Back view of an actress with short blonde hair wearing a tailored evening jacket on a red carpet.

Actor and writer

Catherine O'Hara

Best known for Schitt's Creek, Home Alone, and Beetlejuice

Born: 1954
From: Canadian-American
Working since: 1974
Also known as: Catherine Anne O'Hara

Nobody plays an eccentric queen quite like Catherine O'Hara. She made screaming "Kevin!" on an airport runway iconic in Home Alone, then turned around decades later to invent the high-drama, wig-swapping legend Moira Rose. Let's be honest: half the internet still talks in that bizarre accent.

She got her start slinging sketches with Toronto's Second City crew before stealing every Christopher Guest movie she ever touched. Now she's picking up shiny trophies, landing massive movie sequels, and reminding everyone that comic timing really is an art form.

Latest: Macaulay Culkin Gets Emotional as Catherine O’Hara’s TV and Movie Kids Reunite on Stage · 15 September 2026

Catherine O'Hara in brief

—Swept all major television comedy acting trophies in 2020 for Schitt's Creek.
—Cut her comedy teeth on Canada's legendary Second City stage in the 1970s.
—Won her first Emmy in 1982 for writing on SCTV Network 90.
—Played the avant-garde stepmother Delia Deetz in Tim Burton's classic Beetlejuice.
—Invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2018.

Latest on Catherine O'Hara

Macaulay Culkin getting emotional on stage alongside Dan Levy and Annie Murphy during a tribute to Catherine O'Hara.

Hollywood15 September 2026

Macaulay Culkin Gets Emotional as Catherine O’Hara’s TV and Movie Kids Reunite on Stage

By Marla Devine

Macaulay Culkin fought back tears while teaming up with Schitt's Creek stars Dan Levy and Annie Murphy to honour their on-screen mother Catherine O'Hara.