Highest Rated: 100% Temple Grandin (2010)
Lowest Rated: 8% Surviving Christmas (2004)
Birthday: Mar 4, 1954
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Actress Catherine O'Hara was born in Toronto, Canada, the sixth of seven children. Following high school O'Hara matriculated at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute. After graduation O'Hara began performing with The Second City in Toronto in 1974, which was the beginning of her career in comedy. O'Hara served as the understudy for Gilda Radner in the troupe, until Radner decamped to NYC to work on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975- ). O'Hara's TV debut came in 1976 when The Second City created "SCTV" (syndication/NBC/Cinemax, 1976-1984), which featured O'Hara as a regular performer and a writer. She portrayed a number of memorable characters in the series, most notably Hollywood starlet Lola Heatherton. Around the same time O'Hara began working as a voice over actress for cartoons. After "SCTV" ended its run, O'Hara was featured in a number of films, including "Beetlejuice" (1988), "Home Alone" (1990), and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," (1993). O'Hara also starred in a number of comedies directed by Christopher Guest, including "Waiting for Guffman" (1996), "Best In Show" (2000), "A Mighty Wind" (2003) and "For Your Consideration" (2006). She provided her voice to a number of characters in beloved animated movies such as "Chicken Little" (2005) "Over the Hedge" (2006) and "Frankenweenie" (2012). In 2015 O'Hara was cast as Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek" (PopTV, 2015- ) an original series created by her former "SCTV" costar Eugene Levy and his son Dan Levy. O'Hara married production designer Bo Welch in 1992, and they have two sons together.
Highest rated movies
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Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Robot | Pinktail (Voice) | - | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Delia Deetz (Character) | - | 2024 |
| 33% | | Argylle | Unknown (Character) | $45.2M | 2024 |
| 23% | | Pain Hustlers | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 73% | | Elemental | Brook Ripple (Voice) | $154.4M | 2023 |
| 43% | | Extinct | Alma (Voice) | - | 2021 |
| 45% | | The Addams Family | Grandma Frump (Voice) | $673.0K | 2019 |
| 33% | | Being Canadian | Self | - | 2015 |
| 16% | | The Right Kind of Wrong | Tess (Character) | $2.0K | 2013 |
| 52% | | A.C.O.D. | Melissa (Character) | $172.3K | 2013 |
| 88% | | Frankenweenie | Mrs. Frankenstein/ | - | 2012 |
| 86% | | A Monster in Paris | Madame Carlotta (Voice) | - | 2011 |
| 100% | | Temple Grandin | Aunt Ann (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 10% | | Killers | Mrs. Kornfeldt (Character) | $47.0M | 2010 |
| 73% | | Where the Wild Things Are | Judith (Voice) | $77.2M | 2009 |
| 67% | | Away We Go | Gloria (Character) | $9.4M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | | Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses | Rowena (Voice) | - | 2006 |
| 53% | | Penelope | Jessica Wilhern (Character) | $10.0M | 2006 |
| 53% | | For Your Consideration | Marilyn Hack (Character) | $5.5M | 2006 |
| 50% | | Brother Bear 2 | Kata (Voice) | - | 2006 |
| 75% | | Monster House | DJ's Mom (Voice) | $73.7M | 2006 |
| 75% | | Over the Hedge | Penny the Porcupine (Voice) | $155.0M | 2006 |
| 62% | | Game 6 | Lillian Rogan (Character) | $128.1K | 2005 |
| 37% | | Chicken Little | Tina, Alien Mom (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | | The Wool Cap | Gloria (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 72% | | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Justice Strauss (Character) | $118.6M | 2004 |
| 8% | | Surviving Christmas | Christine Valco (Character) | $11.2M | 2004 |
| 87% | | A Mighty Wind | Mickey Devlin Crabbe (Character) | $17.5M | 2003 |
| 47% | | Orange County | Cindy Beugler (Character) | $41.0M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | | Speaking of Sex | Connie Barker (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 93% | | Best in Show | Cookie Fleck (Character) | $18.6M | 2000 |
| 80% | | The Life Before This | Sheena (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | | Bartok the Magnificent | Ludmilla (Voice) | - | 1999 |
| 31% | | Home Fries | Mrs. Lever (Character) | $10.5M | 1998 |
| 43% | | Pippi Longstocking | Mrs. Prysselius (Voice) | $779.2K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope | Muriel Macswain (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | | The Last of the High Kings | Cathleen (Character) | $5.6K | 1996 |
| 91% | | Waiting for Guffman | Sheila Albertson (Character) | $2.9M | 1996 |
| 48% | | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill | Calamity Jane (Character) | $8.2M | 1995 |
| 43% | | A Simple Twist of Fate | April Simon (Character) | $3.4M | 1994 |
| 31% | | Wyatt Earp | Allie Earp (Character) | $24.6M | 1994 |
| 89% | | The Paper | Susan (Character) | $36.6M | 1994 |
| 95% | | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Sally/ | $86.1M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | | Paydirt | Jessie Lodge (Character) | $8.2K | 1992 |
| 35% | | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Kate McCallister (Character) | $172.7M | 1992 |
| 66% | | Home Alone | Kate McCallister (Character) | $281.5M | 1990 |
| 56% | | Betsy's Wedding | Gloria Henner (Character) | $19.7M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Vegas | Lexie (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 86% | | Beetlejuice | Delia (Character) | $73.5M | 1988 |
| 45% | | Heartburn | Betty (Character) | $24.3M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Really Weird Tales | Theresa Sharpe (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 90% | | After Hours | Gail (Character) | $10.9M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | | Nothing Personal | Audrey (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93% | 93% | Schitt's Creek | Moira Rose (Character) | 2015-2020 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Guest | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2018 2020 |
| 96% | 87% | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Dr. Orwell (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Sofia the First | Morgana (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
| 85% | 90% | Modern Family | Dr. Debra Radcliffe (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Lives Inside | Sarah Delaney (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Comedy | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
| 78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Pearline (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Face Off | Guest | 2012 |
| 36% | No Score Yet | Glenn Martin, DDS | Jackie Martin (Voice) | 2009-2011 |
| 92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Bam Bam (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Carol Ward (Guest Star) | 2003 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oh Baby | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Becka Paulson (Character), Director | 1997-1998 |
| 82% | 94% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1991-1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley | Miss Malone (Voice) | 1988 |
