Catherine O'Hara was born to an Irish family on March 4, 1954 in Toronto, Canada. The actress first appeared on television at the age of 20. Then she was offered to take part in the TV show Saturday Night Live on one of the cable channels, after which she was engaged in voicing animated films for a long time. In 1976, she played a small role in the film The Rimshots, then starred in episodes of several series, and only in the 80s she began to get more serious roles. So, in 1980, Catherine O'Hara
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Catherine O'Hara was born to an Irish family on March 4, 1954 in Toronto, Canada. The actress first appeared on television at the age of 20. Then she was offered to take part in the TV show Saturday Night Live on one of the cable channels, after which she was engaged in voicing animated films for a long time.
In 1976, she played a small role in the film The Rimshots, then starred in episodes of several series, and only in the 80s she began to get more serious roles. So, in 1980, Catherine O'Hara worked on two films: "Nothing personal" and "Double negative" by Canadian director J. Bloomfield.
After that, the actress was noticed, and she began to appear not only in Canada but also in the United States.
In 1985, Catherine participated in the filming of the comedy thriller After Work directed by Martin Scorsese, where she perfectly got used to the role of Gale. The picture eventually received several awards, including the Golden Globe, Cesar and BAFTA.
O'Hara became famous only after she appeared in the picture.
Beetlejuice In 1988. The film was shot under the direction of director Tim Burton, the actress played on the same set with Gina Davis and Alec Baldwin. Since then, Catherine has become recognizable and sought after.
Then the actress appeared in the films “Little Vegas”, “Like in the movie”, “Batsy’s wedding” and “Dick Tracy”.
In 1990, a family comedy appeared on the screens.
Home Alone Katherine O'Hara played the role of the mother of a small troubled tomboy - Kate. In the same role, she later appeared in the continuation of the film – “Home Alone 2”.
No less noticeable works of the actress were the tapes “Here are such pies”, “Where monsters live”, “Let’s talk about sex”,
"Country of cranks" . At the moment, Catherine has starred in more than seventy films and continues to work intensively.
