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Acting

Catherine O'Hara

Career: Active from 1978 to 2025, busiest in 1990 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Outer Limits
82/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
2026 · Won · 32nd Actor Awards
The Studio
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
2021 · Won · 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Schitt’s Creek
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
2021 · Won · 78th Golden Globe Awards
Schitt’s Creek
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
2020 · Won · 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Schitt’s Creek
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
1982 · Won
Source: Wikidata

Characters

20

The characters Catherine O'Hara played, best-known titles first.

Catherine O'Hara as Kate McCallister

Catherine O'Hara as Kate McCallister

Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz

Catherine O'Hara as Pinktail

Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz

Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose

Catherine O'Hara as Brook

Catherine O'Hara as Mom (voice)

Catherine O'Hara as Mrs. Frankenstein

Catherine O'Hara as Tina - Alien Mom (voice)

Catherine O'Hara as Ruth

Catherine O'Hara as Gail

Catherine O'Hara as Mrs. Kornfeldt

Catherine O'Hara as Dr. Georgina Orwell

Catherine O'Hara as Patti Leigh

Catherine O'Hara as Jessica Wilhern

Catherine O'Hara as Jackie Drake

Catherine O'Hara as Cindy Beugler

Catherine O'Hara as Kata (voice)

Catherine O'Hara as Melissa

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Catherine O'Hara Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Tension
4.3, average 5.9
Crime
2.0, average 3.6
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic 5
Quirky Characters 5
Ensemble Cast 4
Character-Driven 4
Fast-Paced 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Dysfunctional Family 3
Quirky 3
Satirical Humor 3
Showbiz Parody 3
Mockumentary 3
Showbiz Satire 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Twilight Park

as Queen Henrietta

Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection

TV show · as Narrator

2020s

10 titles · average score 65

The Studio

78

TV show · as Patty Leigh

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

68

as Delia

Argylle

43

as Ruth

The Wild Robot

88

as Pinktail (voice)

Pain Hustlers

48

as Jackie

Elemental

68

as Brook (voice)

The Last of Us

79

TV show · as Gail

Extinct

47

as Alma (voice)

Back Home Again

as Mayor Owl (voice)

The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You

65

as Skaelka (voice)

2010s

12 titles · average score 65

The Addams Family

52

as Grandma Frump (voice)

The Last Kids on Earth

76

TV show · as Skaelka (voice)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

84

TV show · as Dr. Orwell

Schitt's Creek

77

TV show · as Moira Rose

What Lives Inside

72

TV show · as Sarah Delaney

Moonbeam City

55

TV show · as Glam (voice)

A.C.O.D.

50

as Melissa

The Right Kind of Wrong

38

as Tess

Frankenweenie

75

as Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)

The Greatest Event in Television History

75

TV show · as Muriel Rush

Killers

33

as Mrs. Kornfeldt

Temple Grandin

91

as Aunt Ann

2000s

27 titles · average score 65

Glenn Martin, DDS

49

TV show · as Jackie Martin

Where the Wild Things Are

69

as Judith (voice)

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Dr. Debra Radcliffe

Away We Go

66

as Gloria Farlander

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

75

as Duchess Rowena (voice)

Penelope

58

as Jessica Wilhern

For Your Consideration

59

as Marilyn Hack

Brother Bear 2

55

as Kata (voice)

Surviving Christmas

31

as Christine Valco

A Mighty Wind

77

as Mickey Crabbe

Orange County

54

as Cindy Beugler

Committed

79

TV show

1990s

31 titles · average score 63

Bartok the Magnificent

57

as Ludmilla (voice)

Home Fries

44

as Beatrice Lever

Pippi Longstocking

50

as Mrs. Prysselius (voice)

The Last of the High Kings

58

as Cathleen

The Outer Limits

82

TV show · as Becka Paulson

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

81

TV show · as Catherine (voice)

The Paper

73

as Susan

The Nightmare Before Christmas

81

as Sally / Shock (voice)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

58

as Kate

There Goes the Neighborhood

53

as Jessie Lodge

Dream On

76

TV show · as Irma

Home Alone

70

as Kate

1980s

23 titles · average score 67

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Geraldine Ferrett (segment "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime")

Andrea Martin... Together Again

Writer

Beetlejuice

73

as Delia

The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley

71

TV show · as Miss Malone

The Best of SCTV

82

Writer

Heartburn

53

as Betty

Really Weird Tales

59

as Theresa Sharpe (segment "I'll Die Loving")

The Last Polka

64

as Lemon Twin

After Hours

84

as Gail

The New Show

TV show

SCTV Channel

81

TV show

SCTV Network 90

78

TV show · as Various

1970s

2 titles · average score 73

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

as Ma Spademinder (voice)

Witch's Night Out

73

as Malicious (voice)