.

1988–2014: Prominence in film

During the 1990s, she made guest appearances on Tales from the Crypt, Oh Baby, Morton & Hayes, and The Larry Sanders Show. She acted in and directed episodes of Dream On and The Outer Limits, the revival of the 1960s series of the same name.[18] O'Hara guest-starred on top-rated television series including Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In May 2008, it was announced that she had signed on to star in the upcoming ABC dramedy Good Behavior.[19] Her role in the 2010 television film Temple Grandin earned her three award nominations: a Primetime Emmy Award, a Satellite Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.[20]

O'Hara performing in Toronto in 1995

O'Hara had a successful career in film. She made her feature debut in the 1980 film Double Negative, which also starred her SCTV co-stars John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Joe Flaherty.[21] Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, O'Hara appeared in many supporting roles, including Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985) and Heartburn (1986). She appeared as Delia Deetz in the horror-comedy film Beetlejuice (1988). In 1990, O'Hara had roles in the films Dick Tracy and Betsy's Wedding. She starred as Kate McCallister in the blockbuster comedy film Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). That same year, O'Hara appeared in the comedy There Goes the Neighborhood.[22]

O'Hara continued to appear in many films during the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century. In 1994, she appeared in the comedy-drama film The Paper and the Western film Wyatt Earp. She received roles in four of Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, three of which earned her awards and nominations: Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006).[23] Her role in 1999's The Life Before This won her a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.[24] She appeared in the tenth series of the British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? In 2004, she appeared with Jim Carrey in the black comedy film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and in 2006, she starred with Christina Ricci in the fantasy film Penelope. O'Hara served as a voice artist in a number of animated films, including Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Bartok the Magnificent (1999), Chicken Little (2005), Over the Hedge (2006), Monster House (2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), and Frankenweenie (2012).

2015–2025: Schitt's Creek and other roles

O'Hara at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

From 2015 to 2020, O'Hara co-starred as Moira Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek, alongside Eugene Levy, with whom she had previously worked on TV, in films, and as a Second City cast member on stage in 1974. Her performance in Schitt's Creek earned her six Canadian Screen Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.[25] She swept the five major TV awards for the sixth and final season, winning a TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.[26] During this time she also starred in The Addams Family (2019), Extinct (2021), Elemental (2023), and The Wild Robot (2024).[27]

She appeared as Dr. Georgina Orwell in the first season of the Netflix black comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events, which premiered in 2017.[28] Two of her episodes were directed by her husband Bo Welch, who served as production designer for the series. She was the only cast member from the 2004 film adaptation to be re-cast in the TV series as well. She appeared on the revival of another Canadian sketch comedy staple, The Kids in the Hall, in its second episode as Charlene, a friend of the Kids in the Hall.[29] O'Hara reprised her role as Delia Deetz in the Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, in 2024.[30]

In 2025, O'Hara had a main role in the Apple TV+ satirical comedy series The Studio, for which she won both the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, at the Actor Awards' March 2026 ceremony; show co-creator Seth Rogen accepted the awards on O'Hara's behalf. She was the first woman to win any individual Actor Awards (or, as previously called, Screen Actors Guild Awards) trophy posthumously.[31][32] She guest-starred as Gail Lynden in the second season of the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us.[33] She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for both roles.[34][35] O'Hara's film appearances contributed to a cumulative worldwide box‑office gross of more than US$4.3 billion.[36]

Honours

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Catherine O'Hara

O'Hara was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017 and was invested the following year.[37] For 2021, O'Hara was named honorary mayor of Brentwood, Los Angeles.[38]

On March 1, 2026, O'Hara won a posthumous award for best female actor in a comedy series at the 32nd Actor Awards for her performance on The Studio.Seth Rogen, co-creator of The Studio, accepted the award on her behalf. In his remarks, he described her as a dedicated collaborator who frequently sent thoughtful emails the night before filming, offering suggested revisions to scenes. Rogen stated that O’Hara “showed that you could be a genius and you could be kind.”[39]

Personal life

O'Hara with Welch at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy

O'Hara told Rolling Stone in 1983 that she was "pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart".[40] She met production designer and director Bo Welch on the set of Beetlejuice in 1988, and the two married in 1992.[41][42] They had two sons, born in 1994 and 1997.[43][44]

O'Hara held dual Canadian and American citizenship.[45][46] She had dextrocardia with situs inversus, a condition in which the heart and other major internal organs are reversed from their normal positions.[47]

