Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara OC
O'Hara in 2005
Born	Catherine Anne O'Hara (1954-03-04) March 4, 1954 (age 70) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship	Canada United States
Occupations	Actress comedian screenwriter
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Bo Welch ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	2
Relatives	Mary Margaret O'Hara (sister)

Catherine Anne O'Hara OC^[1] (born March 4, 1954)^[2] is a Canadian and American actress. 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), and the first two installments of the Home Alone franchise: Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). 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, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, TCA Award, and six consecutive Canadian Screen Awards.