O'Hara contracted COVID-19 while filming The Studio. She admitted to not getting tested so the crew could finish shooting on location, and she did not inform her coworkers of her condition.[48][49]

Death

On January 30, 2026, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department said that the department had received a call from O'Hara's home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles regarding a woman experiencing difficulty breathing.[50][51] She was then hospitalized "in serious condition",[50] and died that day at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 71. The cause of death was later revealed to be from a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer as the underlying cause.[52] She was cremated and her ashes were given to her husband.[53][54][55][56]

Filmography

O'Hara's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1980 Nothing Personal Audrey [57]
1980 Deadly Companion Judith [58]
1983 Rock & Rule Aunt Edith (voice) [59]
1985 After Hours Gail [57]
1986 Heartburn Betty [60]
1988 Beetlejuice Delia Deetz [57]
1990 Dick Tracy Texie Garcia [61]
1990 Betsy's Wedding Gloria Henner [62]
1990 Home Alone Kate McCallister [57]
1990 Little Vegas Lexie [63]
1992 There Goes the Neighborhood Jessica Lodge [22]
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Kate McCallister [57]
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas Sally / Shock (voice) [59]
1994 The Paper Susan [57]
1994 Wyatt Earp Allie Earp [64]
1994 A Simple Twist of Fate April Simon [65]
1995 Tall Tale Calamity Jane [66]
1996 Waiting for Guffman Sheila Albertson [57]
1996 The Last of the High Kings Cathleen [67]
1997 Pippi Longstocking Mrs. Prysselius (voice) [59]
1998 Home Fries Beatrice Lever [68]
1999 The Life Before This Sheena [69]
1999 Bartok the Magnificent Ludmilla (voice) [59]
2000 Best in Show Cookie Fleck [70]
2000 Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big Lorna Mae Loon (voice) Short film [59]
2001 Speaking of Sex Connie Barker [71]
2002 Orange County Cindy Beugler [72]
2002 Searching for Debra Winger Herself Documentary [73]
2003 A Mighty Wind Mickey Crabbe [57]
2004 Surviving Christmas Christine Valco [74]
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Justice Strauss [75]
2005 Game 6 Lillian Rogan [76]
2005 Chicken Little Tina (voice) [59]
2006 Over the Hedge Penny (voice) [59]
2006 Monster House Mrs. Walters (voice) [59]
2006 Brother Bear 2 Kata (voice) [59]
2006 Penelope Jessica Wilhern [77]
2006 For Your Consideration Marilyn Heck [57]
2006 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses Rowena (voice) [59]
2009 Away We Go Gloria Farlander [78]
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Judith (voice) [59]
2010 Killers Mrs. Kornfeldt [79]
2011 A Monster in Paris Madame Carlotta (voice) [59]
2012 Frankenweenie Susan Frankenstein / Gym Teacher / Weird Girl (voices) [59]
2013 A.C.O.D. Melissa [80]
2013 The Right Kind of Wrong Tess [81]
2014 When Marnie Was There Old Marnie (voice) English-language dub [82]
2015 Being Canadian Herself Documentary [83]
2019 The Addams Family Grandma Frump (voice) [59]
2020 Canada Far and Wide Narrator (voice) Movie attraction for World Showcase at Epcot at Disneyworld [84]
2021 Extinct Alma (voice) [59]
2021 Back Home Again Mayor Owl (voice) Short film [85]
2023 Elemental Brook Ripple (voice) [59]
2023 Pain Hustlers Jackie Drake [86]
2024 Argylle Ruth [87]
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Delia Deetz [88]
2024 The Wild Robot Pinktail (voice) [89]
2025 John Candy: I Like Me Herself Documentary [90]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1975 Wayne and Shuster Various Episode: "1975 Show #2" [91]
1975–1977 Coming Up Rosie Marna Wallbacker Main role [92]
1976 The Rimshots Maggie Retooled as Custard Pie with a different cast [93]
1976–1984 SCTV Various Main cast (Seasons 1, 2 & 4), guest (Seasons 5 & 6); Also writer; seasons 1, 2, 4 & 6, and The Best of SCTV [11][18]
1977 Fit To Print Television film
1978 Witch's Night Out Malicious (voice) Television special [59]
1979 Intergalactic Thanksgiving Ma Spademinder (voice) Television short [59]
1980 Easter Fever Scarlett O'Hare (voice) Television special [18]
1980 From Cleveland Various Television pilot; Also writer [94]
1980 You've Come a Long Way, Katie Chris Dougherty Miniseries [95]
1984 The New Show Various 3 episodes [18]
1985 The Last Polka Lemon Twin Television film [18]
1985 George Burns Comedy Week Sally Episode: "The Dynamite Girl" [18]
1986 Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood Marie Antoinette Television film [96]
1986 Really Weird Tales Theresa Sharpe Episode: "I'll Die Loving"; Also writer [18]
1987 Trying Times Rebecca Episode: "Get a Job" [18]
1988 The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Miss Malone (voice) Main role [18]
1988 Saturday Night Live Herself Episode: "Matthew Broderick / The Sugarcubes" [18]
1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood Nancy Mae Television special [97]
1989 Andrea Martin... Together Again Various Television special; Also writer; special material [98]
1990 The Dave Thomas Comedy Show Various Episode: "#1.5" [18]
1990 Dream On Irma Episode: "555-HELL"; Also director; episode: "And Your Little Dog, Too" [18]
1991 Morton & Hayes Amelia von Astor Episode: "Daffy Dicks" [18]
1991 Married... with Children Female Dog Episode: "Look Who's Barking" [99]
1991, 1992 Saturday Night Live Herself / Host Episodes: "Catherine O'Hara / R.E.M.", "Catherine O'Hara / 10,000 Maniacs" [100][101]
1992 The Larry Sanders Show Herself Episode: "The Talk Show Episode" [57]
1993 The Hidden Room Laurel Brody Episode: "The First Battle" [18]
1994 Tales from the Crypt Geraldine Ferrett Episode: "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" [18]
1997 The Outer Limits Becka Paulson Episode: "The Revelations of Becka Paulson"; Also director; episode: "Glyphic" [18]
1997 Hope Muriel Macswain Television film [18]
1998 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Herself 3 episodes [18]
1999 Late Last Night Shrink Television film [18]
1999 Oh Baby Roberta Hunter Episode: "Discrimination" [18]
2000 Mad TV Woman on Blind Date Episode: "24" [102]
2001 Committed Liz Larsen (voice) Main role [18]
2002 Bram & Alice Ms. O'Connor Episode: "Pilot" [18]
2002 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Catherine (voice) Episode: "Bakery Ben" [59]
2003 Odd Job Jack Claudia Johnson Episode: "Broke & Broker" [103]
2003–2005 Six Feet Under Carol Ward 4 episodes [57]
2004 The Wool Cap Gloria Television film [18]
2008 Good Behavior Jackie West Television film
2009 Curb Your Enthusiasm Bam Bam Episode: "Funkhouser's Crazy Sister" [57]
2009–2011 Glenn Martin, DDS Jackie Martin (voice) Main role [104]
2010 Temple Grandin Aunt Ann Television film [18]
2012 Leslie Leslie 2 episodes [105]
2012 30 Rock Pearline Episode: "Governor Dunston" [57]
2013 The Greatest Event in Television History Muriel Rush Episode: "Too Close for Comfort" [106]
2013 To My Future Assistant Magda Television film
2015 What Lives Inside Sarah Delaney Miniseries [107]
2015–2020 Schitt's Creek Moira Rose Main role; Also consulting producer; seasons 2–6 [57]
2015 Modern Family Dr. Debra Radcliffe Episode: "Clean Out Your Junk Drawer" [108]
2016 Sofia the First Morgana (voice) Episode: "Gone with the Wand" [109]
2016 Harvey Beaks Miley (voice) Episode: "The New Bugaboo / The Case of the Missing Pancake" [18]
2016–2018 Skylanders Academy Kaossandra (voice) Main role [110]
2017–2018 A Series of Unfortunate Events Dr. Georgina Orwell 3 episodes [57]
2018 The Magic School Bus Rides Again Aunt Tennelli / Teresina Tennelli (voices) 2 episodes [59]
2019–2020 The Last Kids on Earth Skaelka (voice) 6 episodes [111][59]
2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Herself 2 episodes [112]
2022 Central Park Gwendolyn Swish (voice) Episode: "The Paige-riarchy!" [113]
2022 The Kids in the Hall Charlene Episode 6.2 [18]
2025 The Studio Patty Leigh Main role [114]
2025 The Last of Us Gail Lynden 3 episodes; season 2 [115]

Music videos

Year Title Artist(s) Role Ref.
2024 "Electric Energy" Ariana DeBose, Boy George, Nile Rodgers Herself [116]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref.
2024 Disney Speedstorm Sally (voice) [117]
2024 Disney Dreamlight Valley Sally (voice) [117]

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